Name of Vessel:

Papillon

Master of Vessel:

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[15 September] 1777

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Antelope

Home Port:

South Carolina

From What Port:

South Carolina

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tobacco, lard

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 Papillon, with her cargo of tobacco and lard, was captured in the West Indies, by HM Frigate Antelope (Captain William Judd) about September 1777. Papillon was owned in South Carolina. The date of capture is arbitrary, and could have been in October. Papillon was sent into Jamaica, British West Indies, and tried and condemned there.

[NDAR, XI, 448-453]