Name of Vessel:

Alexander

Master of Vessel:

Thomas Blandell [Blundell]

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[September] 1777

Place of Capture:

Bay of Biscay

Captor:

HM Frigate Enterprize

Home Port:

From What Port:

South Carolina

To What Port:

Nantes, France

Cargo:

Rice, indigo and mahogany

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Gibralter

Into What Port:

Gibralter

Date Arrived:

13 October 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: HM Frigate Enterprize (Captain Sir Thomas Rich) arrived at Gibralter on 13 October 1777 with several prizes. Among these were the ship Alexander (Thomas Blandell [Blundell]), bound from South Carolina to Nantes, France, with a cargo of rice, indigo, and mahogany. She had been captured in the Bay of Biscay.

[NDAR, X, 911; XI, 70 and note]