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NavSource Online: "Old Navy" Ship Photo Archive Surprise (I) Sloop:
Laid down as the sloop Hercules, date and location unknown
Launched, date unknown
Purchased by the Royal Navy at Jamaica British West Indies in June 1776, renamed and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Racehorse, LT. Charles Everitt RN in command
CDR James Jones RN assumed command of Racehorse from LT. Everitt in August 1776
HMS Racehorse was off Puerto Rico, 6 December 1776, where she encountered the Continental navy brigantine Andrew Doria. After a two-hour single-ship engagement Racehorse struck her colors
Racehorse was taken into the Continental navy and commissioned Surprise, CAPT. Benjamin Dunn in command
In April 1777 Surprise joined Andrew Doria and the sloop Fly in clearing the Cape May channel of British ships
Surprise was then stationed in the Delaware River through the spring and summer of 1777
When VADM. Lord Howe RN brought his British fleet into the river in September 1777, Surprise was part of the forces charged with defending Philadelphia
Following the British occupation of Fort Mifflin, 16 November, Surprise, with the remaining ships of the Continental Navy, including Andrew Doria, sought shelter under the guns of Fort Mercer at Red Bank, N,J.
Final Disposition, with the evacuation of Fort Mercer, 20 November, CAPT. Isaiah Robinson of Andrew Doria gave orders the next day for the crews to burn their ships to prevent their capture Specifications:
Displacement 98 t.
Length 59'
Beam 20'9"
Depth of Hold 9'
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament ten 4-pdr guns
Propulsion sail Click On Image
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