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    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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    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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    (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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    expense of a lower top speed, while remaining capable of outrunning surfaced Type VII and Type IX U-boats. In World War II, Black Swan-class sloops sank...
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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • fulfill his dream of sailing a ship he built around the world, he constructs the Thousand Sunny, a brigantine-rigged sloop-of-war, for the Straw Hat...
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    USS Constellation (1854) (category Sloops of the United States Navy)
    USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy. She was built at the Gosport Shipyard between...
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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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  • 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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    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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    USS Peacock (1813) (category Sloops of the United States Navy)
    USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy that served in the War of 1812 and later the United States Exploring Expedition. Peacock ran aground...
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    Duncan Ingraham (category American Civil War biography stubs)
    commissioned captain after years of distinguished service on 14 September 1855. While in command of the sloop-of-war St. Louis in the Mediterranean, in...
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    Bermuda rig (redirect from Marconi sloop)
    modern sailboats.: 52  Whilst commonly seen in sloop-rigged vessels, Bermuda rig is used in a range of configurations, for instance, a cutter or a schooner...
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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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    USS Decatur (1839) (category Sloops of the United States Navy)
    USS Decatur was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the mid-19th century. She was commissioned to protect American interests in the South Atlantic...
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  • USS Growler was a 112-ton sloop-of-war, armed with ten 18-pounders and one 6-pounder, during the War of 1812. The United States Navy purchased Growler...
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