Battle off Yarmouth (1777)

Battle off Yarmouth (1777)
Part of the American Revolutionary War

USS Cabot
Date28 March 1777
Location
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Result British victory
Belligerents
United States United States Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
United States Joseph Olney
Lieut. Benjamin Knight		 Kingdom of Great Britain John Burr[1][2]
Strength
140 men 32 guns

The Battle off Yarmouth took place on 28 March 1777 during the American Revolutionary War off the coast of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[3] The battle is the first American armed vessel to engage the British Navy. The British vessel HMS Milford forced the American USS Cabot aground and the American crew escaped among the inhabitants of Yarmouth.[4][5][6]

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  2. ^ Smith, Charles Richard (1975). Marines in the Revolution: A History of the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, 1775-1783. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. p. 434.
  3. ^ Smith, Charles Richard (1975). "Marines in the Revolution: A History of the Continental Marines in the American Revolution, 1775-1783". History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. p. 111.
  4. ^ "How Zachariah Foote, of Yarmouth, Endured the American Revolutionary War". yarmouthhistory.ca. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The Sailing Navy, 1775–1854. New York, New York: Routledge. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-415-97872-9.
  6. ^ Maclay, Edgar Stanton (1894). A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1893. Vol. 1. p. 85.[permanent dead link]