[August 1778] Saturday 15
Neversunk1 WBN. 12 or 14 Leagues. at 6 AM Saw 2 Sail to ye Southd. made sail & gave Chace, at 8 Fired several shot & brot. them too, one of them Proved to be a Privateer belonging to Boston, the Other a Privateer from New York, sent a Mr.mte & 10 Men into the former2
Neversunk WBS 6 or 8 Miles Do. Wr. [Fresh Breezey & Hazy] Prize in Co. eight Sail in Sight to the SW, at 1 Commr. md. our Signl. to join the Fleet, & at 4 the Signl. fr. all Frigates to come under his stern, Comr. Elliot3 shifted his Pendt. into the Eagle,4 joind Comr. Elliott with Pt. of the Fleet. Comr. Orderd us ahead to make the Lighthouse at 7 he md. the Sigl. & anchd. in 9 fm. Neversunk WBS 6 or 8 miles, Found here the Roebuck5 & Apollo—6
D, UkLPR, Adm. 51/784, part 2, fol. 75.
1. Navesink, New Jersey.
2. The privateer the sloop Hammond, Capt. Bridger Goodrich, of 16 guns and a 100-man crew had captured the Massachusetts privateer brigantine Black Prince out of Boston, commanded by William Steward and owned by T. Adams. It carried 14 guns and 70 men. Several days later Hammond arrived at New York with Black Prince. Allen, Massachusetts Privateers of the Revolution, p. 84; UkLPR, C.O. 5/1109, fol. 109; “List of Captures and Recaptures made by Private Armed Ships and Vessels...,” London Gazette 23 Feb. 1779; and New-York Gazette, 19 Aug. 1778.
3. Commo. John Elliot.
4. H.M.S. Eagle, Capt. Henry Duncan.
5. H.M.S. Roebuck, Capt. Andrew Snape Hamond.
6. H.M. Frigate Apollo, Capt. Philemon Pownoll.
