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Cannon swab bucket, taken from the British Schooner "DOMINICA" August 5th 1813
Beside each muzzle loading ship's cannon there always stood a large bucket of water. Immediately after the cannon was fired a gunner was required to "swab out" the interior of the cannon barrel with a very wet mop to extinguish any remaining sparks from the previous discharge. Failure to do so could result in the cannon immediately exploding once a fresh powder charge was introduced into the muzzle.
These Swab Buckets always used Brass/Copper bands to prevent the possibility of a spark being unintentionally generated had they used steel that a true hazard during naval warfare.
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The "Decatur" and "Dominica" in moderate gale (port view) by Worden Wood (American, 1880–1943) (Yale Art Gallery)
Happy War of 1812 Wednesday to those who celebrate: here's a painting of a single ship action that is surprisingly overlooked in many accounts of the naval War of 1812, despite being an American victory. HMS Dominica was a small British schooner commanded by Lieutenant Barrett. In the summer of 1813, Dominica encountered the American privateer Decatur off Bermuda.
Rather than try to run, as most privateers would when chased by a Royal Navy vessel, Decatur's commander decided he would engage. He was Dominique Diron, an experienced French privateersman, as bold as he was cocky. The two engaged in a fierce, close-quarters action, and by the end 'not more than three men' in fighting shape were left on the British schooner. Her lieutenant was killed and the midshipman next in command, Nichols, was badly wounded. The losses on board were so horrific, and the command team so thoroughly destroyed, that the crew had not even managed to throw their secret signal code book overboard before capture. Charles Simpson, a British official who worked to secure parole for Nichols and the surviving crewmen, blamed Lieutenant Barrett's inexperience with schooners (coupled with Diron's long privateering experience) for the embarrassing defeat.
— Nicholas James Kaizer, Revenge in the Name of Honour: The Royal Navy’s Quest for Vengeance in the Single Ship Actions of the War of 1812
I have not been able to find much more information about Captain Diron, despite the wonderful description of him "as bold as he was cocky." The battle between Dominica and Decatur is also described in the 1907 book The Free Lances: Stories of the Sea Fighters of All Nations in Their Long Cruising and Desperate Battling for Honor and Treasure by Captain Jack Brand (Google Books), which confirms that Diron was basically a Freelance Professional British-Hater:
A French-American privateer captain was the hero of another fight which was one of the most ferocious actions on the high seas, the loss in killed and wounded being greater than in eight of the famous sloop-of-war duels in which the American navy was so successful in this war. [...] Captain Diron himself was a noted privateer who had enjoyed a brilliant and successful career as a French privateer during the long wars with England, and who found the American service extremely congenial.
Victory at Bermuda, the Capture of HMS Dominica by American Privateer Decatur, by Maarten Platje, 2018.
#War of 1812 Wednesday#war of 1812#age of sail#naval battle#naval history#military history#privateer#hms dominica#decatur#dominique diron#age of fighting sail#naval art#maritime history#the sea#i feel very bad for poor midshipman nichols#also... a man named barrett having a big problem with a privateer?
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Not All Treasure's Silver and Gold
By: TalktomeinClexa
Warnings: None
Ratings: Mature
Status: Complete
Summary: “Capitaine, it’s The Flame.”
Of course, of all the pirates that buccaneered in the Caribbean, she had to encounter the worst of them. The Flame was the most dreaded pirate ship to date. No one could remember exactly when it had appeared, as very few sailors had survived an encounter with the frigate and its crew. It was rumoured to be led by the most vicious pirate; a heartless killer only known by their title: The Commander. Clarke could feel beads of sweat running down her back, but it was with a poised voice that she gave her next order. “Ready the cannons!”
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Chapter 1
The sun was beating down on this summery day of 1716. Standing at the forecastle, Captain Clarke Griffin was enjoying the cooling mist that formed every time the bow hit a wave. That morning, The Arkadia had left Roseau, Dominica’s main harbour, and was well on its way back to Guadeloupe, thanks to the tailwinds. If the weather remained clement, they should reach Polis before sunset.
