HMS Trepassey (1779)
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HMS Trepassey, often spelled "Trepassy", was a 14-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, formerly the American privateer Wildcat. She was purchased in 1779. On 6 August Henry Edward Stanhope was promoted to Master and Commander of Trepassey at Newfoundland.[1] He left during the autumn of 1780 and his successor was James Smyth, who took command in September.
On 27 May 1781 Captain John Barry commanding the USS Alliance captured her in an engagement in which Smyth and four others were killed and nine men were wounded before she struck.[2][3] Barry repaired her, disarmed her, and sent her as a cartel to Halifax under the direction of her Master, Phillip Windsor. After she had delivered the prisoners on board she returned to American control.
In late1782, HMS Jason captured the American brigantine Defence, which she libelled on 11 November. His Majesty's Naval Storekeeper claimed her as the Trepassey, sloop of war. The Vice admiralty court in Halifax, Nova Scotia, awarded the cargo, which had been proven American property, to the captors, and also one-eight of the value of Defence.[4]
Sometime in 1783 or earlier, Commander Francis Cole became her commander. She was sold in 1784.
Citations
- ↑ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 15, pp.95-6.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 12212. pp. 4–5. 31 July 1781.
- ↑ Burke (1800), Vol. 24, p.254-5.
- ↑ Vice admiralty court (1911), p.20.
References
- Burke, Edmund (1800) The Annual register of world events: a review of the year, Volume 24. (Longmans, Green).
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- Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax (1911) American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812. (Salem, Mass.: Essex Institute).
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