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{{Short description|Naval engagement in the American Revolution}}
{{Infobox military conflict
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict=Battle off Fairhaven
| conflict = Battle off Fairhaven
|partof=the [[American Revolutionary War]]
| partof = the [[American Revolutionary War]]
|image=1st Naval Battle American Revolution Plaque Fort Phoenix.jpg
| image = 1st Naval Battle American Revolution Plaque Fort Phoenix.jpg
|image_size=300px
| image_size = 300px
|caption= 1st Naval Battle American Revolution [[Fort Phoenix]], Fairhaven
| caption = 1st Naval Battle American Revolution [[Fort Phoenix]], Fairhaven
|date=14 May 1775
| date = 14 May 1775
|place=[[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Fairhaven]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]]
| place = [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts|Fairhaven]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|41.54|-70.83|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates=
| result = American victory
|result=Patriot forces retrieve two patriot vessels from HMS Falcon
| combatant1 = {{flagdeco|New England}} [[United Colonies]]
|combatant2=[[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]
* [[Province of Massachusetts Bay|Massachusetts Bay]]
|combatant1={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
| combatant2 = {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Great Britain}}
|commander2=[[Daniel Egery]]<br>Nathaniel Pope
|commander1= John Linzee (Lindsey)
| commander1 = Daniel Egery<br />Nathaniel Pope
| commander2 = John Linzee (Lindsey)
|strength2=Private sloop ''Success''<br>30 militia ([[Massachusetts militia]])
|strength1=HMS Falcon<br>about 110 [[Royal Navy]] seamen
| strength1 = Private sloop ''Success''<br />30 militia men ([[Massachusetts militia]])
| strength2 = HMS ''Falcon''<br />about 110 [[Royal Navy]] seamen
|casualties2=none
|casualties1=1 killed<br>2 wounded<br>13 prisoners
| casualties1 = none
| casualties2 = 1 killed<br />2 wounded<br />13 prisoners
|campaignbox=
{{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Boston}}
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Boston}}
{{Campaignbox American Revolutionary War: Northern coast 1776-1781}}
}}
}}


The '''Battle off Fairhaven''' was the first naval engagement of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It took place on May 14, 1775, in [[Buzzards Bay]] off [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts]] (formerly known as Dartmouth, Massachusetts) and resulted in [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] militia retrieving two vessels that had been captured by [[HMS Falcon (1771)|HMS ''Falcon'']]. The patriots also captured 13 crew of the [[Royal Navy]], the first naval prisoners of the war.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historynewbedfo00rickgoog#page/n300/mode/2up Daniel Ricketson. The History of New Bedford. 1858. p. 292-293.]</ref>
The '''Battle off Fairhaven''' was the first naval engagement of the [[American Revolutionary War]]. It took place on May 14, 1775, in [[Buzzards Bay]] off [[Fairhaven, Massachusetts]] (formerly known as Dartmouth, Massachusetts) and resulted in [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] militia retrieving two vessels that had been captured by {{HMS|Falcon|1771|6}}. The patriots also captured the 13 man crew of the [[Royal Navy]], the first naval prisoners of the war.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historynewbedfo00rickgoog#page/n300/mode/2up Daniel Ricketson. The History of New Bedford. 1858. p. 292-293.]</ref>


==Context==
==Context==
On April 19, 1775, the [[American Revolutionary War]] began with the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] in the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]. Following the battle, the militia that had mustered to oppose the British [[Siege of Boston|besieged the city of Boston]] where the British troops were located.<ref>Leamon, James S (1995). ''Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine''. University of Massachusetts Press. {{ISBN|978-0-87023-959-5}}. , pp. 74–76</ref>
On April 19, 1775, the [[American Revolutionary War]] began with the [[Battles of Lexington and Concord]] in the [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]]. Following the battle, the militia that had mustered to oppose the British [[Siege of Boston|besieged the city of Boston]] where the British troops were located.<ref>Leamon, James S (1995). ''Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine''. University of Massachusetts Press. {{ISBN|978-0-87023-959-5}}. , pp. 74–76</ref>


