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Battle off Fairhaven
The Battle off Fairhaven was the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War. It took place on May 14, 1775, in Buzzards Bay off Fairhaven, Massachusetts (formerly known as Dartmouth, Massachusetts) and resulted in Patriot militia retrieving two vessels that had been captured by HMS Falcon. The patriots also captured 13 crew of the Royal Navy, the first naval prisoners of the war.〔(Daniel Ricketson. The History of New Bedford. 1858. p. 292-293. )〕
==Context==
On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord in the British Province of Massachusetts Bay. Following the battle, the militia that had mustered to oppose the British besieged the city of Boston where the British troops were located.〔Leamon, James S (1995). Revolution Downeast: The War for American Independence in Maine. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-0-87023-959-5. , pp. 74–76〕
On 13 May 1775, HMS Falcon caught two patriot vessels whose owners were both from Sandwich, Massachusetts: Jesse Barlow and Simeon Wing, the latter's vessel commanded by his son Thomas.〔Captain Thomas Wing (1754-1835) continued to serve in the war. Jesse Barlow (1749-1815) became a Captain in a volunteer company from 1775 to 1778 and was stationed at Staten Island, New York. Jesse Barlow had to pay £45, and give bonds to indemnify the Dartmouth people.〕
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