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Battle of Delaware Bay
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, which 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.
==Background==
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'', of 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 Josiah Rodgers 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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