    
Title: The six-gun brig Description: The six-gun brig Nancy, a British ordnance ship seized by American revolutionaries in the West Indies, right, accompanied by the American privateer Lee, left, is trapped by British warships while attempting to smuggle gunpowder to Philadelphia and the Continental Army; before the Nancy could be seized, its American crew unloaded 365 barrels of powder in small boats (seen in foreground), leaving behind enough for a large explosion; the deserting Americans lit a long fuse and when the British boarded the Nancy, the explosion tore the vessel apart, killing most of the boarding party; American Revolution; dingy; gunpowder; privateers; sailing ships; Location: Cape May, New Jersey, June 29, 1776 Keywords: smuggles, vessels, war prizes, warships Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2025 x 1175 (2.38 MPixels) (1.72) Print Size: 17.1 x 9.9 cm; 6.8 x 3.9 inches File Size: 6.82 MB (7,147,752 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000095467 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
