31st [July], p.m.-The Cornwall, one of Admiral Byron's fleet, and the Centurion, from Halifax,1 joined the fleet.2 Two transports were fitted at New York as fireships and joined us here. They were named the Sulphur and Volcano.3
“Journals of Henry Duncan," p. 160.
1. H.M.S. Cornwall, Capt. Timothy Edwards, commanding; H.M.S. Centurion, Capt. Richard Braithwaite, commanding. Vice Adm. Hon. John Byron's fleet, which had sailed on 9 June to reinforce the British fleet in American waters, had been scattered by a gale.
2. Vice Adm. Viscount Howe's fleet at Sandy Hook, New Jersey.
3. For more on these fire ships, see Viscount Howe to Philip Stephens, 2 Aug. 1778, below.
