Name of Vessel:

Beauford [Beaufort]

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[September] 1777

Place of Capture:

[near the Turks Islands, British West Indies]

Captor:

HM Frigate Æolus

Home Port:

South Carolina

From What Port:

South Carolina

To What Port:

Cargo:

Rice

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Into What Port:

Jamaica, British West Indies

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Sloop Beauford [Beaufort] was bound from South Carolina, where she was owned, to the West Indies with a cargo of rice. About September 1777 she was captured by HM Frigate Æeolus (Captain Christopher Atkins), probably in the vicinity of the Turks Islands, British West Indies.  Beauford was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies and was tried and condemned there. Although the date of capture is estimated, it is probable.

[NDAR,XI, 448-453]