May 1778 Tuesday 19th:
[Cape Hattrass SSE about 3 or 4 Leagues]1
at 5. AM saw a sail at Anchor on the Weather Bow at 10 in Chace of a Snow in shore which Anchor’d, at Noon saw her Sinking sent the Pinnace on board her. The Entrance of Roenock2 SSWt: about 4 or 5 Miles—
Roenock SSW 4 or 5 Miles— Modte: & Cloudy Wr: at 1 PM the Pinnace Returned with an account that the Snow was Scuttle’d, sent her back again & she set ye: vessel on fire3 ½ pt: 4 made sail Roenock SWt: 4 or 5 Miles Sounded & had from 20 to 17 fm:
D, UkLPR, Adm., 51/61, part 1, fol. 28.
1. Last recorded bearing and distance at noon on 16 May.
2. That is, Roanoke Inlet.
3. Snow “St. Jean,” French owned, no cargo was saved. Howe’s Prize List, 30 Oct. 1778, UkLPR, Adm. 1/488, fols. 487–88.
