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Frigate
1890 Turkish frigate "Ertogrul" burns off of Japan, kills 540

1878 British frigate Eurydice sunk; 300 lost

1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla

1853 Commodore Matthew Perry sails his frigate Susquehanna into Tokyo Bay

1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks off South Africa-458 die

1816 Survivors of French frigate Medusa rescued off Senegal after 17 days

1816 French frigate "Medusa" runs aground off Cap Blanc. Gross incompetence kills 150 in calm seas

1816 Fr frigate Medusa wrecked; basis of Gericault's "Raft of the Medusa"

1815 Stephen Decatur conquerors Algerian frigate Mashouda

1813 1st U.S. flag flown in battle on the Pacific, frigate Essex

1812 US frigate United States captures British vessel Macedonian

1810 British frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480

1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it

1799 British frigate HMS Lutine sinks off Dutch coast

1799 USS Constellation captures French frigate Insurgents off Nevis, W I

1797 U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston

1797 U.S. frigate Constitution (Old Ironsides) launched in Boston

1797 1st U.S. frigate, the "United States," is launched in Phila

1795 US pays $800,000 and a frigate as tribute to Algiers and Tunis

1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle

1745 Warship Elisabeth joins Bonnie Prince Charlies frigate Doutelle



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