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Seaflower (16)
1782-1808
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Cutter
Update
William Pierrepont
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1789-1812
Update
Meleager (32)
1785-1801
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
Update
Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1781-1837
Update
James Carter
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Update
Fortitude (74)
1780-1820
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Added
William Grainger
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Update
Britannia (100)
1762-1825
British 100 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
1812 Renamed "Princess Royal"
1812 Renamed "Saint George"
1819 Renamed "Barfleur"
Update
Thomas Gordon Caulfield
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1821
Update
Victory (100)
1765-2019
British 100 Gun
1st Rate
Ship of the Line
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L'Enfant de la Patrie (16)
1796-1797
French 16 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
(1796)
Principe de la Paz (20)
1797-1797
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
(1797)
Boston (32)
1762-1811
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1762)
Le Castor (14)
1797-1797
French 14 Gun
Privateer
Lugger
(1797)
San Fiorenzo (36)
1794-1837
British 36 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1794)
Bartholomew Samuel Rowley
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1811
Thomas Surridge
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1779-1814
Sir William Hargood
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1837
Phoenix (36)
1783-1816
British 36 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
(1783)
Grampus (54)
1795-1799
British 54 Gun
4th Rate
Ship of the Line
(1795)
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Massachusetts
Also Known as
Province of Massachusetts (
1691
-
1707/04/30
)
Province of Massachusetts (
1707/05/01
-
1776/07/04
)
Other Information
Type
: State
Founded
:
1620
Location(s)
:
United States -
North America
New England -
United States
Associated Locations
Beverley
- Port
+ 
Boston
- Port
+ 
Charlestown
- Port
Charlestown Navy Yard
- Naval Dockyard
→ 1874-2016 Boston Navy Yard
+ 
Charlestown
- Port
Charlestown Navy Yard
- Naval Dockyard
→ 1874-2016 Boston Navy Yard
Dartmouth
- Port
Hanover
- Port
Ipswich
- Port
Marblehead
- Port
Marshfield
- Port
Newbury
- Port
Newburyport
- Private Shipyard
→ 1634-1776 Newburyport
Plymouth
- Port
Saint Andrew's
- Private Shipyard
+ 
Salem
- Port
Crowninshield's Wharf
- Private Shipyard
Salisbury
- Port
Swansea
- Port
Two Oaks shipyard
- Private Shipyard
Offices associated with Massachusetts and related locations
Agent for Transports Boston
Member of Parliament Plymouth
Muster Master Boston
Storekeeper Boston
Events at Massachusetts
1727/08/13
Birth of
Daniel Souther
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1776
1728/01/02
Birth of
Gershom Tufts
British
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771
1739/11/29
Birth of
James Hackett
American
Ship Builder
Service 1739
PMD
1744/10/02
Birth of
Smith Kent
American
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1776-1777
1745/09/25
Birth of
Timothy Tobey
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1776
1762/03/09
Birth of
James Bickford
American
Merchant Sailor
Service 1794
1775/10/13
Birth of
Sir John Wentworth Loring
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1794-1837
c.1791
Birth of
Henry Ward
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1811-1825
1797/03/26
Death of
Daniel Souther
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1776
1797/05/12
Death of
Gershom Tufts
British
Dockyard Staff
Service 1771
1798/12/03
Birth of
Gilbert Knapp
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1841-1851
1798/12/17
Birth of
John Pope
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1816-1862
1808/03/30
Birth of
Jonathan Williams Swift
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1823-1842
1812/01/18
Death of
Timothy Tobey
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1776
1815/12/16
Birth of
John Quincy Adams
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1835-1854
1819/10/20
Birth of
William Cooke Pease
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1843-1851
1831/07/22
Death of
James Bickford
American
Merchant Sailor
Service 1794
1876/01/14
Death of
John Pope
American
Naval Sailor
Service 1816-1862
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Saturday 13th of June 2026 05:20
Jon Miller
French Privateer 'L'Enfant de la Patrie' (1796) (16)
1796-1797
French 16 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
Saturday 13th of June 2026 05:19
Jon Miller
Spanish Privateer 'Principe de la Paz' (1797) (20)
1797-1797
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer
Unknown
Saturday 13th of June 2026 05:18
Jon Miller
British Fifth Rate frigate 'Boston' (1762) (32)
1762-1811
British 32 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate
Saturday 13th of June 2026 05:15
Jon Miller
French Privateer lugger 'Le Castor' (1797) (14)
1797-1797
French 14 Gun
Privateer
Lugger
Saturday 13th of June 2026 05:15
Jon Miller
British Fifth Rate frigate 'San Fiorenzo' (1794) (36)
1794-1837
British 36 Gun
5th Rate
Frigate