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Cabot (I)

Brig:
  • Purchased in November 1775 at Philadelphia, PA.
  • Outfitted by Wharton and Humpreys
  • CAPT. John B. Hopkins, Continental Navy, in command
  • Participated in COMO. Esek Hopkins expedition against the Bahamas, 3 March 1776, at New Providence
  • Engaged HMS Glasgow, 6 April 1776, with the rest of the expedition
  • Sailing off the New England coast in March and in September to October seizing 7 prizes in all
  • In March 1777 Cabot stood out of Boston and encountered 32 gun HMS Milford that same month
  • Out gunned Cabot was forced ashore at Nova Scotia, and refloated by the British
  • Cabot was the first Continental naval ship captured by the British
    Specifications:
    Displacement 189 t.
    Length 74' 10"
    Beam 24' 8"
    Depth 11' 4"
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 120
    Armament
    fourteen 6-pdrs
    Propulsion sail
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    098624401     		146k Continental Navy Brig Cabot at anchor. Painting by William Nowland Van Powell, from the US Navy Art Collection. Tommy Trampp
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    098624401     		100k Portrait of Cabot commanding officer, CAPT. John Burroughs Hopkins, Continental Navy, by an unknown artist, from the Gaspee Virtual Archives. Tommy Trampp
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    098624403     		111k HM ships Experiment and Cabot (Ex-USS Cabot) in an action against the French at Cancale Bay on 13 May 1779. Signed and dated, lower left: Thomas Luny (1759-1837) 1779. The label reads: "May 13 1779. Sir James Wallace, commander of HMS Experiment, with the Pallas, Unicorn, Fortunae and Cabot Brigs attacking the Danae, Valeur, Recluse, three French frigates, and a cutter in Cancale Bay. The Danae he brought off; the other three being aground he burnt, amidst a smart fire from the battery of six twelve-pounders and several cannon from the shore.The battery he silenced in half an hour." Oil on canvas in the collection of The Foundling Museum, London Robert Hurst
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