[March 1777] Thursdy 13
[Moored off New York] at 8 [A. M.] a Signal was made on Bd the Brune for a Ct Martial to enquire into a Comp![ ain]t alleged agst Capt. Anthony James Pye Molloy Esqr Commander of this Ship by Mr Richd Hancorn, late masters mate of the said Ship for having being treated in a tyranicle manner by the sd Capt. Molloy. At Noon the Court Still Sitting. at 5 P M the Ct was opened when the Charge was partly proved agst Capt Molloy but from the General and good Character, that he bore from the rest of his Officers the Ct thought proper to sentence him to be repremanded only 2
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/987.
2. On May 3, 1777, Molloy left the Thunder to take command of H. M. Sloop Senegal. In 1780, when Molloy commanded H.M.S. Intrepid, Lieutenant Joshua Barney, a prisoner on board, branded him: "the Greatest Tyrant in the British Navy;" Manuscript Autobiography, DARL.