Battle of Delaware Bay

Battle of Delaware Bay
Part of the American Revolutionary War
The Hyder Ally engaging HMS General Monk.
Date April 8, 1782 Location off Cape May, New Jersey, Cape May, Delaware Bay, Atlantic Ocean Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Joshua Barney	Christopher Mason Josias Rodgers
Strength
3 sloops-of-war	1 frigate 1 sloop-of-war 1 brig
Casualties and losses
4 killed 11 wounded 1 sloop-of-war captured 1 sloop-of-war damaged	20 killed 33 wounded 1 sloop-of-war captured 1 brig grounded
The American privateers were escorting a fleet of five merchant ships during the battle.

The Battle of Delaware Bay, or the Battle of Cape May, was a naval engagement fought between the Kingdom of Great Britain and United States during the American Revolutionary War. A British squadron of three vessels attacked three American privateers, that were escorting a fleet of merchantmen. The ensuing combat in Delaware Bay, near Cape May, ended with an American victory over a superior British force.

Twenty-three-year-old Lieutenant Joshua Barney of the Continental Navy commanded the privateer sloop Hyder Ally during the battles. She was owned by Pennsylvania business man, John Willcocks and was issued a letter of marque. The sloop-of-war was armed with sixteen 6-pounders and had a crew of about 110 men, officers and marines, and was named Hyder Ally after Hyder Ali, the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore on the Indian subcontinent and a British enemy. Also with Lieutenant Barney were the privateer sloops Charming Sally, with ten guns, and the twelve-gun General Greene. Barney's first command was to escort a rebel fleet of five merchantmen to the Delaware Bay. During this cruise, three British ships were sighted and a battle began. British forces included the 32-gun frigate HMS Quebec under Captain Christopher Mason, the twenty-four gun sloop-of-war HMS General Monk under Captain Josias Rogers and a New York privateer brig named Fair American crewed by American loyalists. Fair American was the former American privateer General Washington, commanded by Silas Talbot at her capture.

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