# Daniel Fones
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[[File:Canon of Tartar, Washington Square, Newport Rhode Island.png|thumb|Cannon of ''Tartar'', [Washington Square (Newport, Rhode Island)](/source/Washington_Square_(Newport%2C_Rhode_Island)) ({{circa|1922}})]]
thumb|Daniel Fones Letter, Battle off Tatamagouche, 1745
'''Daniel Fones''' (born 9 March 1713, [Conanicut Island](/source/Conanicut_Island), [Jamestown, Rhode Island](/source/Jamestown%2C_Rhode_Island) – {{circa|1790}}, [North Kingstown](/source/North_Kingstown), [Washington, Rhode Island](/source/Washington%2C_Rhode_Island)) was the leading military commander for Rhode Island in the [Siege of Louisbourg](/source/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1745)) in 1745.[{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/somefamousprivat00east|title=Some famous privateers of New England|first=Ralph M. (Ralph Mason)|last=Eastman|date=Oct 15, 1928|publisher=[Boston] Priv. print., State street trust company|accessdate=Oct 15, 2021|via=Internet Archive}}] He was the captain of ''Tartar'', the privateer vessel was the Rhode Island contribution to the victory at Louisbourg (the 150 soldiers from Rhode Island arrived after the Siege).[{{Cite web|url=https://www.independentri.com/independents/north_east/opinion/article_87f6d71b-55df-5752-b8b3-cd90b7aa7451.html|title=Capt. Daniel Fones: Local war hero and privateer|first=G. Timothy|last=Cranston|website=The Independent|date=26 February 2015 |accessdate=Oct 15, 2021}}]
Fones took command of ''Tartar'' at the outbreak of [King George's War](/source/King_George's_War). In April 1745, Fones successfully escorted the 500 soldiers in seven transports to Canso, Nova Scotia.[{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aVFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Captain+Daniel+Fones+%28Tartar%2C&pg=PA155|title=Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1741-1756|date=Oct 15, 1860|publisher=A. C. Greene and brothers, state printers|accessdate=Oct 15, 2021|via=Google Books}}][{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8aVFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Fones+&pg=PA155|title=Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England: 1741-1756|date=Oct 15, 1860|publisher=A. C. Greene and brothers, state printers|accessdate=Oct 15, 2021|via=Google Books}}] During the voyage he drew fire from the French 32-gun frigate [''Renommée''](/source/French_frigate_Renomm%C3%A9e_(1744)), under [Kersaint-Coëtnempren](/source/Guy_Fran%C3%A7ois_Co%C3%ABtnempren_de_Kersaint), in an eight-hour engagement.[{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NSI6AQAAMAAJ&dq=louisbourg&pg=PA605|title=The Royal Navy, a History from the Earliest Times to Present|first=Sir William Laird|last=Clowes|date=Oct 15, 1898|publisher=S. Low, Marston, Company|accessdate=Oct 15, 2021|via=Google Books}}][{{Cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/louisbourgfromit00mcleuoft|title=Louisbourg, from its foundation to its fall, 1713-1758|first=John Stewart|last=McLennan|date=Oct 15, 1918|publisher=London Macmillan|accessdate=Oct 15, 2021|via=Internet Archive}}] In May 1745, participating in the blockade of Louisbourg, Fones captured the French merchant ship ''Deux Amies''. In June he participated in the [Naval battle off Tatamagouche](/source/Naval_battle_off_Tatamagouche). In the battle, Fones rescued the Connecticut warship ''Resolution'' and crushed the French and Indian expedition en route to save Louisbourg.
[[File:TartarGunsNewportHistoricalSociety.jpg|thumb|left|Cannon from Captain Fones' ship ''Tartar'', [Newport Historical Society](/source/Newport_Historical_Society)]]
After the war he commanded the privateer ''Prince Frederick'', the Defiance and Success.