Journal of H.M.S. Daphne, Captain St. John Chinnery, December 22, 1777

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Decem^r. 1777
Monday 22

D^o. [Cape Antony] N 41° W 43 leagues
at 6 AM Made sail & Gave chace to the So,rd at, 10 fired a shott, & brought too the chace D^o. Shortned sail & took Possession of her she proved to be the Comet, Continental Privateer Brigg (at Present a Snow) of 16 Guns & 100 Men fitted out at Charles town South Carolina Took the Prisoners on B^d. & Joined the Convoy¹

D^o. NNW^t. ¼ W^t. 30 leagues
Moderate & Cloudy W^r. our Convoy &^ca. in C^o, made & short^d. sail occasionally for them

D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/227.

1. H.M.S. Daphne sailed from her position off the west coast of Cuba to Pensacola, where the crew of the South Carolina Navy snow Comet was placed on other vessels. The prize and her captain, James Pyne, who had surrendered without firing a shot, were sent to New York. Newport Gazette, 19 Mar. 1778; Pennsylvania Gazette, 18 Apr. 1778; Howe's Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, 484. See above, South Carolina Navy Board to Captain James Pyne, 24 Oct. 1777, for Pyne's instructions to undertake a cruise of three months.

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1777 December 22

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Volume 10

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American Theatre from October 1, 1777, to December 31, 1777