Name of Vessel:

Sunbry

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:

Rhode Island

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Oil, pearl ashes

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 Sunbry was bound from Rhode Island, where she was owned, to the West Indies with a cargo of oil and pearl ashes. About September 1777 she was captured by HM Frigate Æeolus (Captain Christopher Atkins), probably in the vicinity of the Turks Islands, British West Indies.  Sunbry 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]