April 1777 — Tuesday 22d
Cape Henry NW½N 6 or 7 Miles. At 7 AM saw a Ship coming in, hove Short, at 9 upon her discovering the Phoenix She Tack'd and stood to the So wd, Weigh'd Came to Sail and gave Chace at Noon the Chace SSEt In heaving up carried away an Arm of the Best Bower Anchor Unbent the Cable. First and Middle parts fresh gales and foggy, latter Modt and Foggy at 2 the Chace 2 finding we came up, she Bore away ½ past she run onshore all standing. Tack'd Ship and bore away for Cape Henry at 5 Anchored in Lynn Haven Bay in 6½ fm with the Small Bower
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/694.
2. Ship Esther, from Dartmouth, with sugar and rum, Howe's Prize List, May 22, 1777; London Gazette, July 8 to July 12, 1777.
