John Barry Lambert Wickes William Hallock Hugh Montgomery
Strength
HMS Orpheus HMS Kingfisher
USS Lexington USS Reprisal USS Wasp Nancy
Casualties and losses
Estimated 12–36[1]
Nancy destroyed Richard Wickes †[2]
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Atlantic naval theatre
Nassau
Block Island
Turtle Gut Inlet
Barbados
Yarmouth
Capture of USS Hancock
Frederica
North Channel
Charles Town
1st Long Island
1st Cape Henry
Cape Split
Cape Breton
Capture of USS Trumbull
Cape Ann
1st Chesapeake
Capture of HMS Savage
1st Delaware Bay
Halifax
2nd Cape Henry
Hudson Bay
2nd Long Island
2nd Delaware Bay
Kedges Strait
3rd Delaware Bay
2nd Chesapeake Bay
The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet (June 29, 1776) was an important, early naval victory for the Continental Navy and the future "Father of the American Navy", Captain John Barry.[3]
It was the first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War.[1]
The battle resulted in the first American casualty of the war in New Jersey, Lieutenant Richard Wickes, brother of Captain Lambert Wickes.[4][5]
It was the only Revolutionary War battle fought in Cape May County.[6]
^ abDonnelly 2010, p. 109
^*"Lt. Richard Wickes". Historical Marker Database.
^"The Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet". Wildwood Crest Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 21, 2021. Retrieved March 22, 2012.
^Johnson 2006, pp. 95–6
^Lundin, Leonard (1940). Cockpit of the Revolution – The War for Independence in New Jersey. Princeton University Press. p. 113.
^"Southern New Jersey and the Delaware Bay: Historic Themes and Resources within the New Jersey Coastal Heritage Trail Route". National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2012-04-30.
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