The island, located between the French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, had been the theater of deadly conflicts. After years of war, the French and English had agreed to stop fighting over Dominica and declared a neutral territory in 1660. In recent years, however, more and more French had established permanent settlements and coffee plantations. In hopes to officially add Dominica to the French West Indies without any bloodshed, the governor of Guadeloupe had sent Clarke and her brigantine to meet with the most prominent family among the settlers, the Collins.
The 22-year-old blonde had beamed at the chance to prove her worth. Female sailors were still a rarity, and female captains in the Caribbean could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Yet, the young woman had never let her gender or natural beauty deter her from her dreams to command her own ship. After studying medicine with her mother for years, just shy of her 18th birthday, she had stolen a schooner with the help of her childhood friends and sailed around the island. Her parents were furious. The obstinate character of their daughter was a frequent source of lamentation at the Griffin household. But they were forced to admit that the young woman made a pretty good captain. Despite his initial reluctance, the governor of Guadeloupe granted her the commandership of a schooner. Since that day, Captain Griffin and her loyal friends had accomplished many missions for the governor and the Kingdom of France. Beginning with some menial courier tasks, they had been promoted to the transport of distinguished guests and precious cargo.
Having noticed Clarke’s natural leadership and negotiation abilities, the governor entrusted her with this recent diplomatic mission. Sadly, the Collins turned out to be an arrogant, idiotic bunch, refusing Guadeloupe’s support. The youngest son, Finn, even had the nerve to ask for her hand in marriage. The silly boy stated that with a good match such as him, she would not have to be forced to dress like a man and undertake such an unladylike profession. If both Wells and Octavia had not been there to hold her back, she would have castrated him there and then. Suffice to say that the mission was not a success. Clarke was eager to return to Polis, where she would enjoy the taverns’ cheap ale with her companions.
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American Revolutionary War battles
Recently they did work on history, wrote an essay on the theme of revolutionary wars in America. A lot of blood has been shed on our land, war is evil. It begins in offices and ends there, but hundreds of thousands of young people die. Here is a list of battles, sorted by chronology.
Battle Date Colony/State Outcome
Powder Alarm
* September 1, 1774 Massachusetts British soldiers remove military supplies
Storming of Fort William and Mary
* December 14, 1774 New Hampshire Patriots seize powder and shot after brief skirmish.
Battles of Lexington and Concord
April 19, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot victory: British forces raiding Concord driven back into Boston with heavy losses.
Siege of Boston
April 19, 1775 –
March 17, 1776 Massachusetts Patriot victory: British eventually evacuate Boston after Patriots fortify Dorchester heights
Gunpowder Incident
* April 20, 1775 Virginia Virginia governor Lord Dunmore removes powder to a Royal Navy ship, standoff is resolved peacefully
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
May 10, 1775 New York Patriot victory: Patriots capture British posts at Ticonderoga and Crown point
Battle of Chelsea Creek
May 27–28, 1775 Massachusetts Patriots victory: Patriots capture British ship Diana
Battle of Machias
June 11–12, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot forces capture the HM schooner Margaretta
Battle of Bunker Hill
June 17, 1775 Massachusetts British victory: British drive Patriot army from the Charlestown peninsula near Boston but suffer heavy losses
Battle of Gloucester
August 8, 1775 Massachusetts Patriot victory
Siege of Fort St. Jean
September 17 –
November 3, 1775 Quebec Patriot victory: Patriots capture British force and subsequently overrun Montreal and much of Quebec
Burning of Falmouth
October 18, 1775 Massachusetts British burn Falmouth
Battle of Kemp's Landing
November 14, 1775 Virginia British victory
Siege of Savage's Old Fields
November 19–21, 1775 South Carolina Patriot victory: Patriots defeat loyalist force
Battle of Great Bridge
December 9, 1775 Virginia Patriot victory: Lord Dunmore's loyalist force is defeated
