Capture of Turtle Bay Depot
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Era | Date not recorded (no reliable year in Wikidata) | derived from year |
|---|---|---|
| Location | United States | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | North America | Natural Earth |
| Coordinates | 40.7490, -73.9680 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Capture of Turtle Bay Depot was a military raid that took place in the early American Revolutionary War on July 20, 1775. The raid was on Turtle Bay Depot, a British magazine and storehouse.
On the night of July 20, 1775, a raid, conducted by the Sons of Liberty and led by Marinus Willett, John Lamb, Isaac Sears, and Alexander McDougall, attacked the Turtle Bay Depot in Manhattan, New York. The raiders also seized the British ship HMS Asia. The HMS Asia was a 1764, 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Thomas Bucknall. The HMS Asia was used as a cargo ship and troop transport ship in the American Revolutionary War.
The Sons of Liberty then sent the stores to Boston, patriots on Lake Champlain, and Fort Ticonderoga. After the capture of Turtle Bay Depot, the patriots established Turtle Bay Redoubt, an earthwork that was located on the site that would become the Headquarters of the United Nations.
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