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Effingham

Frigate:
  • Built in 1776-77 at Philadelphia
  • CAPT. John Barry was ordered to command her
  • When the British took possession of Philadelphia in September 1777, Barry was ordered to take the uncompleted ship up the Delaware River to a place of safety
  • On 25 October General George Washington asked for the crew of Effingham for use in the fleet, and two days later the ship was ordered sunk or burned
  • Effingham was sunk on 2 November just below Bordentown, N.J., to deny her use to the British
  • Final Disposition, burned to the water's edge by the British on their way north from Philadelphia, 8 May 1778 by a British raiding party
    Specifications:
    Displacement 900 t.
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament
    twenty-six 12-pdrs
    two 6-pdrs
    Propulsion sail
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