HMS Cleopatra 1778

HMS Cleopatra was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had a long career, seeing service during the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. During the latter wars she fought two notable engagements with larger French opponents. In the first engagement she was forced...

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Golden Hind 1577

The Golden Hind (or Golden Hinde) was an English galleon best known for its circumnavigation of the globe between 1577 and 1580, captained by Sir Francis Drake. She was originally known as the Pelican, but was renamed by Drake mid-voyage in 1578, as he prepared to enter the Strait of Magellan, calling it the Golden Hind to...

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HMS President 1760

18th century English frigate. Built between 1730 & 1760, one of many light frigates of 'economical build' due to the frequent wars of those da...

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USS Lexington 1776

  History Originally named the Wild Duck, Abraham van Bibber purchased her for the Maryland Committee of Safety, at St. Eustatius in the Dutch West Indies in February 1776. She soon got underway for the Delaware Capes and reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 9 March with a cargo of sorely needed gunpowder for the patriot...

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HMS Royal William 1719

British Warship launched in 1719 at Plymouth. She was withstood many of battles including a seven year's war against the French and she was the one of the first ships that has active served, nearly a hundred years, thanks to new technique development of hu...

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HMS Seraphis 1779

HMS Serapis was a Royal Navy two-decked, Roebuck-class fifth rate. She was built by Daniel Brent at Greenland South Dockyard, Rotherhithe and launched her in 1779. She was armed with 44 guns (twenty 18-pounders, twenty 9-pounders, and four 6-pounders). Serapis was named after the god Serapis in Greek and Egyptian mythology....

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