Name of Vessel:

Robert

Master of Vessel:

William Tant

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

24 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

Boston, Massachusetts

To What Port:

South Carolina

Cargo:

Ballast

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Continental Congress

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Rhode Island

Into What Port:

Rhode Island

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Brig Robert (William Tant) was sailing out of Boston, Massachusetts as a trading vessel for the Continental Congress. She was captured while en route to South Carolina in ballast, on 24 May 1777, by HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound and 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]