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  USS Niagara

  The first USS Niagara, also known as US Brig Niagara, was a brig (more correctly a snow) in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. Niagara was built at Presque Isle, Pennsylvania, along with her sister ship, the Lawrence, by Adam and Noah Brown under the supervision of Sailing Master Daniel...
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  Lady Washington

  Lady Washington is the name of two small wooden merchant sailing vessels, the original which sailed for about 10 years in the 18th century, and a somewhat updated modern replica created in 1989. The replica has appeared in numerous films and television shows, as various other real or fictional...
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  Lady Nelson

  The Lady Nelson was a vessel used in the exploration of the coast of Australia in the early years of the 19th century. It was the first vessel to sail eastward through Bass Strait, the first to sail along the entire eastern coastline of Australia, as well as the first to enter Port Phillip Bay. The...

• HMS Hunter

  HMS Hunter was a 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1812 and served on the Canadian Lakes during the War of 1812. Shortly after entering service she covered the British attack on Fort Shelby. She was part of a squadron under Commander Robert Heriot Barclay on Lake Erie in 1813 and...

• Hope

  The Hope was an American brig class merchant ship involved in the marine fur trade along the northwest coast of North America and discovery in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier the vessel was involved in the slave trade. Sailing out of Newport, Rhode Island the Hope was involved in bringing Africans to...

• HMS Manly

  HMS Manly was an Archer-class gun-brig built by (John) Dudman & co., Deptford. She carried ten carronades and two long cannons and was launched and commissioned in May 1804 under Lieutenant George Mackay. During her career she was captured twice, once by the Dutch and once by the Danes. The British...

• HMS Duke of Gloucester

  HMS Duke of Gloucester (or Gloucester) was a 10 gun brig of the Royal Navy. She was being repaired at York when the Americans briefly captured the colonial capital in 1813 during the War of 1812. She was sailed away, but British general Roger Hale Sheaffe ordered that her sister ship, HMS Sir Isaac...

• HMS Investigator

  HMS Investigator was a 16-gun survey brig of the Royal Navy. She was built at Deptford Dockyard and launched on 23 April 1811. She was converted to a police ship in March 1837. She was subsequently broken up in October 1857.

• HMS Chatham

  HMS Chatham was a Royal Navy survey brig that accompanied HMS Discovery on George Vancouver's exploration of the west coast of North America in his 1791-1795 expedition. Chatham was built by King, of Dover and launched in early 1788. She was purchased for navy service on 12 February 1788. Chatham's...

• HMS Recruit

  HMS Recruit was a 12-gun iron sailing brig of the Royal Navy, constructed by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company and launched in 1846. Recruit was the first iron vessel to be built for the Admiralty, and the Royal Navy's only iron sailing ship. She was sold back to her builders, Ditchburn...