Snow Campaign
December 1775 South Carolina Patriot campaign against loyalists in South Carolina
Battle of Quebec
December 31, 1775 Quebec British victory: British repulse Patriot assault on Quebec city
Burning of Norfolk
January 1, 1776 Virginia British bombard Norfolk and Patriots destroy what they see as a loyalist stronghold
Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge
February 27, 1776 North Carolina Patriot victory: loyalist force of Regulators and Highlanders defeated
Battle of the Rice Boats
March 2–3, 1776 Georgia British victory
Battle of Nassau
March 3–4, 1776 Bahamas Patriots raid against the Bahamas to obtain supplies
Battle of Saint-Pierre
March 25, 1776 Quebec Patriot victory
Battle of Block Island
April 6, 1776 Rhode Island British victory
Battle of The Cedars
May 18–27, 1776 Quebec British victory
Battle of Trois-Rivières
June 8, 1776 Quebec British victory: Patriots forced to evacuate Quebec
Battle of Sullivan's Island
June 28, 1776 South Carolina Patriot victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed
Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet
June 29, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Lindley's Fort
July 15, 1776 South Carolina Patriot victory: Native Americans attack repulsed
Battle of Long Island
August 27, 1776 New York British victory: in the largest battle of the war the Patriot army is outflanked and routed on Long Island but later manages to evacuate to Manhattan
Landing at Kip's Bay
September 15, 1776 New York British victory: British capture New York City
Battle of Harlem Heights
September 16, 1776 New York Patriot victory: Patriots repulse British attack on Manhattan
Battle of Valcour Island
October 11, 1776 New York British victory: British defeat Patriot naval force on Lake Champlain, but victory comes too late to press the offensive against the Hudson valley
Battle of White Plains
October 28, 1776 New York British victory
Battle of Fort Cumberland
November 10–29, 1776 Nova Scotia British victory
Battle of Fort Washington
November 16, 1776 New York British victory: British capture 3,000 Patriots on Manhattan in one of the most devastating Patriot defeats of the war
Battle of Fort Lee
November 20, 1776 New Jersey British victory: Patriots begin general retreat
Ambush of Geary
December 14, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Iron Works Hill
December 22–23, 1776 New Jersey British victory
Battle of Trenton
December 26, 1776 New Jersey Patriot victory: Patriots capture Hessian detachment at Trenton
Second Battle of Trenton
January 2, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Princeton
January 3, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory: Patriots defeat a small British force, the British decide to evacuate New Jersey
Battle of Millstone
January 20, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Forage War
January–March 1777 New Jersey Patriots harass remaining British forces in New Jersey
Battle of Punk Hill
March 8, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Bound Brook
April 13, 1777 New Jersey British victory
Battle of Ridgefield
April 27, 1777 Connecticut British victory
Battle of Thomas Creek
May 17, 1777 East Florida British victory
Meigs Raid
May 24, 1777 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Short Hills
June 26, 1777 New Jersey British victory
Siege of Fort Ticonderoga
July 5–6, 1777 New York British victory
Battle of Hubbardton
July 7, 1777 Vermont British victory
Battle of Fort Ann
July 8, 1777 New York British victory
Siege of Fort Stanwix
August 2–23, 1777 New York Patriot victory: British fail to take Fort Stanwix
Battle of Oriskany
August 6, 1777 New York British victory
Second Battle of Machias
August 13–14, 1777 Massachusetts British victory
Battle of Bennington
August 16, 1777 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Staten Island
August 22, 1777 New York British victory
Battle of Setauket
August 22, 1777 New York British victory
First Siege of Fort Henry
September 1 or 21, 1777 Virginia Patriot victory
Battle of Cooch's Bridge
September 3, 1777 Delaware British victory
Battle of Brandywine
September 11, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of the Clouds
September 16, 1777 Pennsylvania Battle called off due to rain
Battle of Freeman's Farm
September 19, 1777 New York British tactical victory: First of the two
Battles of Saratoga
Battle of Paoli
September 21, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Siege of Fort Mifflin
September 26 –
November 15, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Germantown
