9/1/2023 0 Comments Us frigate![]() ![]() She was never commissioned and was docked on 18 November 1781 at Woolwich. The Royal Navy sent her to England, under the command of Captain James Cumming. Many of her crew were sent to the old prison hulk Jersey, though some ended up in Mill and Forton prisons.įate Confederacy, captured and drawn in 1781 Most of the merchantmen she was escorting escaped. The British ships forced Confederacy to strike her flag. After repairs, she returned to convoy duty.Ĭaptain Nicholson replaced Harding in on 20 October 1780.Ĭonfederacy was homeward bound from Cape Francois in the West Indies in 1781 with military stores and other supplies and escorting a fleet of 37 merchantmen, when on 14 April she encountered HMS Roebuck (44) and HMS Orpheus (32) off the Delaware Capes. During the passage on 7 November 1779 Confederacy was completely dismasted and almost lost, but managed through the skillful seamanship of Captain Harding to reach Martinique early in December. Later John Jay, the first American Minister to Spain, his secretary, and family were added to the passenger list. Navy vessel joined active service at an Australian port, as the two close allies step up their military ties. On 17 September 1779 Confederacy was ordered to carry the French Minister and his family back to France. The United States commissioned a warship in Sydney on Saturday, the first time a U.S. While convoying a fleet of merchantmen, on 6 June, she and Deane captured three prizes, drove off two British frigates and brought the convoy safely into Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ![]() From 1 May to 24 August 1779 she cruised on the Atlantic coast under the command of Captain Seth Harding. She was launched on 8 November 1778 at Chatham ( Norwich), Connecticut, and towed to New London to be prepared for sea. She reached England in about half-a-year and was broken up in 1782. By 1826, the provisional Greek government sought to purchase two major frigates (warships) from United States companies to bolster their naval fleet to. The British named her Confederate but never commissioned her. The British Royal Navy captured her in March 1781. USS Confederacy was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the Continental Navy in the American Revolutionary War. Publisher: Lithographed and Published by Nathaniel Currier (American, Roxbury, Massachusetts 18131888 New. A Revolutionary War painting depicting the Continental Navy frigate Confederacy is displayed at the Navy Art Gallery at the Washington Navy Yard. ![]()
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