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Hannah (I)

Schooner:

Hannah, originally owned by John Glover of Marblehead, MA.

Taken over, 24 August 1775, and armed under Continental pay and control

Placed in Continental Navy service, 2 September 1775,, Nicholson Broughton, a captain in the Army was placed in command

Hannah was the beginning of the small fleet fitted out by George Washington in the fall of 1775 to aid him in the siege of Boston by capturing provisions ships making for the harbor from British ports

Hannah captured sloop Unity, 7 September before returning to Beverly MA. Maintaining a adequate crew prevented her from sailing again until near the end of September

Cruising off Boston, the schooner was run ashore by the British sloop HMS Nautilus near Beverly 10 October

Hannah was saved from capture by the towns people on the shore fighting off the British attempt to take the schooner

Saved from destruction and capture the schooner was soon placed out of service in October as General Washington found more suitable ships for his cruisers

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 78 t.
Length unknown
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown

Armament

four 4-pdrs

ten to twelve swivel guns

Propulsion sail

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	57k	Continental schooner *Hannah* running the gauntlet of two British Ships-of-war, off Cape Ann, 5 September 1775. *Hannah* was the first ship of the American Navy. Image from DANFS.	Robert Hurst
	343k	A modern painting by Nowland van Powell of the Continental schooner *Hannah* on patrol from Marblehead, MA. *Hannah* is a conjectural reconstruction based on typical vessels of the period. Image from van Powell "The American Navies of The Revolutionary War", 23.	Robert Hurst
	346k	Print courtesy of Aquarelle Publishing Ltd. depicting the last voyage of the Continental schooner *Hannah* evading HMS Lively in Boston Bay, 5 September 1775.	Robert Hurst
	210k	Model of the Continental schooner *Hannah* at the U.S. Navy Museum. Image taken, 27 December 2011 by Sturmvogel (real name unknown).	Robert Hurst
098663205	43k	*Hannah* (*Hanna*), 1976 BICENTENARY OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION Stamp issues for Saint Lucia printed by the Format International Security Printers Ltd.	Tommy Trampp

Hannah
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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