2012 Event Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship 2012 Event Treasure from Spain's Navy frigate Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes is returned to Spain after it was recovered by Odyssey Marine Exploration in 2007 1890 Event Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540 1878 Event British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost 1861 Event 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1853 Event Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay 1852 Event British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die 1816 Event Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days 1816 Event French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas 1816 Event French frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa" 1815 Event Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda 1813 Event 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex 1812 Event U.S. frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian 1810 Event British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480 1804 Event Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it 1799 Event British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast 1799 Event USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I 1797 Event U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 Event U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston 1797 Event 1st U.S. frigate, the "United States," is launched in Philadelphia 1795 Event U.S. pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis 1745 Event Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle 1745 Event Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle
