Faster access than browser!
34 relations: Action of 21 July 1781, Atlantic Ocean, Bibliography of early U.S. naval history, Cape Breton Island, Capture of the USS Hancock, Carronade, Charleston, South Carolina, French frigate Hermione (1779), French ship Vestale (1756), Frigate, George baronets, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Hector McNeill, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, John Adams, Kingdom of France, Kingdom of Great Britain, List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy, List of ships captured in the 18th century, Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville, Maine, Mariot Arbuthnot, National Maritime Museum, Newburyport, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Post-captain, Samuel Tucker, Sheepscot River, Sloop, Sloop-of-war, Striking the colors, Sydney, Nova Scotia, United States.
Action of 21 July 1781
The Action of 21 July 1781 was a naval skirmish off the harbor of Spanish River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (present-day Sydney, Nova Scotia), during the American Revolution.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Action of 21 July 1781 · See more »
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Atlantic Ocean · See more »
Bibliography of early U.S. naval history
Historical accounts for early U.S. naval history now occur across the spectrum of two and more centuries.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Bibliography of early U.S. naval history · See more »
Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island (île du Cap-Breton—formerly Île Royale; Ceap Breatainn or Eilean Cheap Breatainn; Unama'kik; or simply Cape Breton, Cape is Latin for "headland" and Breton is Latin for "British") is an island on the Atlantic coast of North America and part of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Cape Breton Island · See more »
Capture of the USS Hancock
The American frigate USS ''Hancock'' was captured by the British Navy in a 1777 naval battle during the American Revolutionary War.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Capture of the USS Hancock · See more »
Carronade
A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Carronade · See more »
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston is the oldest and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Charleston, South Carolina · See more »
French frigate Hermione (1779)
Hermione was a 12-pounder of the French Navy.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and French frigate Hermione (1779) · See more »
French ship Vestale (1756)
Vestale was a ''Blonde''-class 30-gun frigate of the French Navy.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and French ship Vestale (1756) · See more »
Frigate
A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Frigate · See more »
George baronets
The George Baronetcy, of Park Place in the County of Middlesex and of St Stephen's Green in the County of Dublin, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and George baronets · See more »
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Halifax, Nova Scotia · See more »
Hector McNeill
Hector McNeill (1728-1785) was an Irish born emigrant to the British colonies in America who became a Merchant Marine for the British Crown before during and after the Seven Years' War.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Hector McNeill · See more »
Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
Jean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (variant spelling of his name comte "de La Pérouse"; 23 August 17411788?) was a French Naval officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse · See more »
John Adams
John Adams (October 30 [O.S. October 19] 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Vice President (1789–1797) and second President of the United States (1797–1801).
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and John Adams · See more »
Kingdom of France
The Kingdom of France (Royaume de France) was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Western Europe.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Kingdom of France · See more »
Kingdom of Great Britain
The Kingdom of Great Britain, officially called simply Great Britain,Parliament of the Kingdom of England.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Kingdom of Great Britain · See more »
List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy
This is a list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and List of sailing frigates of the United States Navy · See more »
List of ships captured in the 18th century
During times of war where naval engagements were frequent, many battles were fought that often resulted in the capture of the enemy's ships.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and List of ships captured in the 18th century · See more »
Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville
Louis-René Madelaine Le Vassor, comte de La Touche-TrévilleLevot, p.295 (3 June 1745 – 19 August 1804Levot, p.296) was a French Vice-admiral.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Louis-René Levassor de Latouche Tréville · See more »
Maine
Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Maine · See more »
Mariot Arbuthnot
Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot (1711 – 31 January 1794) was a British admiral, who commanded the Royal Navy's North American station during the American War for Independence.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Mariot Arbuthnot · See more »
National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich, London, is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and National Maritime Museum · See more »
Newburyport, Massachusetts
Newburyport is a small coastal, scenic, and historic city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States, northeast of Boston.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Newburyport, Massachusetts · See more »
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia (Latin for "New Scotland"; Nouvelle-Écosse; Scottish Gaelic: Alba Nuadh) is one of Canada's three maritime provinces, and one of the four provinces that form Atlantic Canada.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Nova Scotia · See more »
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in the United States.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Portsmouth, New Hampshire · See more »
Post-captain
Post-captain is an obsolete alternative form of the rank of captain in the Royal Navy.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Post-captain · See more »
Samuel Tucker
Samuel Tucker (1 November 1747 – 10 March 1833) was an officer in the Continental Navy and the United States Navy.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Samuel Tucker · See more »
Sheepscot River
The Sheepscot River is a U.S. Geological Survey.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Sheepscot River · See more »
Sloop
A sloop (from Dutch sloep, in turn from French chaloupe) is a sailing boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Sloop · See more »
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Sloop-of-war · See more »
Striking the colors
Striking the colors, meaning to lower the flag (the "colors") which signifies a ship's or garrison's allegiance, is a universally recognized indication of surrender, particularly for ships at sea.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Striking the colors · See more »
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Sydney is a population centre and former city in Nova Scotia, Canada.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and Sydney, Nova Scotia · See more »
United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
New!!: USS Boston (1777) and United States · See more »
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Boston_(1777)
