this will be our new number 5)
20-guns
https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=13315
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not mentioned in first post (web-page
American War of Independence at Sea)
Oliver Cromwell (
13315)
Nominal Guns 20
Nationality
United States of America
Operator
Connecticut State Navy
Ordered 1.1.1776
Acquired 13.6.1776
Shipyard
Saybrook
Category Unrated Ship
Type
Brigantine
Captured 6.6.1779
Dimensions
Dimension - Measurement - Type - Metric Equivalent
Length of Keel - 80' 0"Imperial Feet - 24.384
Breadth - 27' 0"Imperial Feet - 8.2296
Depth in Hold - 12' 0"Imperial Feet - 3.6576
3 Commanding Officers
Dates Rank Name
8.1776 - 4.1777 Captain
William Coit
11.4.1777 - 12.1777 Captain
Seth Harding
12.1777 - 6.6.1779 Captain
Timothy Parker
Service History
Date - Event
1.8.1776 Struck by lightning, which did considerable damage to her main and mizzen masts
18.8.1776 Left the Connecticutt River
20.8.1776 Arrived at New London for fitting
6.8.1777 Took the Privateer Brig
Queen of Portugal (18)
6.6.1779 Taken by
Daphne (1776 - 20)
Data about the Daphne:
https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=3808
This ship is the same ship
wikipedia is refering to under
Oliver Cromwell (ship)
Oliver Cromwell was the largest ship in the
Connecticut State Navy from her launch on 13 Jun, 1776, until the British
Royal Navy captured her in a battle off the coast of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, on 6 June 1779. The Royal Navy renamed her HMS
Restoration.
[1]
History
Construction
Upon the outbreak of the
American Revolutionary War, the Connecticut General Assembly in July 1775 authorized Governor Jonathan Trumbull to purchase and outfit two armed vessels, the largest of which would be
Oliver Cromwell.
[2] Under the supervision of Capt. Seth Harding, ship builder Uriah Hayden began preliminary work for the project on 30 January. Work began in the Hayden family shipyard that sat on the
Connecticut River in Saybrook (Essex), Connecticut, on April 2, and continued until the ship's launch on 13 June 1776.
[3]
Capture of Admiral Keppel
In the spring of 1778
Oliver Cromwell set sail from Boston with
Defence for the West Indies, stopping in Charleston, S.C., for refitting.
[4] On April 15th, while sailing east of St. Kitts, the pair encountered two British ships,
Admiral Keppel and
Cyrus, and captured them. On board
Admiral Keppel, and taken prisoner, was
Henry Shirley, the former British Ambassador to Russia, and other bureaucrats, and their families, who were en route to Kingston, Jamaica, to relay instructions from London to the colony.
Admiral Keppel was sailed to Boston and sold for £22,321, and, after some deliberation by Gov. Trumbull, Mr. Shirley and the other captives were permitted to continue to Kingston under a flag of truce.
History Name:
Oliver Cromwell
Namesake:
Oliver Cromwell
Operator: Connecticut State Navy
Ordered: January 1, 1776
Builder:
Uriah Hayden
Laid down: April 2,1776
Launched: June 13, 1776
Completed: August 18, 1776
Captured: June 6, 1779
Great Britain
Name:
HMS Restoration
Acquired: 6 June 1779
Fate: unknown
General characteristics
Type: corvette
Tons burthen: 300 (
bm)
Length: 80 ft (24 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Depth of hold: 12 ft (3.7 m)
Complement: 180 officers and enlisted
Armament: 20 guns
References
- Jump up^ Middlebrook, Louis F. "History of Maritime Connecticut During the American Revolution 1773 - 1783 Vol. 1, Oliver Cromwell". langeonline.com. The Essex Institute. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- Jump up^ "Oliver Cromwell Launched – Today in History: June 13". connecticuthistory.org. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- Jump up^ "The Oliver Cromwell". CTMQ.com. Connecticut Museum Quest. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
- Jump up^ Paullin, Dr. Charles O. (1906). "Connecticut State Navy in the American Revolution". The New England Magazine. Vol. 35. Boston, MA. p. 714.
