The Battle off Halifax took place on 28 May 1782 during the American Revolutionary War. It involved the American privateer Jack and the 14-gun Royal Naval brig off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Captain David Ropes commanded Jack, and Lieutenant John Crymes commanded Observer.David RopesRopes from Salemp. 353p. 186 The battle was "a long and severe engagement" in which Captain David Ropes was killed.Salem Gazette, 11, 18 July 1782; Boston Post, 15 June 1782; and Hunts Magazine, February 1857, as cited by Gardner W. Allen, A Naval History of the American Revolution (Boston, 1913), Chapter 17.Nova Scotia Historical Society