October 4, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Forts Clinton and Montgomery
October 6, 1777 New York British victory
Battle of Bemis Heights
October 7, 1777 New York Patriot victory: Second of the two
Battles of Saratoga
, British under Burgoyne driven back and forced to surrender 10 days later
Battle of Red Bank
October 22, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Gloucester
November 25, 1777 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of White Marsh
December 5–8, 1777 Pennsylvania Patriot victory
Battle of Matson's Ford
December 11, 1777 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Barbados
March 7, 1778 Barbados British victory
Battle of Quinton's Bridge
March 18, 1778 New Jersey British victory
North Channel Naval Duel
April 24, 1778 Great Britain Patriot victory
Battle of Crooked Billet
May 1, 1778 Pennsylvania British victory
Battle of Barren Hill
May 20, 1778 Pennsylvania Indecisive
Mount Hope Bay raids
May 25–30, 1778 Rhode Island British victory
Battle of Cobleskill
May 30, 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Monmouth
June 28, 1778 New Jersey Draw: British break off engagement and continue retreat to New York
Battle of Alligator Bridge
June 30, 1778 East Florida British victory
Wyoming Massacre
July 3, 1778 Pennsylvania British-Iroquois victory
First Battle of Ushant
July 27, 1778 Bay of Biscay Indecisive
Siege of Pondicherry
August 21–October 19, 1778 India British victory
Battle of Newport
August 29, 1778 Rhode Island British victory
Grey's raid
September 5–17, 1778 Massachusetts British victory
Invasion of Dominica
September 7, 1778 Dominica French victory
Siege of Boonesborough
September 7, 1778 Virginia Patriot victory
Attack on German Flatts
September 17, 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory
Baylor Massacre
September 27, 1778 New Jersey British victory
Raid on Unadilla and Onaquaga
October 2–16, 1778 Indian Reserve Patriot victory
Battle of Chestnut Neck
October 6, 1778 New Jersey British victory
Little Egg Harbor massacre
October 16, 1778 New Jersey British victory
Carleton's Raid
October 24-November 14, 1778 Vermont British victory
Cherry Valley Massacre
November 11, 1778 New York British-Iroquois victory
Battle of St. Lucia
December 15, 1778 St. Lucia British victory
Capture of St. Lucia
December 18–28, 1778 St. Lucia British victory
Capture of Savannah
December 29, 1778 Georgia British victory
Battle of Beaufort
February 3, 1779 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Kettle Creek
February 14, 1779 Georgia Patriot victory
Siege of Fort Vincennes
February 23–25, 1779 Indiana Patriot victory
Battle of Brier Creek
March 3, 1779 Georgia British victory
Battle of Chillicothe
May 1779 Quebec Patriot victory
Chesapeake raid
May 10–24, 1779 Virginia British victory
Capture of Saint Vincent
June 16–18, 1779 St. Vincent French victory
Battle of Stono Ferry
June 20, 1779 South Carolina British victory
Great Siege of Gibraltar
June 24, 1779 – February 7, 1783 Gibraltar British victory
Capture of Grenada
July 2, 1779 Grenada French victory
Tryon's raid
July 5–14, 1779 Connecticut British victory
Battle of Grenada
July 6, 1779 Grenada French victory
Battle of Stony Point
July 16, 1779 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Minisink
July 22, 1779 New York British-Iroquois victory
Penobscot Expedition
July 24-August 29, 1779 Massachusetts British victory
Battle of Paulus Hook
August 19, 1779 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of Newtown
August 29, 1779 Indian Reserve Patriot victory
Capture of Fort Bute
September 7, 1779 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain
September 10, 1779 West Florida Patriot victory
Boyd and Parker ambush
September 13, 1779 Indian Reserve British-Iroquois victory
Action of 14 September 1779
September 14, 1779 Azores British victory
Siege of Savannah
September 16-October 18, 1779 Georgia British victory
Battle of Baton Rouge
September 20–21, 1779 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Flamborough Head
September 23, 1779 Great Britain Patriot victory
Battle of San Fernando de Omoa
October 16-November 29, 1779 Guatemala British victory
Action of 11 November 1779
November 11, 1779 Portugal British victory
First Battle of Martinique
December 18, 1779 Martinique British victory
Action of 8 January 1780
January 8, 1780 Spain British victory
Battle of Cape St. Vincent
January 16, 1780 Portugal British victory
Battle of Young's House
February 3, 1780 New York British victory
San Juan Expedition
