April 1778
Wednessd: 8th
Cape Francois SS[E] 13 or 14 Leagues
6 AM bore away saw a Sail in ye. SW Gave Chace; 8 Saw Sail in ye. SW made Sail and Gave Chace, 10 Set Steering sails, Do Weathr: [Calm]
Saw ye. Wt End of Tortuga E½S 5 or 6
Leagues.—1
PM Saw a Sail in ye. SE Quartr: made Sail, and Gave Chace, Fir'd 16: 4 Poundr: Round Shot & 10 Round & Grape when she run on Shore about 5 Miles to Windwd: of Jean Rabel2 the Sea when whe Left her, making a fair breach over her,3 haul'd off ½ past 6 Cape Nicholas4 EbN 2 Leags:
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/78, part 2.
1. Île de la Tortue, French Saint-Domingue (present-day Haiti).
2. Jean Rabel Bay, French Saint-Domingue.
3. In Parker's Prize List, this capture, listed under the date 13 Apr., is given as an unidentified "privateer" with a cargo of gunpowder that was "destroyed." "A List of Vessels taken by His Majestys Squadron under the Command of Sir Peter Parker at Jamaica between the 3d March and the 21st June 1778," UkLPR, Adm. 1/240.
4. Cap Saint-Nicolas, French Saint-Domingue.
