Battle off Halifax (1782)

For the earlier battle, see Battle off Halifax (1780).

Battle off Halifax
Part of the American Revolutionary War

Battle off Halifax by Robert Dodd[1]
Date28–29 May 1782
Location
off Halifax, Nova Scotia
44°18′N 63°24′W / 44.3°N 63.4°W / 44.3; -63.4
Result British victory
Belligerents
 Great Britain United States
Commanders and leaders
John Crymes[2][3][4][5] David Ropes †
Strength
1 brig 1 privateer
Casualties and losses
3 killed
5 wounded		 7 killed
13 wounded
1 privateer captured

The Battle off Halifax took place on 28 May 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. It involved the American privateer Jack and the 14-gun Royal Naval brig HMS Observer off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Captain David Ropes commanded Jack, and Lieutenant John Crymes commanded Observer.[6][7][8][9][10] The battle was "a long and severe engagement" in which Captain David Ropes was killed.[11][12]

  1. ^ The United States navy, 1776 to 1815,depicted in an exhibition of prints of American naval engagements and American naval commanders held at the Grolier club November 19, 1942 to January 17, 1943. New York. 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812". Salem, Mass., The Essex institute. 1911.
  3. ^ Became Lieutenant in 1779
  4. ^ "John Crymes".
  5. ^ Also sailed the Viper.
  6. ^ "A list of the flag officers & other commissioned officers of His Majesty's fleet 1792 + 1799".
  7. ^ David Ropes[usurped]
  8. ^ Ropes from Salem
  9. ^ p. 353
  10. ^ p. 186
  11. ^ Salem Gazette, 11, 18 July 1782; Boston Post, 15 June 1782; and Hunt's Magazine, February 1857, as cited by Gardner W. Allen, A Naval History of the American Revolution (Boston, 1913), Chapter 17.
  12. ^ Nova Scotia Historical Society