March–November, 1780 Guatemala Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Fort Charlotte
March 2–14, 1780 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Siege of Charleston
March 29-May 12, 1780 South Carolina British victory: British recapture South Carolina following the battle
Battle of Monck's Corner
April 14, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Second Battle of Martinique
April 17, 1780 Martinique Patriot victory
Battle of Lenud's Ferry
May 6, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Bird's invasion of Kentucky
May 25-August 4, 1780 Virginia British victory
Battle of St. Louis
May 25, 1780 Louisiana Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Waxhaws
May 29, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Connecticut Farms
June 7, 1780 New Jersey British victory
Battle of Mobley's Meeting House
June 10–12, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Ramsour's Mill
June 20, 1780 North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Springfield
June 23, 1780 New Jersey Patriot victory
Huck's Defeat
July 12, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Bull's Ferry
July 20–21, 1780 New Jersey Loyalist victory
Battle of Colson's Mill
July 21, 1780 North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Rocky Mount
August 1, 1780 South Carolina Loyalist victory
Battle of Hanging Rock
August 6, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Pekowee
August 8, 1780 Quebec Patriot victory
Action of 9 August 1780
August 9, 1780 Atlantic Spanish victory
Battle of Camden
August 16, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Fishing Creek
August 18, 1780 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Musgrove Mill
August 18, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Black Mingo
August 28, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Wahab's Plantation
September 20, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Charlotte
September 26, 1780 North Carolina British victory
Battle of Kings Mountain
October 7, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory: halts first British invasion of North Carolina
Royalton Raid
October 16, 1780 Vermont British victory
Battle of Klock's Field
October 19, 1780 New York Patriot victory
La Balme's Defeat
November 5, 1780 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Fishdam Ford
November 9, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Blackstock's Farm
November 20, 1780 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Fort St. George
November 23, 1780 New York Patriot victory
Battle of Jersey
January 6, 1781 Jersey British victory
Battle of Mobile
January 7, 1781 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Cowpens
January 17, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Cowan's Ford
February 1, 1781 North Carolina British victory
Capture of Sint Eustatius
February 3, 1781 Sint Eustatius British victory
Battle of Haw River
February 25, 1781 North Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Wetzell's Mill
March 6, 1781 North Carolina British victory
Siege of Pensacola
March 9-May 8, 1781 West Florida Patriot-Spanish victory
Battle of Guilford Court House
March 15, 1781 North Carolina British victory
Battle of Cape Henry
March 16, 1781 Virginia British victory
Siege of Fort Watson
April 15–23, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory
Battle of Porto Praya
April 15, 1781 Cape Verde Draw
Battle of Blandford
April 25, 1781 Virginia British victory
Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
April 25, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Fort Royal
April 29, 1781 Martinique French victory
Action of 1 May 1781
May 1, 1781 France British victory
Battle of Fort Motte
May 8–12, 1781 South Carolina Patriot victory
Siege of Augusta
May 22-June 6, 1781 Georgia Patriot victory
Siege of Ninety-Six
May 22-June 6, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Invasion of Tobago
May 24-June 2, 1781 Tobago French victory
Action of 30 May 1781
May 30, 1781 Barbary Coast British victory
Battle of Spencer's Ordinary
June 26, 1781 Virginia British victory
Francisco's Fight
July 1781 Virginia Patriot victory
Battle of Green Spring
July 6, 1781 Virginia British victory
Naval battle of Louisbourg
July 21, 1781 Nova Scotia Franco-Patriot victory
Battle of Dogger Bank
August 5, 1781 North Sea British victory
Invasion of Minorca
August 19, 1781 – February 5, 1782 Minorca Franco-Spanish victory
Lochry's Defeat
August 24, 1781 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Chesapeake