On 13 May 1775, HMS ''Falcon'' caught two patriot vessels whose owners, Jesse Barlow and Simeon Wing—the latter's vessel commanded by his son Thomas— were from [[Sandwich, Massachusetts]].<ref>Captain Thomas Wing (1754-1835) continued to serve in the war. Jesse Barlow (1749-1815) became a Captain in a volunteer company from 1775 to 1778 and was stationed at Staten Island, New York. Jesse Barlow had to pay £45 and give bonds to [[indemnify]] the Dartmouth people.</ref>
On 13 May 1775, HMS ''Falcon'' caught two patriot vessels whose owners, Jesse Barlow and Simeon Wing—the latter's vessel commanded by his son Thomas—were from [[Sandwich, Massachusetts]].<ref>Captain Thomas Wing (1754-1835) continued to serve in the war. Jesse Barlow (1749-1815) became a Captain in a volunteer company from 1775 to 1778 and was stationed at Staten Island, New York. Jesse Barlow had to pay £45 and give bonds to [[indemnify]] the Dartmouth people.</ref>


==Engagement==
==Engagement==
A group of 30 patriots from Fairhaven were led by Captain Daniel Egery and Captain Nathaniel Pope of Fairhaven in the sloop ''Success'' (40 tuns). This militia also included Benjamin Spooner, [[Noah Stoddard]] and Barnabas Hammond.<ref>[http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs_no_6 George Tripp. The Town of Fairhaven in Four Wars. Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch. No.6. New Bedford Whaling Museum]</ref> They retrieved two patriot vessels captured by the British crew of Captain John Linzee (Lindsey), Royal Navy commander of HMS ''Falcon'' (14 guns, 110 men).<ref>Captain Daniel Egery was from Dartmouth and a Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Terry's Second Dartmouth Company, Colonel Thomas Gilbert's 2nd Bristol County Regiment in July, 1771. Prior to the Battle off Fairhaven, he was a Captain of a Company of Minute Men at [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Lexington]]. After the Battle of Fairhaven, on May 24, 1775, he was engaged as Captain in Colonel [[Timothy Danielson]]'s Regiment and briefly attached to Colonel David Brewer's Regiment. (See The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 10)</ref>
A group of 30 patriots from Fairhaven were led by Captain Daniel Egery and Captain Nathaniel Pope of Fairhaven in the sloop ''Success'' (40 tons). This militia also included Benjamin Spooner, [[Noah Stoddard]] and Barnabas Hammond.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs_no_6 |title=George Tripp. The Town of Fairhaven in Four Wars. Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch. No.6. New Bedford Whaling Museum |access-date=2014-08-07 |archive-date=2016-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721191642/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs_no_6 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They retrieved two patriot vessels captured by the British crew of Captain John Linzee (Lindsey), Royal Navy commander of HMS ''Falcon'' (14 guns, 110 men).<ref>Captain Daniel Egery was from Dartmouth and a Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Terry's Second Dartmouth Company, Colonel Thomas Gilbert's 2nd Bristol County Regiment in July, 1771. Prior to the Battle off Fairhaven, he was a Captain of a Company of Minute Men at [[Battles of Lexington and Concord|Lexington]]. After the Battle of Fairhaven, on May 24, 1775, he was engaged as Captain in Colonel [[Timothy Danielson]]'s Regiment and briefly attached to Colonel David Brewer's Regiment. (See The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 10)</ref>
The patriots took 13 British crew, the first naval prisoners of the war; two of them were wounded and one of them died.<ref>[http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs_no_6 George Tripp. The Town of Fairhaven in Four Wars. Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch. No.6. New Bedford Whaling Museum]</ref><ref>See Captain Nathaniel Pope's manuscript and Ellis's History for accounts of this rebellion.</ref><ref>[http://www.awiatsea.com/incidents/14%20May%201775%20Recapture%20of%20Falcon's%20Prizes.html Recapture of Falcon’s Prizes: The First Naval Encounter of the War, 14 May 1775]</ref><ref>[http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/10/first-naval-skirmish-revolution/ First Naval Skimmish of the American Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historyofbristol00hurd#page/269/mode/1up Hamilton Hurd. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, p. 269]</ref>
The patriots took 13 British crew, the first naval prisoners of the war; two of them were wounded and one of them died.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs_no_6 |title=George Tripp. The Town of Fairhaven in Four Wars. Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch. No.6. New Bedford Whaling Museum |access-date=2014-08-07 |archive-date=2016-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721191642/https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/library/publications/old-dartmouth-historical-sketches/odhs_no_6 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>See Captain Nathaniel Pope's manuscript and Ellis's History for accounts of this rebellion.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.awiatsea.com/incidents/14%20May%201775%20Recapture%20of%20Falcon's%20Prizes.html |title=Recapture of Falcon's Prizes: The First Naval Encounter of the War, 14 May 1775 |access-date=7 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232250/http://www.awiatsea.com/incidents/14%20May%201775%20Recapture%20of%20Falcon's%20Prizes.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=usurped }}</ref><ref>[http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/10/first-naval-skirmish-revolution/ First Naval Skimmish of the American Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/historyofbristol00hurd#page/269/mode/1up Hamilton Hurd. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, p. 269]</ref>


