Commodore Gillon - Bahama Channel <body>  <center> <table border=0 cellpadding=5 width=95%> <tr><td> Database: <a href="b.htm#bahamachannel">Bahama Channel</a> <p> <center><b>Bahama Channel</b></center><p> <b>What:</b><br> Capture, *Commodore Gillon, <i>South Carolina</i> et al vs. Jamaica convoy, 7 Jan 1782<br> <b>Other names:</b> <p> <b>Where:</b> <br>  22.5000 -78.0000 *Commodore Gillon, <i>South Carolina</i> et al vs. Jamaica convoy, 7 Jan 1782<br> <p> <b>Maps:</b> <a href="mapnotes.htm">[map notes]</a> <ul> <li> 22.5000 -78.0000 Bahama Channel <li><a href="http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=22.5&lon=-78.0&scale=10000&icon=x">Multimap</a>. Zoom out 4 or more times. <li><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=22.5,+-78.0&spn=0.194458,0.409653&t=k&iwloc=A&hl=en">Google</a> Use hybrid. Zoom out 5 or more times. <li><a href="http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?searchtype=address&formtype=latlong&latlongtype=decimal&latitude=22.5&longitude=-78.0">Mapquest</a>. Zoom out 3 or more times. <li><A HREF="http://dmaweb2.jrc.it/services/dmaexplorer/?x=-78.0&y=22.5&labeltext=&addon=label&box=" TARGET="_blank">DMA Explorer</a>, EC JRC Digital Atlas. <i> Scripts must not be disabled. Close window to return.</i> Zoom out one or more times.<br> <li>Confidence: 1<p> </ul><p> <b>Sources:</b> <ul> <li><a href="biblio.htm#okelley">NBBAS:Four</a>, p.26.<br> <blockquote> <i> Atlantic Ocean, the Bahama Channel<br> 7 January 1782<p> After determining that Charlestown was still under British control Commodore Alexander Gillon convened a council of his officers to decide where to go to next. The council decided to sail to Havana. The frigate South Carolina sailed towards Abaco and spotted a small fleet of five ships heading up the Bahama Channel. This was a convoy going from Jamaica to Europe loaded with sugar and lumber.<p> Gillon coerced the closest four brigantines to heave to and be boarded. Three of these ships were privateers and were armed but they were no match for the heavily armed frigate. The fifth ship, the Nelly, did not follow the example of the others and avoided the frigate. Gillon sent a jolly boat with Lieutenant John Mayrant and 24 marines disguised in British uniforms to demand permission to board. The captain of the Nelly threatened to fire on the boarding party, but she soon came within range of the South Carolina and had to surrender. Commodore Gillon was able to sail into Havana on January 12th with five prizes in tow. </i> </blockquote><p> <li>Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names record for <a href="http://www.getty.edu/vow/TGNFullDisplay?find=bahama&place=channel&nation=&prev_page=1&english=Y&subjectid=1114222">Old Bahama Channel</a><p> <li>Jefferey's Composite Map of the Caribbean, 1775, from Rumsey Historical Map Collection:<p> <img src="bahamachannel.jpg" height=496 width=600 alt="Bahama Channel"><p>   <li> <a href="biblio.htm#rw75">RevWar75</a> <br> <a href="http://revwar75.com/battles/178201.htm">Jan 1782 listing</a>: 1/7/1782 Atlantic Ocean, the Bahama Channel. Shown as insufficient data.<br> <p> </ul><p> <b>Related sites:</b> <p> <b>Submitted by:</b> Patrick O'Kelley<p> <b>Confidence level:</b> 1<p>  </td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>