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El Diligente (20)
1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer
Packet
Added
Tomas Varela
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
Added
Sir William Legge George Hoste (2
nd
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
Update
Henry Negus Burroughes
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
Update
Thomas Edward Hoste
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
Update
Sir William Hoste (1
st
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
Update
Veteran (64)
1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Update
Thomas Clark
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Added
Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
Update
Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
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Gunboat No. 10 (14)
1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Biter"
(1797)
Racoon (16)
1795-1806
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
(1795)
Lord Horatio Nelson (1
st
Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
Margaret (4)
1785-1798
British 4 Gun
Hired
Tender
(1785)
Margaret (4)
1785-1798
British 4 Gun
Hired
Tender
(1785)
Le Coureur (24)
1798-1798
French 24 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
(1798)
Jason (38)
1794-1798
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
Amelia (38)
1796-1816
British 38 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1796)
General Eliott (Unknown)
1782-1802
British Unknown Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
(1782)
Gunboat No. 30 (12)
1797-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Hardy"
(1797)
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Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
Other Information
Type
:
Naval Dockyard
Founded
:
1801
Closed
:
1995/09/30
Location(s)
:
Philadelphia -
Pennsylvania
Nationality
:
United States of America
Events at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard
1814/06/20
Launched
Guerriere (44)
1814-1841
American 44 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
DANFS
1815/08/25
Launched
Franklin (74)
1815-1852
American 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
ref:740
1820/09/07
Launched
North Carolina (74)
1820-1867
American 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
ref:740
1828
Launched
Vandalia (18)
1828-1872
American 18 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
ref:740
1839/11/08
Launched
Dale (16)
1839-1895
American 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
ref:740
1843/06/13
Launched
Raritan (44)
1843-1861
American 44 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
1855/10/24
Launched
Wabash (40)
1855-1912
American 40 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
DANFS
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
DANFS
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships - Web
Unknown
,
Web Site
ref:740
The Sailing Navy, 1775-1854
Paul H. Silverstone
,
Book
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Sunday 14th of June 2026 15:37
Jon Miller
British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 10' (1797) (14)
1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Biter"
Sunday 14th of June 2026 15:36
Jon Miller
British sloop 'Racoon' (1795) (16)
1795-1806
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
Sunday 14th of June 2026 15:35
Jon Miller
Lord Horatio Nelson (1
st
Baron Nelson of the Nile and of Hilborough)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1771-1804
Sunday 14th of June 2026 15:34
Jon Miller
British hired tender 'Margaret' (1785) (4)
1785-1798
British 4 Gun
Hired
Tender
Sunday 14th of June 2026 15:29
Jon Miller
British hired tender 'Margaret' (1785) (4)
1785-1798
British 4 Gun
Hired
Tender