The people of Fairhaven went on to capture additional British ships. [[Privateer]]s and others operating out of Fairhaven continued to harass the British Navy throughout the war.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}
The people of Fairhaven went on to capture additional British ships. [[Privateer]]s and others operating out of Fairhaven continued to harass British ships throughout the war.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.awiatsea.com/incidents/14%20May%201775%20Recapture%20of%20Falcon's%20Prizes.html Recapture of Falcon’s Prizes: The First Naval Encounter of the War, 14 May 1775] Link is broken.

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Latest revision as of 15:56, 22 September 2024

Battle off Fairhaven
Part of the American Revolutionary War

1st Naval Battle American Revolution Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven
Date14 May 1775
Location
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
41°32′N 70°50′W / 41.54°N 70.83°W / 41.54; -70.83
Result American victory
Belligerents

United Colonies

 Great Britain
Commanders and leaders
Daniel Egery
Nathaniel Pope		 John Linzee (Lindsey)
Strength
Private sloop Success
30 militia men (Massachusetts militia)		 HMS Falcon
about 110 Royal Navy seamen
Casualties and losses
none 1 killed
2 wounded
13 prisoners

The Battle off Fairhaven was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It took place on May 14, 1775, in Buzzards Bay off Fairhaven, Massachusetts (formerly known as Dartmouth, Massachusetts) and resulted in Patriot militia retrieving two vessels that had been captured by HMS Falcon. The patriots also captured the 13 man crew of the Royal Navy, the first naval prisoners of the war.[1]

Context

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On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the British Province of Massachusetts Bay. Following the battle, the militia that had mustered to oppose the British besieged the city of Boston where the British troops were located.[2]

On 13 May 1775, HMS Falcon caught two patriot vessels whose owners, Jesse Barlow and Simeon Wing—the latter's vessel commanded by his son Thomas—were from Sandwich, Massachusetts.[3]

Engagement

[edit]

A group of 30 patriots from Fairhaven were led by Captain Daniel Egery and Captain Nathaniel Pope of Fairhaven in the sloop Success (40 tons). This militia also included Benjamin Spooner, Noah Stoddard and Barnabas Hammond.[4] They retrieved two patriot vessels captured by the British crew of Captain John Linzee (Lindsey), Royal Navy commander of HMS Falcon (14 guns, 110 men).[5] The patriots took 13 British crew, the first naval prisoners of the war; two of them were wounded and one of them died.[6][7][8][9][10]

The people of Fairhaven went on to capture additional British ships. Privateers and others operating out of Fairhaven continued to harass British ships throughout the war.[citation needed]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Daniel Ricketson. The History of New Bedford. 1858. p. 292-293.
  2. ^ Leamon, James S (1995). Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-0-87023-959-5. , pp. 74–76
  3. ^ Captain Thomas Wing (1754-1835) continued to serve in the war. Jesse Barlow (1749-1815) became a Captain in a volunteer company from 1775 to 1778 and was stationed at Staten Island, New York. Jesse Barlow had to pay £45 and give bonds to indemnify the Dartmouth people.
  4. ^ "George Tripp. The Town of Fairhaven in Four Wars. Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch. No.6. New Bedford Whaling Museum". Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  5. ^ Captain Daniel Egery was from Dartmouth and a Lieutenant in Captain Benjamin Terry's Second Dartmouth Company, Colonel Thomas Gilbert's 2nd Bristol County Regiment in July, 1771. Prior to the Battle off Fairhaven, he was a Captain of a Company of Minute Men at Lexington. After the Battle of Fairhaven, on May 24, 1775, he was engaged as Captain in Colonel Timothy Danielson's Regiment and briefly attached to Colonel David Brewer's Regiment. (See The Massachusetts Magazine, Volume 10)
  6. ^ "George Tripp. The Town of Fairhaven in Four Wars. Old Dartmouth Historical Sketch. No.6. New Bedford Whaling Museum". Archived from the original on 2016-07-21. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  7. ^ See Captain Nathaniel Pope's manuscript and Ellis's History for accounts of this rebellion.
  8. ^ "Recapture of Falcon's Prizes: The First Naval Encounter of the War, 14 May 1775". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  9. ^ First Naval Skimmish of the American Revolution
  10. ^ Hamilton Hurd. History of Bristol County, Massachusetts, p. 269
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