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Washington (II)

Galley:
  • Authorized by the Rhode Island General Assembly in the autumn of 1775
  • Under the command of John Grimes commodore of galleys Washington and her sister galley Spitfire operated in Narragansett Bay, protecting the colony's shipping, carrying troops, and covering foraging parties seeking supplies
  • The galleys were sent to New York to join the tiny flotilla George Washington was fitting out on the Hudson River and apparently came under Continental control
  • Washington led an attack on the Royal Navy's warships HMS Phoenix and HMS Rose on 3 August
  • The action at grapeshot range lasted over two hours before the Americans retired to Dobb's Ferry
  • During the engagement, four Americans were killed, and 14 others were wounded, on the British side, Phoenix was hulled twice and suffered substantial damage
  • After the British captured Manhattan Island late in the summer, Washington and her sister galleys vanished in the mists of unrecorded history
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 60
    Armament one 18-pdr gun
    Propulsion oars and sail
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    Royal Savage
    098655804    		 101k A Sketch of the New England Armed Vessels, in Valcure Bay on Lake Champlain as seen in the morning of 11 October 1776. Contemporary artwork by C. Randle, depicting the Continental squadron, under Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, just before the Battle of Valcour Island. The vessels shown include schooner Royal Savage (center) and (from left to right around Royal Savage):
    schooner Revenge (I),
    galley Washington (II),
    gondola Philadelphia (I),
    galley Congress (I),
    gondola Jersey,
    galley Lee (II),
    gondola Boston (I) (in the middle, largely hidden behind Royal Savage's sails),
    galley Spitfire,
    gondola New Haven (I),
    gondola Providence (I),
    gondola Connecticut (I),
    gondola New York (I) ,
    sloop Enterprise (I) and
    galley Trumbull (I).
    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # NH 92864     		Robert Hurst
    Florida 128k Model of the Continental navy row galley Washington (II) in the US National Navy Museum, 27 December 2011.
    Photo taken by Sturmvogel 66 (real name unknown).    		 Robert Hurst
    Washington (II)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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