Name of Vessel:

Argo

Master of Vessel:

Commander John Ridge

Rig of Vessel:

Brig

Date of Capture:

6 May 1780

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Iris

Home Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

From What Port:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

14x

Crew:

60 [nominal]

Owners:

Robert Duncan; and Richard Humphreys & Co., all of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Pennsylvania Privateer Brig Argo (Commander John Ridge) was at sea in May 1780. On 6 May she encountered HM Frigate Iris (Captain James Hawker) and was captured. She was sent into New York, New York. She was tried and condemned there by 1 July 1780, when an advertisement requests the crew of the Iris to apply for the prize money. She is listed in the High Court of Admiralty records in 1780.

[The New-York Gazette, July 1, 1780; HCA 32/273/6/1-6]