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1776 November
Thursday 28
[Off Sandy Hook]
6 AM unmoored Ship & hove into 1 /3 of a Cable light breezes & fair Wear 2 P M weighed & came to Sail in Co wt the Experiment, Cerberus, Emerald & Sphynx ½ past 4 made the Sgl for anchoring at 5 came to wt the B. Br in 10 fm in Gravesend Bay — fir'd the morning & Evg Guns
Friday 29
½ past 9 AM Weighed & came to Sail in...
Date: 29 November 1776
Volume: Volume 7
December 1776
Sunday 1
Anchored with B. Br in 7 fm off Sandy hook
10 AM weighed & came to Sail in Co wt H.M.S. Asia, Renown, Preston, Experiment, Emerald, Cerberus, Sphynx & One Transport
Mod. & Clear sounded occasionally — in Co wt the fleet
Monday 2
½ past 9 AM saw a Sail in the S.W Quarter made the Cerberus Sgl to give Chace tack'd occasionally
first & middle parts...
Date: 7 December 1776
Volume: Volume 7
January 1777
Wednesday 1
Thursday 2
[Anchored off Newport]
3 P.M anchored here H M s Cerberus wt 3 prizes
AM saw a sloop in the SW standing to the E
1 P.M anchored here HMS Senegal & Tryal Armed Schooner wt Despatches from Lord Howe
Monday 6
fresh breezes & Clear 4 P.M fir'd 2 Six pdrs at a brig wh we found to be the Cerberus prize at 5 came in & anchored here HM s...
Date: 8 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
January 1777
Sunday 12
[Moored off Newport]
7 AM saw a Sail in the Offing — ordered the Kingsfisher Sloop to slip & make Sail after her at 11 came in a flag of Truce from Providence & anchord under our Stern 2
Date: 12 January 1777
Volume: Volume 7
February 1777
Thursday 6
Friday 7
[Moor'd off Newport]
Anchored here H.M.S. Juno & unicorn
½ past 8 AM fir'd a Gun & made Sigl for a boat from each Ship to attend the punish[ment] of a Seaman ½ past 9 David Robertson Seaman received along side 150 Lashes according to the Sentence of a Court Martial for desertion.
Date: 7 February 1777
Volume: Volume 7
March 1777
Friday 14
[Moored off Newport, Rhode Island]
heard several Guns up the harbor 7 AM saw a large fire on the other side of Connanicut ½ past 10 sailed up for Providence our Tender as a Flag of Truce wt a number of Prisoners
3 PM arriv'd H.M.S. Juno & a prize
5 fir'd a Gun &made the Greyhounds Sigl to speak a Vessel coming in which prov'd to be a prize to the Unicorn ー...
Date: 15 March 1777
Volume: Volume 8