[Vigilanteman]

Wow! The skipper sure was skeptical (and prudent). It doesn't say where he was in the northern Pacific when he learned the news, but rather than head for the nearest American port (maybe Seattle or San Francisco) to get his sailors home a.s.a.p., he sails for Liverpool to check the report out.

Of couse, maybe he wanted to sell the ship back now that the war was over.

[mainepatsfan]

They feared prosecution as pirates in the United States since they had burned American ships after the end of hostilities. When they sailed into Liverpool the British confined the crew to the ship for three days before deciding to let them go in spite of requests from American ambassador Adams that they be handed over to them.