19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system of the Royal Navy covered...
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"sloop-of-war" refers to the purpose of the craft, rather than to the specific size or sail-plan, and thus a sloop should not be confused with a sloop-of-war...
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Vostok was a 28-gun sloop-of-war of the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821, during which Fabian...
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(Russian: Ми́рный, lit. 'peaceful') was a 20-gun sloop-of-war of the Imperial Russian Navy, the second ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821...
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A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition...
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In Royal Navy jargon, a man-of-war (also man-o'-war, or simply man) was a powerful warship or frigate of the 16th to the 19th century, that was frequently...
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HMS Ontario (1780) (category Brig-sloops of the Royal Navy)
in the cold water. The wreck discoverers asserted that "the 80-foot sloop of war is the oldest shipwreck and the only fully intact British warship ever...
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USS Enterprise (1775) (category Ships of the Continental Navy)
Army sloop-of-war that served in Lake Champlain during the American Revolutionary War. She was the first of a long and prestigious line of ships of the...
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Warship (redirect from Vessel of war)
later revived in WWII as a convoy escort ship. Screw sloop was a propeller-driven sloop-of-wars used during the mid-19th Century. Ironclad, a wooden warship...
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Corvette (redirect from Corvette (war ship))
that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war. The modern roles that a corvette fulfills include coastal patrol...
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The Bermuda sloop is a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century. Such...
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of Bermuda is a modern-built Bermuda sloop. She is a replica of a Royal Navy sloop-of-war, depicted in a well-known 1831 painting. The Bermuda sloop was...
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Revolutionary War. USS Hornet (1805 sloop), also a 10-gun sloop, took part in the First Barbary War. USS Hornet (1805 brig), a brig-rigged sloop-of-war, was launched...
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USS Kearsarge (1861) (redirect from USS Kearsarge (sloop))
Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama off Cherbourg, France during the American Civil War. Kearsarge...
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This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy. USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture USS Albany (1846), lost after...
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USS Dale (1839) (redirect from Dale-class sloop-of-war)
was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy commissioned on 11 December 1839. Dale was involved in the Mexican–American War, the American Civil War, operations...
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (category Shipyards building World War II warships)
Concord - (24-gun sloop-of-war) 1839 — Preble - (20-gun sloop-of-war) 1841 — Congress - (50-gun frigate) 1842 — Saratoga - (24-gun sloop-of-war) 1843 — Portsmouth...
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on a sloop. The sail plan of a ketch is similar to that of a yawl, on which the mizzen mast is smaller and set further back. There are versions of the...
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Aquaman and the Others, which appears in DC Comics Vostok (sloop-of-war), an 1818 ship of Faddey Bellingshausen during the First Russian Antarctic Expedition...
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North Channel Naval Duel (redirect from Action of 24 April 1778)
Continental Navy sloop of war Ranger (Captain John Paul Jones) and the Royal Navy sloop-of-war Drake (Captain George Burdon) on the evening of 24 April 1778...
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HMS Hornet (redirect from HMS Hornet (1794 sloop))
1772. HMS Hornet (1776), a 14-gun sloop launched in 1776 and sold in 1791. HMS Hornet (1794 sloop-of-war), a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794, hospital ship...
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Master and Commander (category Novels set during the French Revolutionary War)
naturalist whom Aubrey appoints as his naval surgeon. They sail in HM sloop-of-war Sophie with first lieutenant James Dillon, a wealthy and aristocratic...
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The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Twelve Black Swans were launched...
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The Texan sloop-of-war Austin was the flagship of the Second Texas Navy from 1840 to 1846. Commanded by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore, she led a flotilla...
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Krakatoa (category Active volcanoes of Indonesia)
follows: On 8 September 1832, US sloop-of-war Peacock anchored off the north end, also visiting Lang Island, in search of inhabitants, fresh water and yams...
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Avenger: HMS Avenger was a sloop-of-war launched in 1778 as the 8-gun fireship HMS Lucifer. She was renamed...
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squadron of vessels from the Second Republic of Yucatán and the Republic of Texas. The latter force consisted of the Texas Navy flagship sloop-of-war Austin...
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in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French in 1803–1804. The Royal...
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USS Ranger (1777) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
USS Ranger was a sloop-of-war in the Continental Navy, serving from 1777 to 1780 and the first to bear her name. Built at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on...
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USS Levant (category Sloops of the United States Navy)
The first USS Levant was a second-class sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. Levant was launched on 28 December 1837 by New York Navy Yard; and commissioned...
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