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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 |
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