I represent Antonio Rodrigo. I was a member of the crew of HMS Mentor, and I was from Portugal. The Mentor was a sloop built in Maryland in 1778. It spent between April 1780 and May 1781 – the height of Spanish hostilities – patrolling the waters near Pensacola, and at times our crew would go ashore to help the army shore up defenses. Sometimes we’d cruise out to take Spanish prizes. In early 1781, as the Spanish were closing in, the few vessels available to defend the harbor were reluctant to leave. But when HMS Hound was ordered to escort a last convoy of merchant ships to England, I appear to have taken that last opportunity to get out of harm’s way. I was marked as having run on February 24, 1781, the day Hound and the convoy set sail.
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