When we search for
HMS Restoration - according wikipedia the the new commission of the Oliver Cromwell
we can find at
wikipedia - nothing,
but at threedecks this information for a ship which could be the only one ex-Oliver Cromwell:
https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=20411
Restoration (20411)
Nominal Guns 14
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator Private Owners
Acquired 1779
Shipyard Unknown
Category Privateer
Ship Type
Sloop
Sailing Rig Ship Rigged
Bought by the Navy 14.11.1779
Becomes British sloop 'Loyalist' (1779) (14)
Dimensions
Dimension - Measurement - Type - Metric Equivalent
Length of Gundeck - 99' 0"Imperial Feet - 30.1752
Length of Keel - 82' 5"Imperial Feet - 25.0571
Breadth - 27' 0"Imperial Feet - 8.2296
Depth in Hold - 7' 8"Imperial Feet - 2.3368
Burthen - 319 55⁄94Tons BM
Sources
British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 by Rif Winfield
and
https://threedecks.org/index.php?display_type=show_ship&id=5178
Loyalist (5178)
Nominal Guns 14
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator Royal Navy
Previously
British Privateer sloop 'Restoration' (1779) (14)
Purchased 14.11.1779
Shipyard Unknown
Category Unrated
Ship Type
Sloop
Sailing Rig Ship Rigged
Captured 30.7.1781
Dimensions
Dimension - Measurement - Type - Metric Equivalent
Length of Gundeck - 99' 0"Imperial Feet - 30.1752
Length of Keel - 82' 5"Imperial Feet - 25.0571
Breadth - 27' 0"Imperial Feet - 8.2296
Depth in Hold - 7' 8"Imperial Feet - 2.3368
Burthen - 319 55⁄94Tons BM
Armament
Date: 11.1779
Broadside Weight = 28 Imperial Pound ( 12.698 kg)
Upper Gun Deck 14 British 4-Pounder
3 Commanding Officers
Dates Rank Name
16.11.1779 - 5.1781 Commander
John Plummer Ardesoif (1737-1790)
5.1781 - 5.5.1781 Commander
Morgan Laugharne
5.5.1781 - 30.7.1781 Commander
Richard Williams (d.1814)
1 Petty Officer
Dates Rating Name
1780 - 1781 Midshipman
Charles Bullen (1768-1853)
Service History
Date Event
14.11.1779 Purchased at
New York at a cost of £2883.3.5d
30.7.1781 Taken by french
L'Aigrette (30) off Cape Henry
about the Loyalist 1779 we can find something also in
wikipedia:
HMS Loyalist (1779)
HMS Loyalist was the 14-gun
sloop Restoration, which the Royal Navy purchased in North America in 1779. In May 1781 her captain was Morgan Laugharne.
[1]
In 1780 Admiral
Arbuthnot placed John Plumer Ardesoife in command of
Loyalist. He immediately proceeded to terrorize the inhabitants of the Sea Islands, arousing opposition to the British.
[2] Around this time
Loyalist took the sloop
George, of 25 tons burthen, William Stein master.
George was condemned at the vice admiralty court in Savannah on 23 August 1780.
[3] While under Ardesoife's command she also took some prizes at George Town.
[4]
She was under the command of Captain Richard Williams when the French captured her in the Chesapeake on 30 August 1781. According to French sources,
Loyalist and the frigate
Guadeloupe were on picket duty when they encountered the French fleet under Admiral
de Grasse.
Guadeloupe escaped up the York River to York Town, where her crew would later scuttle her.
[5] The English court martial records report that
Loyalist was returning to the British fleet off the Jersey coast when she encountered the main French fleet. The French frigate
Aigrette, with the
74-gun Glorieux in sight, was able to overtake
Loyalist.
[6]
The French took her into service as
Loyaliste in September. On 15 September she arrived at Yorktown, De Grasse having detached her to escort in some grenadiers and chasseurs.
[7] Her commander, briefly, was
lieutenant de vaisseau Pascal Melchior Philibert de Barras-Saint-Laurent, son of
Admiral de Barras.
Shortly thereafter, in November, the French gave her to the Americans. In her brief French service she is described as carrying 22 guns, probably 14 guns plus eight swivel guns.
Citations and references
Citations
- Jump up^ "NMM, vessel ID 370602" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol ii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original(PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- Jump up^ Jenkinson (2006), p.71.
- Jump up^ Olsberg (1973), p.228.
- Jump up^ "No. 12592". The London Gazette. 2 September 1784. p. 3.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Demerliac (1996), p.75, #.481.
- Jump up^ Hepper (1994), p.65.
- Jump up^ Gallatin (1931), p.47.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Loyalist_(1779)