January 1777 Sunday 12th
Sandy Hook No 11 W Distance 63 Leag at 10 AM three Sail in sight, Out all Reefs set Studingsails & gave Chace at Noon Modt and Cloudy Fresh, Breezes & Cloudy in Chace as before at 4 PM came up wth and Brot too the Chace found it to be a Sloop from Bermuda Loaded with Salt bound to Virginia,2 Brot too took the Master & crew out, Scuttled & Sunk her, at ½ past 8 Wore Ship & made Sail.
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/694.
2. Sloop Royal George, Jere. Burrows, master, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777, London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
