Name of Vessel:

Polly

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

25 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Boston Bay, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Frigate Mermaid

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Into What Port:

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Polly was captured in Boston Bay, Massachusetts on 25 May 1777 by HM Frigate Mermaid (Captain James Hawker). She was sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[“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]