An Account of Ships and Vessels Taken as Prize of War by His Majesty's Ships under the Command of Vice Adml. Young 27th Apl. 1778

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By what
Ship

Time
When

Place
where

Name of
the Vessel

Name of
the Master

Sort of
Vessel

N^o. of
Guns

Tons

Men

To what
Country or
place belong^g.

Lading

Where Sent
to be Tried

Particulars relating them and cause of Seizure.

Privateers

Yarmouth¹

7^th. Mar^h: 1778

At Sea to Wind^d of Barbados

Randolph

Biddle

Ship

305

America

Provisions & Warlike Stores

Blown up

A Congress Ship of War on a Cruize

Ariadne & Ceres²

9^th Mar^h "

Ditto

Alfred

Elisha Hinman

Ship

180

America

Ditto

Barbados

A Congress Ship of War on a Cruize

Merchant Vessels

Portland³

31^st Mar^h. 1778

Off S^t. Barthole :mews

William

Jos^h: Watson

Sloop

So Carolina

Rice & Indigo

Antigua

Snake⁴

7^th Apr^l. "

Off Antigua

Betsy

James Clark

Sloop

Boston

Molasses & Rum

Antigua

Favorite⁵

31^st Mar^h. "

Lat^e:22:30 N^o.

Peggy

Aaron Purbeck

Schooner

Boston

Molasses Cocoa and Cordage

Antigua

6^th Ap^l. "

Lat^e:24:31 N^o.

Benjamin

Ja^s. Hawkins

Schooner

S^o Carolina

Rice &Tobacco

Antigua

Property of the

8^thAp^l "

Lat: 24:38 N^o.

Prudence

John Wood

Sloop

Providence

Molasses &

Antigua

N^o. American

Rhode Island

Dry Goods

Colonies in

Portland

11^th Apr^l "

Off St Bartho :lomew

Nancy

Hugh Smith

Schooner

Maryland

Tobacco Flour & Staves

Antigua

Rebellion

11^th Apr^l "

D^o.

Nelly

Rich^d. Davis

Schooner

215

Virginia

Tobacco

Antigua

11^th Apr^l "

Off St Martins

Ark

Rich^d Minors

Sloop

470

S^o Carolina

Rice & Indigo

Antigua

Beaver & Antigua Brig⁶

12^th Apr^l "

Lat: 20:30 N^o.

Hope

Jacob Benston

Schooner

Virginia

Tobacco & Flour

Antigua

Snake

14^th Apr^l "

Off St Bartho :lomew

Friendship

Archd Young

Brig

100

S^o Carolina

Rice & Indigo

Antigua

Jam^s. Young.

UkLPR, Adm. 1/310. Docketed on a separate page: “27 April 1778/List of Prizes taken/by His Majesty's Ships/and Vessels under the/Command of Vice Adm^l./Young/(N^o. 4:)/In Ad^l: Youngs letter/27^th Apr^l 1778."

1. H.M.S. Yarmouth, Capt. Nicholas Vincent, commander.

2. H.M. frigate Ariadne, Capt. Thomas Pringle, commander; H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Ceres, Comdr. James Richard Dacres, commander.

3. H.M.S. Portland, Capt. Thomas Dumaresq, commander.

4. H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Snake, Comdr. William Young, commander.

5. H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Favourite, Comdr. William Fooks, commander.

6. H.M. ship-rigged sloop-of-war Beaver, Comdr. William Truscott, commander; H.M. Armed brigantine Antigua, Lt. Billy Douglas, commander.

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Date

1778 April 27

Volume

Volume 12

Series

American Theatre from April 1, 1778 to May 31, 1778

Naval Documents of the American Revolution

An Account of Ships and Vessels Taken as Prize of War by His Majesty's Ships under the Command of Vice Adml. Young 27th Apl. 1778

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