Name of Vessel:

Savage

Master of Vessel:

B. Jackson

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

2 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Off George’s Bank

Captor:

HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound

Home Port:

From What Port:

Marblehead, Massachusetts

To What Port:

Cargo:

Fish

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 Savage (B. Jackson) was at sea off George’s Bank on 2 May 1777, with a cargo of fish aboard. She was sailing out of Marblehead, Massachusetts and was presumably fishing on the banks. HM Frigates Diamond and Greyhound fell in with and captured the Savage. 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]