Name of Vessel:

American Revenue

Master of Vessel:

Samuel Champlin, Jr.

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

6 August 1779

Place of Capture:

Captor:

HM Frigate Greyhound

Home Port:

New London, Connecticut

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

65

Battery:

12x3

Crew:

70 [nominal]

Owners:

Nathaniel Shaw, Jr. & Co. of New London, Connecticut

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 6 August 1779 Connecticut Privateer Sloop American Revenue (Commander Samuel Champlin, Jr.) was sailing in company with Connecticut Privateer Sloop Hancock (Commander Lodowick Champlin). Both privateers were sighted and chased by HM Frigate Greyhound (Captain George Dawson). After a close chase Hancock escaped by throwing overboard her guns and other articles and got into Boston. American Revenue was not so fortunate. She was taken into New York. Champlin was exchanged on 12 August, and arrived at New London on 14 August 1779. American Revenue’s lieutenant, James Angel, was exchanged on 25 August. American Revenue was tried and condemned at New York.

[Middlebrook, Maritime Connecticut During The Revolution, II, 51-53; The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intelligencer [New London], Wednesday, August 4, 1779; The Pennsylvania Evening Post [Philadelphia], Monday, August 30, 1779, datelined New London, August 18; HCA 32/267/2/1-6]