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New Haven (I)

Gondola:
  • Built on Lake Champlain in 1776, CAPT. Mansfield in command, under the overall command of General Benedict Arnold
  • New Haven took part in the engagement with the British Squadron at Valcour Island on 11 and 12 October 1776
  • On the night of the 12th, their ammunition being low, the Americans retreated towards Crown Point
  • Final Disposition, The next day, faced by superior forces, the Americans burned their vessels near Crown Point and retreated through the woods to Fort Ticonderoga. The New Haven was among those vessels burned.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Depth of Hold unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement 45
    Armament
    one 12-pdr
    eight swivel guns
    Propulsion sail
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    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
    New Haven
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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