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had chartered to take care of the surplus supplies — departed L'Orient on 5 September, but contrary winds held them up in Groix Roads for over a month. The trio finally put to sea on 7 October. However, the next day one of the most severe storms in the history of the French coast broke and wreaked
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Nathaniel Shaw, Jr., Naval Agent at New London, Connecticut from April 1776 until November 1778. In December of 1777, while under the command of Captain Samuel Chew, she put into Boston with a prize whose ÂŁ7,000 cargo had been destined for the West Indies. After the
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This engagement was John Paul Jones' last battle in the cause of
American freedom, but he soon had to forestall a budding mutiny. He uncovered a plot by the English seamen whom he had enlisted from among British prisoners of war in France to fill out his crew (built around survivors from
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Mackenzie got closer he realized that the stranger was actually a frigate, accompanied by two brigs and a schooner, and that she was not responding to his signals. He therefore decided to sail for the Georgia shore. The frigate gradually overhauled
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in France. He changed her rigging to improve her sailing qualities, and removed 10 of her 26 guns to make room for more cargo. However, loading the ship and the need to obtain other vessels to carry the surplus cargo which
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lost all of her masts, sprang leaks, and suffered much other damage. Only Jones's superb seamanship enabled her to stay afloat and then to limp back into Groix Roads under a jury rig on the morning of 12 October.
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Philadelphia with her badly needed military stores—which included 437 barrels of gunpowder, 146 chests of arms, a large quantity of shot, sheet lead, and much medicine—on 18 February 1781.
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British warship. When his pursuer reached hailing distance, Jones demanded that her captain identify himself and his ship. The stranger was the 20-gun British privateer
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was again seaworthy. She finally got underway again on 18 October. Jones left much of
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and Mackenzie had no choice but to stand and fight. The enemy vessel was the 32-gun
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in March 1793. The citizens of Bruges carried off her armament and stores.
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had sailed from Boston armed for war and in quest of the French fleet.
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then escorted her to Newport, where the French squadron under
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s repairs could be completed; a British warship then captured
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stopped her off Nantucket shoals. The Royal Navy took
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had struck her colors, Pindar maneuvered his ship to
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In 1778 she captured several American vessels. While
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in 1793 to prevent the British from recapturing her.
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859
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HMS Ariel (1777 - 1793) 20-Gun Sixth Rate Post Ship
719:great havoc in the area, destroying many ships.
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653:. d'Estaing immediately exchanged the crew of
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1237:(Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing.
566:on 22 October 1778, as well as the schooners
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1111:"NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution"
1027:"NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution"
1002:"NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution"
675:in October, where she served briefly as USS
1371:Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
1306:. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau.
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752:More than two months passed before
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181:between October 1780 and June 1781
14:
1563:Ships built by the Blackwall Yard
1147:. 18 December 1779. pp. 2–3.
829:Early in June 1781, Jones turned
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535:chased two schooners, one named
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1374:. The entry can be found
1065:. 2 February 1779. p. 1.
969:Winfield & Roberts (2015)
888:captured the merchant vessel
855:with sailors from the cutter
706:— accompanied by merchantmen
617:On 11 September 1779, whilst
169:Captured on 10 September 1779
392:from John Perry & Co.'s
1578:Frigates of the French Navy
1302:Roche, Jean-Michel (2005).
912:After the French defeat at
822:At the beginning of March,
320:: 130 (peace) and 210 (war)
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623:Charleston, South Carolina
374:American Revolutionary War
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1252:Demerliac, Alain (1996).
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1297:(in French). Paris: SPM.
194:General characteristics
1558:Sphinx-class post ships
1344:. Seaforth Publishing.
1231:; Warlow, Ben (2006) .
414:. (The Royal Navy took
1321:Winfield, Rif (2007).
335:: 20 Ă— 9-pounder guns
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85:John Perry & Co,
1258:(in French). Omega.
1214:, p. 114, #809.
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418:into service as HMS
132:on 10 September 1779
1175:, p. 69, #431.
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505:pursued the French
440:captured the sloop
189:Burnt in March 1793
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878:In September 1782
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130:French Navy
104:7 July 1777
77:3 July 1776
1553:1777 ships
1547:Categories
1264:1254967392
1222:References
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1078:Resistance
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366:post ship
296:Sail plan
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120:July 1777
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550:Captain
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470:, brigs
420:Virginia
416:Virginia
411:Virginia
327:Armament
166:Acquired
125:Captured
101:Launched
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1478:Unicorn
1471:Perseus
1457:Ariadne
1450:Galatea
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851:manned
791:Triumph
783:Triumph
638:Amazone
613:Capture
507:polacca
492:Chelsea
368:of the
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