September 5, 1781 Virginia French victory
Battle of Groton Heights
September 6, 1781 Connecticut British victory
Battle of Eutaw Springs
September 8, 1781 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Lindley's Mill
September 13, 1781 North Carolina Patriot victory
Long Run Massacre
September 13, 1781 Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Siege of Yorktown
September 28-October 19, 1781 Virginia Franco-Patriot victory: Cornwallis surrenders his force of over 7,000
Battle of Fort Slongo
October 3, 1781 New York Patriot victory
Siege of Negapatam
October 21-November 11, 1781 India British victory
Battle of Johnstown
October 25, 1781 New York Patriot victory
Second Battle of Ushant
December 12, 1781 Bay of Biscay British victory
Battle of Videau's Bridge
January 2, 1782 South Carolina British victory
Siege of Brimstone Hill
January 11-February 13, 1782 St. Christopher Franco-Patriot victory
Capture of Trincomalee
January 11, 1782 Ceylon British victory
Capture of Demerara and Essequibo
January 22-February 5, 1782 Demerara and Essequibo Franco-Patriot victory
Battle of Saint Kitts
January 25–26, 1782 St. Christopher British victory
Battle of Sadras
February 17, 1782 India French victory
Capture of Montserrat
February 22, 1782 Montserrat French victory
Battle of Wambaw
February 24, 1782 South Carolina British victory
Gnadenhütten massacre
March 8, 1782 Ohio
Battle of Roatán
March 16, 1782 Guatemala Patriot-Spanish victory
Action of 16 March 1782
March 16, 1782 Strait of Gibraltar British victory
Battle of Little Mountain
March 22, 1782 Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of Delaware Bay
April 8, 1782 New Jersey Patriot victory
Battle of the Saintes
April 9–12, 1782 Dominica British victory
Battle of Providien
April 12, 1782 Ceylon French victory
Battle of the Black River
April–August, 1782 Guatemala British victory
Battle of the Mona Passage
April 19, 1782 Mona passage British victory
Action of 20–21 April 1782
April 20–21, 1782 Bay of Biscay British victory
Capture of the Bahamas
May 6, 1782 Bahamas Patriot-Spanish victory
Crawford expedition
May 25-June 12, 1782 Quebec British-Iroquois victory
Naval battle off Halifax
May 28–29, 1782 Nova Scotia British victory
Raid on Lunenburg
July 1, 1782 Nova Scotia Patriot victory
Battle of Negapatam
July 6, 1782 Ceylon British victory
Hudson Bay Expedition
August 8, 1782 Rupert's Land Franco-Patriot victory
Siege of Bryan Station
August 15–17, 1782 Virginia Patriot victory
Battle of Blue Licks
August 19, 1782 Virginia British-Iroquois victory
Battle of the Combahee River
August 26, 1782 South Carolina British victory
Battle of Trincomalee
August 25-September 3, 1782 Ceylon French victory
Siege of Fort Henry
September 11–13, 1782 Virginia Patriot victory
Grand Assault on Gibraltar
September 13, 1782 Gibraltar British victory
Action of 18 October 1782
October 18, 1782 Hispaniola British victory
Action of 6 December 1782
December 6, 1782 Martinique British victory
Action of 22 January 1783
January 22, 1783 Virginia British victory
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Vintage Dominica Island Caribbean Country Silver & Enamel Travel Shield Charm Pendant
Wonderfully cute, silver and enamel travel charm pendant representing the Commonwealth of Dominica, the “Nature Island of the Caribbean,” situated between Guadeloupe and Martinique.
Dominica is a beautiful country with lush mountainous rainforests, natural, volcanically heated, hot springs, waterfalls and rivers, botanic gardens with rich and diverse flora and fauna, and sandy beaches.
This very pretty, tiny travel charm pendant with a schooner in the bright blue ocean waters, sailing by the mountainous volcanoes will evoke memories of Caribbean dreams on your favorite charm bracelet or necklace!
#ayquebella#dominica#caribbean#caribbean life#caribbean travel#travel#french caribbean#french west indies#roseau#boiling lake#morne trois pitons#titou gorge#trafalgar falls#morne diablotin#dominican creole#cabrits#calibishie#caribbean cruise#travel charms#souvenir
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Hurricane relief charity print (2 week limited run)
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/barnaby/queen-of-legs/
My neighborhood has gotten pretty smashed up recently. The northern Caribbean islands are a complete mess from Irma and Dominica just a suffered direct hit from Maria, and is absolutely devastated. There are a lot of relief efforts being put together here in Barbados to send aid directly to the victims, and I'd like to do what I can to help.
