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American Prizes April 1780 |
Name of Vessel:
Dolphin
Master of Vessel:
David Hunter
Rig of Vessel:
Sloop
Date of Capture:
14 April 1780
Place of Capture:
Captor:
Connecticut Privateer Schooners Bunker Hill and Young Cromwell
Home Port:
From What Port:
St. Kitts, British West Indies
To What Port:
Cargo:
Rum
Tonnage:
Battery:
10x
Crew:
21
Owners:
Prize master:
Prize crew:
Ordered Into:
Into What Port:
Date Arrived:
Date Tried:
Date Sold:
Action:
Yes
Recaptured:
No
Comments: Connecticut Privateer Schooner Bunker Hill (Commander Sanford Thompson) was at sea in April 1780, sailing with the Connecticut Privateer Schooner Young Cromwell (Commander William Wattles). On 14 April Bunker Hill and Young Cromwell fell in with the British Privateer Sloop Dolphin (David Hunter), ten guns and a crew of twenty-one men. Dolphin was en route from St. Kitts, British West Indies with a cargo of rum. A hot fight followed, during which Thompson was wounded. Lieutenant Smith took charge and captured the Dolphin. Bunker Hill had Lieutenant Stow and another man killed and Commander Thompson and three men wounded. Young Cromwell had three men wounded in the fight.
[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During The Revolution, II, 63, 246-247]