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Several ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name ''Gaspee'': |
Several ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''''Gaspee''''' (or ''Gaspe''): |
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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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*''Gaspée'' (1773) was a [[brig]] purchased in North America circa 1774, and captured on 23 November 1775. Her captors scuttled her. {{HMS|Isis|1774|6}} and {{HMS |Surprise|1774|2}} retrieved her in April 1776.{{sfnp|Hepper|1994|p=49}}<ref>{{London Gazette|date=8 June 1776 |issue=11673 |page=1}}</ref> The Navy did not take her into service. |
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*''Gaspee'' (1773) was a [[brig]] that saw service in [[North America]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. |
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== Citations and references == |
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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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*{{cite book|last=Hepper|first=David J.|year=1994|title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859|publisher=Jean Boudriot|location=Rotherfield|isbn=0-948864-30-3 |oclc=622348295 | url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/30475934.html}} |
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Revision as of 20:02, 20 November 2021
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.{{sfnp|Bartlett|1861}
- Gaspée (1773) was a brig purchased in North America circa 1774, and captured on 23 November 1775. Her captors scuttled her. HMS Isis and Surprise retrieved her in April 1776.[1][2] The Navy did not take her into service.
Citations and references
Citations
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 49.
- ^ "No. 11673". The London Gazette. 8 June 1776. p. 1.
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.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. OCLC 622348295.
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