The Spy is referred to both as a sloop and a schooner. She was fitted out at Norwich, Connecticut in 1775, by Capt. Robert Niles. She captured the brig Peggy, loaded with flour, in October 1715, after the brig had ran aground. SG356
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The Spy is referred to both as a sloop and a schooner. She was fitted out at Norwich, Connecticut in 1775, by Capt. Robert Niles. She captured the brig Peggy, loaded with flour, in October 1715, after the brig had ran aground. SG356
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Re: Spy
When in July 1775 the British Royal Navy blockaded New London, Connecticut and damaged the lighthouse, and raided Fisher’s Island taking cattle and provision, in response the Connecticut General Assembly activated militia troops in Stonington, New London and Groton.
There were only a few ships for the defense of which the the BRITANIA (or BRITANNICA) was one of it, she was owned by Edward Hancox, John Denison and others in Stonington. It was a sloop of about 25 tons.
The Connecticut Navy bought the vessel which is given as sloop or schooner renamed it SPY.
She was armed with 6 guns and other armaments.
From early October 1775 used as a privateer and warship under command of Captain Robert Niles by the Connecticut Navy but chiefly as a spy to run from place to place, to discover the enemy, and carry intelligence in the Long Island Sound. But she was also used as a privateer outside the Sound.
She was the first ship of the Connecticut Navy to take a prize, when she in October 1775 captured the British brig PEGGY, which had run aground loaded with flour.
1778 Was she one of several ships send to France with news that Congress had ratified the Treaty of Alliance, she was the first ship which arrived in France with the news. One her return voyage back to the USA was she captured by the British and sent to England.
British Virgin Islands 1976 22c sg356, scott310
Source: Log Book. Wikipedia.
There were only a few ships for the defense of which the the BRITANIA (or BRITANNICA) was one of it, she was owned by Edward Hancox, John Denison and others in Stonington. It was a sloop of about 25 tons.
The Connecticut Navy bought the vessel which is given as sloop or schooner renamed it SPY.
She was armed with 6 guns and other armaments.
From early October 1775 used as a privateer and warship under command of Captain Robert Niles by the Connecticut Navy but chiefly as a spy to run from place to place, to discover the enemy, and carry intelligence in the Long Island Sound. But she was also used as a privateer outside the Sound.
She was the first ship of the Connecticut Navy to take a prize, when she in October 1775 captured the British brig PEGGY, which had run aground loaded with flour.
1778 Was she one of several ships send to France with news that Congress had ratified the Treaty of Alliance, she was the first ship which arrived in France with the news. One her return voyage back to the USA was she captured by the British and sent to England.
British Virgin Islands 1976 22c sg356, scott310
Source: Log Book. Wikipedia.