Soon afterwards, Manley divided his fleet, keeping "Lynch" and "Lee" with his flagship "Hancock". On the afternoon of 2 April they sighted brig "Elizabeth". This prize, an American vessel captured by the British the previous October, was full of loot plundered from the warehouses of patriot merchants just before the evacuation of Boston, and carried a goodly number of Tory refugees. Many of the Tories were transferred to "Lee", their leaders were taken on board "Hancock", and the captive crew was imprisoned in "Lynch", which accompanied "Hancock" to Portsmouth, arriving 4 April to refit and recruit.