Name of Vessel:

Industry

Master of Vessel:

John Hutchings

Rig of Vessel:

Sloop

Date of Capture:

[13] June 1777

Place of Capture:

Egg Harbor, New Jersey

Captor:

HM Sloop Haerlem

Home Port:

From What Port:

To What Port:

Cargo:

Tonnage:

Battery:

Crew:

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Prizemaster:

Prizecrew:

Ordered Into:

New York, New York

Into What Port:

New York, New York

Date Arrived:

15 June 1777

Date Tried:

Date Sold:

Action:

No

Recaptured:

No

Comments: On 10 June 1777 Captain Andrew Snape Hamond, commanding the British naval forces in the Delaware River, ordered Lieutenant John Knight, commander of HM Sloop Haerlem, to proceed to New York with dispatches for Vice Admiral Richard Lord Howe. Hamond had received news that several American vessels were in Egg Harbor, New Jersey, and directed Knight to raid that harbor if possible. He was ordered to take HM Brig Tender Stanley (Lieutenant Richard Whitworth; Roebuck) and tender Hotham (Hele) with him. On 15 June Knight arrived at New York, having cut out of Egg Harbor two brigs, one a privateer, the other loaded with lumber and tar. Three other vessels were captured during the short cruise. The vessels cut out of Egg Harbor were the brigantine Ann (Bradley), schooner Apollo (William Forsyth), sloop Industry (John Hutchings), and brigantine Nancy (Montgomery).

[NDAR, IX, 83, 158, 1030, 1031, 1071, 1078, 1098]