Name of Vessel:

Seaflower

Master of Vessel:

Edward Matthews

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

12 May 1777

Place of Capture:

Off Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Captor:

HM Sloop Albany

Home Port:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

From What Port:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

To What Port:

St. Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies

Cargo:

Lumber

Tonnage:

45

Battery:

Crew:

4

Owners:

Call & Pittes of Cape Cod, Massachusetts

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: The 45-ton schooner Seaflower (Edward Matthews) was owned in Cape Cod, Massachusetts by Call & Pittes. She was en route from Cape Cod to St. Pierre, Martinique, French West Indies with a cargo of lumber. On 12 May 1777, off Cape Cod, she was captured by HM Sloop Albany (Commander Henry Mowat), with her four man crew. The prize was sent into Halifax, Nova Scotia.

[NDAR, XI, 184-185]