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On August 25, the fleet was sailing north to reconnoiter the British strongholds. While at anchor a violent storm blew in on August 26. All of Arnold's ships except Spitfire were able to sail out into the open lake. Spitfire was anchored closest to the lee shore, and was initially unable to set sail against the storm. Arnold ordered her to stay ...
HMS Spitfire (1793) was the French privateer schooner Poulette captured and purchased in 1793. She capsized in 1794. HMS Spitfire (1798) was a schooner of 64 tons burthen captured from the French in 1798. She was wrecked off the Amirante Islands in August 1801. [4] HMS Spitfire (1834) was a wooden paddle vessel launched in 1834 and wrecked in 1842.
USS Spitfire was a row galley authorized and constructed by Rhode Island during the American Revolution, and was placed in service in 1776 in the Rhode Island Navy.During this age of sail, row galleys were highly maneuverable compared to sailing ships whose movements were dependent on the wind.
USS Spitfire may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Spitfire (1776 gunboat), a gunboat on Lake Champlain. USS Spitfire (1776), a Rhode Island galley captured by the British in 1778 during the Mount Hope Bay raids. USS Spitfire (1803), a merchant sloop operated until 1820. USS Spitfire (1814), a ship operated until 1816.
Spitfire and the cutter Sprightly captured the brig Gute Hoffnung. [37] In December 1799 Spitfire captured the Danish ship Twilling Riget. [38] On 22 January 1800 Spitfire came in from Kinsale to Plymouth with a Danish vessel, Havel Rerli, with a cargo of spices and the like, from Batavia. The cargo was worth £150,000 and supposed to be Dutch ...
At that time, Kamehameha - who was king of Hawaii Island - also sought military help in the ongoing war against Maui and the other islands; the British were already assisting him with the construction of a warship. Vancouver presented Kamehameha with a British flag which flew unofficially as Hawaii's flag until 1816. [98]
HMS Spitfire was one of two Swordfish-class destroyers which served with the Royal Navy. She was launched on 7 June 1895 by Armstrong Mitchell & Co. at Newcastle upon Tyne [ 1 ] and sold off in 1912.
Spitfire evaded an attempt by Nassau to ram her, but the two ships nevertheless collided and Spitfire was seriously damaged, blast from Nassau ' s guns demolishing much of her upperworks, but she ripped off a 20 feet (6.1 m) section of the German ship's side plating. Both ships survived to return to port. [2]