Name of Vessel:

Ferrett

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

[5] October 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Schooner Tender Dolphin [Æolus]

Home Port:

From What Port:

North Carolina

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tobacco and staves

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prizemaster:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Kingston, Jamaica

Into What Port:

Kingston, Jamaica

Date Arrived:

11 October 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Schooner Tender Dolphin, tender to HM Frigate Æolus (Captain Christopher Atkins)arrived at Kingston, Jamaica on 11 October 1777 with two prizes, a sloop and a schooner. These were probably the sloop Independence [Independance], with a cargo of flour, and the schooner Ferrett, out of and owned in North Carolina, with a cargo of tobacco and staves. Both were tried and condemned.

[NDAR, X, 209; XI, 448-453]