June 1778 Monday 29th.
Do: [Tortola] S12:50'W diste. 101 Leags
at 3 AM saw a Sloop to Windward bearg. down on us. Spoke her, she proved from Charles Town, So. Carolina bound to Martinique,1 Wore ship, hoisted out our Boat, and sent an Officer on bd. her & recieved 10 Prisoners from her. ½ pt. 4 wore Ship, & md sail, at 11 Spoke the Seaford & brought too.2
Do. bore S14:57'W diste 122 Leags.
Modt. & hazey. TKd ship & bore down to the Prize. at 1 PM wore ship & sent our boat on board. at 3 Took her in Tow & md. sail.
D, UkLPR, Adm. 52/1953, part 6, fol. 224.
1. Sloop Tom, John Lowe, master, owned by ——— Burns, with a cargo of rice, sent to England. Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 487–88. Gambier's Prize List, 20 Dec. 1778, The London Gazette, 2–6 Feb. 1779.
2. H.M. frigate Seaford, Capt. John Colpoys, commander.
