Name of Vessel:

Marquis of Rockingham

Master of Vessel:

 

Rig of Vessel:

Ship

Date of Capture:

[15] December 1778

Place of Capture:

Gardiner’s Island, New York

Captor:

Connecticut Privateer Sloop American Revenue and Connecticut Privateer Ship Governor Trumbull

Home Port:

From What Port:

Newport, Rhode Island

To What Port:

New York, New York

Cargo:

Hay

Tonnage:

 

Battery:

 

Crew:

22 [total]

Owners:

 

Prizemaster:

 

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

 

Into What Port:

 

Date Arrived:

 

Date Tried:

Salvaged ([15] December 1778]

Date Sold:

 

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 17 December 1778 the Connecticut Privateer Sloop American Revenue (Commander William Leeds) arrived at New London, Connecticut with several items of sails, rigging, and stores which had been salvaged from the wreck of the British Transport Ship Marquis of Rockingham. The Connecticut Privateer Ship Governor Trumbull (Commander Henry Billings) had assisted in the salvage operations. Marquis of Rockingham was bound from Newport, Rhode Island to New York with a cargo of hay. On 13 December she was castaway on Gardiner’s Island, New York. Only five people out of her crew of twenty-two were saved, the rest drowning or freezing to death.

[The Connecticut Journal [New Haven], Wednesday, December 23, 1778, datelined New London, December 18]

Posted 11 November 2009