Greyhound

Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 23rd of May 2026 11:56

London, 30 June 1722: By advice from South Carolina, dated May the 8th last, by way of Jamaica, there is the following account concerning the Greyhound, Captain Waldrup, man of war, stationed at New York, which ship arrived at Charles Town in South-Carolina on the 4th of that month, having been trading at Port Maria on the Island of Cuba, with the Spaniards of that Island, having [illegible] of them several thousand pieces of eight; after all was over, the Captain gave the Spaniards a handsome dinner, and they seeing that the [illegible] entire confidence in them and was no ways upon his guard, took the company by surprize and robbed the ship of the money, and what else was valuable. And the 19th, there being about 18 or 20 Spaniards on board secretly armed with daggers and pocket pistols, took the opportunity when all hands were at dinner, to stab the Captain, killed the Doctor, dangerously wounded the Lieutenant, killed 7 or 8 men more, secured all the arms that were in the cabbin, steerage, and quarter deck, from whence they fired upon the men and drove them down the hold, as they attempted to come on the deck, and in a quarter of an hour made themselves masters of the ship, and the first thing they did, they carried on shore all the money, some say, to the value of ten thousand pounds. The said Greyhound had a sloop to her as a tender, with 30 odd men on board, which came into the said Port Maria the very interim of this unfortunate accident, and the Spaniards taking it to be a sloop of force, obliged them to quit the said ship, and to go on shore, and the Greyhound made the best of her way to this port, where she arrived in the greatest extremity, for want of provisions and other necessaries. [Newcastle Courant, 7 July 1722]

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 21st of May 2026 07:08

London, 26 January 1720: His Majesty’s ships Blandford and Greyhound are fitting out with all expedition, the one being appointed for the station of New-York, and the other for the station of South Carolina. [Newcastle Courant, 4 February 1720]

Posted by Brian on Friday 15th of January 2016 22:17

1739 - Capt. Ambrose in his Majesty's ship Greyhound meeting a Genoese ship from St. Anders, obliged her to bring to, and on searching her found 23 chests of silver (each 3080 pieces of eight)consigned to some merchants at Cadiz and supposed part of the Azogues treasure; he took them on board the Kings ship as a place of greater security, but paid the master the freight and gave him a receipt in full.