Name of Vessel:

Peggy

Master of Vessel:

William Briggs

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

31 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Unicorn

Home Port:

From What Port:

Charleston, South Carolina

To What Port:

Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Cargo:

Rice, tar

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

John Foran

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 31 May 1777 HM Frigate Unicorn (Captain John Ford) captured, off Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, the schooner Peggy (William Briggs; owned by John Foran). Peggy was bound from Charleston, South Carolina to Dartmouth, Massachusetts with a cargo of rice and tar. She was sent into Rhode Island.

[“The following is a List of Vessels seized as Prizes, and of Recaptures made, by the American Squadron, between the 27^th of May and 24^th of October, 1777, according to the Returns received by Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Howe,” in The London Chronicle, Tuesday, December 2, to Saturday, December 6, 1777]