by John Marshall

“ Sanders, with his frigate the Junon, and the ship-sloop Martin, Captain Humphrey Fleming Senhouse, of 16 carronades, 24-pounders, and 2 long nines, was stationed in Delaware bay. On the 29th, about 8 a.m., the Martin grounded on the outer ridge of Crow’s Shoal, within 21⁄2 miles from the beach; and, it being a falling tide, could not be floated again before the return of flood. The water ran so shallow, that it became necessary to shore the ship up; and the same cause prevented the Junon from afterwards anchoring nearer to the Martin, than a mile and three quarters. ”

“ The gun-boats were sloop-rigged vessels, averaging about 95 tons, and mounted each a long 32 and a 4-pounder, on traversing carriages, with a complement of 35 men, the exact number found on board the prize. ”

“ Their sides had been raised, heavy beams laid across, and the whole planked in, on the top, on each bide, and at the ends; leaving only loopholes for musketry (through which pikes might be used in repelling boarders) , and three ports of a side: in these were mounted long 18-pounders. The covering extended the whole length of the vessel, and was large enough to contain 60 men, the number stated as the complement of each. ”