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*Gaspee (1763) was a revenue [[schooner]] famously destroyed in the 1772 [[Gaspee Affair]] in [[Narragansett Bay]]. |
* ''Gaspee'' (1763) was a revenue [[schooner]] famously destroyed in the 1772 [[Gaspee Affair]] in [[Narragansett Bay]].{{sfnp|Bartlett|1861}} |
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* {{HMS|Gaspée|1773|6}} was a [[schooner]] or [[brig]] purchased in North America, and captured on 23 November 1775. Her captors scuttled her but the Royal Navy retrieved her in May 1776. She served again in 1777 but her subsequent fate is unknown. |
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*Gaspee (1773) was a [[brig]] that saw service in [[North America]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. |
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* {{cite book|last=Bartlett|first=John Russell|title=A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majesty's Schooner Gaspee, in Narragansett Bay, on the 10th June, 1772|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofdestruc00bart|year=1861|publisher=A. C. Greene, printer to the state}} |
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Revision as of 06:15, 22 July 2023
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Gaspee (or Gaspe):
- Gaspee (1763) was a revenue schooner famously destroyed in the 1772 Gaspee Affair in Narragansett Bay.[1]
- HMS Gaspée was a schooner or brig purchased in North America, and captured on 23 November 1775. Her captors scuttled her but the Royal Navy retrieved her in May 1776. She served again in 1777 but her subsequent fate is unknown.
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References
- Bartlett, John Russell (1861). A History of the Destruction of His Britannic Majesty's Schooner Gaspee, in Narragansett Bay, on the 10th June, 1772. A. C. Greene, printer to the state.
- {Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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