LONDON, June, 20, 21.
An American ship, with 350 hogsheads of tobacco, &c. is taken by the Defiance privateer, Capt. Mallet,1 and carried into Jersey.
1. British letter of marque vessel Defiance, Capt. N. Mallet, commander, 40 tons burthen, built in Britain in 1773, owned by the Captain & Co., carrying six 2-pounders. Lloyd’s Register of Ships, 1777–1778. The prize was probably the Caswell, Thomas Williamson, master, captured on a voyage from Virginia to France. UkLPR, H.C.A. 32/288/8.
