July 1776
Moor'd of[f] Saint Georges Town Bermuda
Sunday 28th
Empd fitting our Prize as a Tender2
Monday 29
Little wind & Sultry Wr Employd fitting a Tender, got on board some guns from the Shore
Tuesday 30
A M Sent our Acting Lieut to Command the Tender & 12 Men wt Arms & Ammunition At Noon she Saild from hence.3
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/629.
2. Ibid., the prize was a schooner from South Carolina taken off Bermuda by boats from the Nautilus on July 2, 1776.
3. Ibid., the tender returned empty-handed August 4, and sailed again on August 10, 1776.