June [17]76. Saturday 29
Cape Henlopen WBN 4 or 5 Le[agues] at 4 AM gave Chase to a sail to the No ward ½ Past 8 came too wth the Bt Br in 6½ fm at 9 sent two Boats man'd & Arm'd wth Kingfishers to destroy the Chace which had run on Shore she Prov'd a Brig from the West Indies wth Amunition set her on fire & Blew her up,2 on which Service we had one Man Wounded & Several of the Boats Oars lost the Kings[fisher] lost 7 Men & her Long Boat. at 2 weighed & made Sail
1. PRO, Admiralty 51/4279.
2. A schooner from the West Indies, with ammunition, merchandise etc., driven on shore and blown up, Howe's Prize List, March 31, 1777, PRO, Admiralty 1/487. See also journal of the Kingsfisher and footnote.
