March 1777 Monday 17
Do [Cape Henlopen] S80:00W 23 Leagues at 7 [A. M.] saw 2 Strange sail gave Chace as did the Hotham Tender at 9 saw 2 more sail to the NE bore away the Hotham Tender in Company. Ditto [Light airs and clear] weather fired several Shot at the Chace on which she brot too, she proved to be the Hanover Brig from Nantucket bound to Philadelphia with Sugar & Oil 2 recalled the Hotham from Chace, got the Prize alongside took out her water & some Sugar scuttled her and cast her off, sent a Tun of water onboard the Hotham.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/720.
2. Brig Hanover, Uriah Gardner, master, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
