CABOT Continental Navy 1775

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CABOT Continental Navy 1775

Post by aukepalmhof » Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:33 pm

CABOT: Built as a wooden hulled merchant ship, she was purchased in Philadelphia, Pa., by the Continental Navy during November 1775; after she was bought she was fitted out as a warship by Wharton & Humphreys in Philadelphia.
Tonnage 186 tons (bm), dim. 22.58 x 7.55 x 3.47m.
Armament: 14 – 6pdrs guns and 12 swivel guns.
Crew 90 and 43 mariners.

The ship was named after John Cabot (1450-1498), the Venetian navigator, discovered the North American continent in 1497 while sailing under the sponsorship of King Henry VII of England. She was the first ship in the USA Navy under that name.
And placed under the command of Captain J. B. Hopkins as one of the first ships of the Continental Navy.
Sailing with Commodore Esek Hopkins' fleet, CABOT joined in the expedition against the Bahamas in March 1776, taking part in the amphibious operations against New Providence on 3 March. By this bold stroke, men of the fleet seized large quantities of desperately needed military supplies which they carried back to the Continental Army. Upon the return of the fleet north, CABOT was first to fire in the engagement with H.M.S. GLASGOW 6 April. The next month, she made a short cruise off the New England coast, during which she took her first prize. In September and October, again sailing in New England waters, she seized six more prizes.
CABOT stood out of Boston in March 1777, and later in the month, encountered HMS MILFORD (32). The vastly more powerful British ship chased CABOT t and forced her ashore in Nova Scotia. While CABOT 's captain and crew escaped unharmed, the British were later able to get the brig off, and refitted her for service in the Royal Navy. CABOT was the first Continental naval ship captured by the British.
June 1778 commissioned as armed ship HMS CABOT, under command of Lieutenant Edmund Dod.
November 1778 under command of Lieutenant Ralph Dundas in the English Channel and North Sea.
To Relief of Jersey.
13 May 1779 in action in Cancale Bay, North West France.
End 1779 under command of Commander Henry Cromwell in the Channel and the North Sea.
1781 Used for Baltic convoys.
05 August 1781 at the Battle of Doggersbank, a battle between a British and a Dutch squadron.
1781 Decommissioned.
25 June 1783 sold.

Paraguay 1975 0.40G sg?, scott1622.

Source: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792 by Rif Winfield.
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