Name of Vessel:

Adventure

Master of Vessel:

William Jones

Rig of Vessel:

Schooner

Date of Capture:

27 January 1777

Place of Capture:

Off the mouth of Chesapeake Bay, Virginia

Captor:

HM Frigate Phoenix

Home Port:

From What Port:

Hispaniola

To What Port:

Cargo:

Salt

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

Owners:

Prize master:

Prize crew:

Ordered Into:

Into What Port:

Date Arrived:

Date Tried:

[burned]

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: Schooner Adventure (William Jones) was en route from Hispaniola with a cargo of salt. She was off Chesapeake Bay on the morning of 27 January 1777 in company with a brig and three other schooners. At daylight these vessels were seen by HMS Preston (Captain Samuel Uppleby), anchored in the mouth of the bay. Preston dispatched her boats after the vessels, along with boats from HM Frigate Phoenix (Captain Hyde Parker, Jr.). The schooners Runfast (Nehemiah Somes) and Content (Samuel Gale) were captured by Preston’s boats. The brig Three Friends (Samuel Robins) and schooner Adventure were captured by boats from the Phoenix. Phoenix dismantled and burned the brig and schooner in the afternoon.

[NDAR, VII, 1047 and note; VIII, 1053-1063]