I'm releasing a completely new print 'Queen of Legs', available in 4 sizes. The print will be available from September 20th to October 4th. All profits from the print run will be put towards supplies and support for the relief effort. Additionally, any other prints purchased from my iNPRNT store during this period will be treated as charity sales.
I'll be working with ships like Schooner Ruth (who just returned from a 30 ton delivery of supplies to Anguilla) and others.
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I'm here to help the Budweiser boycott. Depicting immigrants of any kind coming into and dirtying this pure country and any point in history is disgusting. Here are the beers we should not be drinking. (List stolen from a friend of a friend.) Fellow patriots- Here's to a successful boycott. Never drink any of these products again! "If you are with the boycott Anheuser Busch crowd, this lists the companies currently held by ABI: 10 Barrel Brewing Co (USA) 911 (Dominican Republic) Absolut Cut (Sweden) Alexander Keith's (Canada) Keith's IPA Keith's White Keith's Dark Keith's Red Keith's Light Keith's Regular Keith's Hop Series Andes (Argentina) Antarctica (Brazil) Aqua Fratelli Vita (Brazil) AstikA (Bulgaria) Baisha (China) BagBier (Russia) BagBier BagBier Classicheskoye BagBier Krepkoye BagBier Nashe Bass (United Kingdom) Baviera (Paraguay) Beck's (Germany) Beck's Dark Beck's Oktoberfest Beck's Premier Light Belle-Vue (Belgium) Belle-Vue Kriek Belle-Vue Kriek Extra Belle-Vue Framboise Belle-Vue Gueuze Bergenbier (Romania) Best Damn Brewing Company Best Damn Root Beer Best Damn Apple Ale Birra del Borgo (Italy) Blue Point Brewing Company (USA) Blue Star (Canada) Boddingtons (United Kingdom) Bogotá Beer Company (Colombia) Bohemia (Brazil) Bohemia Pilsen Bohemia Escura Bohemia Weiss Bohemia Royal Ale Bohemia Confraria Bohemia Oaken Bohemia (Dominican Republic) Bohemia Light (Dominican Republic) Cervecerias Chile (Chile) Báltica (Chile) Becker (Chile) Borsodi (Hungary) Borsodi Bivaly Borsodi Polo Borsodi Sör Borostyán (Hungary) Boomerang (France) Bosteels Brewery (Belgium) Tripel Karmeliet Pauwel Kwak Deus Brahma (Global) Brahva Gold (Guatemala) Brahva Beats (Guatemala) Breda (The Channel Islands) Still Available Breckenridge Brewery (USA) Budweiser Budweiser Chelada Bud Dry Bud Extra Bud Ice Bud Ice Light Bud Lime Budweiser Black Crown Budweiser Magnum Budweiser Select Budweiser Select 55 Bud Light Bud Light Chelada Bud Light Lime Bud Light Platinum Busch Busch Light Cafri (South Korea) Camden Town (UK) Caracu (Brazil) Cass (South Korea) Cass Fresh Cass Light Cass Red Cass Lemon Cass Beats Chernihivske (Ukraine) Chernihivske Svitle Chernihivske Premium gold Chernihivske Mitsne Chernihivske 4ezz Chernihivske Bile Chernihivske Bila Nich Chernihivske N/A Chernihivske Pab Lager Corona (Outside of US) Devils Backbone Diebels (Germany) Diekirch (Luxembourg) Diekirch Grand Cru Diekirch Grande Réserve Diekirch Exclusive Dimix (Germany) Dommelsch (Netherlands) Dommelsch Pilsener Dommelsch Ice Dommelsch Dominator Double Deer (China) E-Generation Premium Light Dry Beer Dutch Gold (Netherlands) Eiken Artois Elysian Brewing Company (USA) Four Peaks[2] (USA) Franziskaner Weissbier (Germany) Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Alkoholfrei Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel Franziskaner Hefe-Weissbier Leicht Franziskaner Weissbier Kristallklar Gilde Ratskeller (Germany) Golden Road (USA) Goose Island Brewery (USA) Guaraná Antarctica (Brazil) Guaraná Brahma (Brazil) GuoGuang (China) Haake-Beck (Germany) Harbin (China) Hasseröder (Germany) Hertog Jan (Netherlands) Primator Oud Bruin Grand Prestige Tripel Dubbel Winterbier Bockbier Meibock Hoegaarden (Belgium) Hougaerdse Das Hop Hound Amber Wheat Jinlin (China) Jinlongquan (China) Draft Refreshing Julius (Belgium) Jupiler (Belgium) Jupiler N.A. Jupiler Blue Jupiler Tauro Karbach (USA) KK (China) Kamenitza (Bulgaria) Klinskoye (Russia) Klinskoye Svetloye Klinskoye Zolotoye Klinskoye Luxik Klinskoye Redkoye Klinskoye Arriva Klinskoye Samurai Kokanee (Canada) Kokanee Kokanee Gold Kokanee Light Kokanee Frost Kootenay True Ale La Bécasse (France) La Bécasse Kriek La Bécasse Raspberry La Bécasse Gueuze Labatt Family (Canada) Acquired in 1995 Labatt Blue Labatt Blue Dry Labatt Blue Light Labatt Club Labatt .5 Labatt Lite Labatt Lucky Lager Labatt 50 John Labatt Classic Labatt Genuine Labatt Extra Dry Lager Labatt Wildcat Labatt Ice NOTE: The U.S. version of Labatt is distributed by North American Breweries due to antitrust issues. Lakeport Family (Canada) Acquired in 2007 Lakeport Pilsener Lakeport Honey Lager Lakeport Strong Lakeport Ice Lakeport Ale Lakeport Light Lakeport Red Steeler Brava Wee Willy Landshark Leffe (Belgium) Leffe Brown Leffe Blonde Leffe Ruby Leffe Printemps Liber (Brazil) Löwenbräu (Germany) Löwenbräu Alkoholfrei Löwenbräu Dunkel Löwenbräu Löwen Weisse Löwenbräu Original Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier Löwenbräu Premium Pils Löwenbräu Radler Löwenbräu Schwarze Weisse Löwenbräu Triumphator Löwenbräu Urtyp Malta Morena (Dominican Republic) Marathon (Brazil) Michelob Michelob Light Michelob AmberBock Michelob Dunkel Weisse Michelob Honey Lager Michelob Honey Wheat Michelob Irish Red Ale Michelob Marzen Michelob Pale Ale Michelob Porter Michelob Ultra Michelob Ultra Amber Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus Michelob Ultra Pomegranate Raspberry Michelob Ultra Tuscan Orange Grapefruit Michelob Golden Draft Michelob Golden Draft Light Mill Street Brewery (Canada) Mousel (Luxembourg) Natural Light Natural Ice Pivara Trebjesa (Montenegro) Nik Cool Nik Gold Nikšicko pivo Nikšicko tamno Noroc (Romania) Oculto Oland Export Ale (Canada) OB (South Korea) Oranjeboom (Netherlands) Oranjeboom Premium Pilsener Oranjeboom Oud Bruin Oranjeboom Premish Malt Original (Brazil) Permskoye Gubernskoye (Russia) Permskoye Gubernskoye Svetloye Paceña (Bolivia) Paceña Pico de Oro Paceña Pico de Plata Huari Bock Ducal Piedboeuf (Belgium) Piedboeuf Blond Piedboeuf Brown Piedboeuf Triple Pilsen (Paraguay) Presidente Light (Dominica Republic) Presidente Black (Dominican Republic) Quilmes (Argentina) Red Bridge (Luxembourg) Red Shiliang (China) Rifey (Russia) Rohan (Ukraine) Rohan Lehke Rohan Tradytsiyne Rohan Monastyrske Temne Rohan Veselyi Monach Rohan Bezalkoholne Ron Barceló (Dominican Republic) Rolling Rock Rock Light Safir (Belgium) Santai (China) Schooner Lager (Canada) Sedrin (China) Shock Top Belgian White Sibirskaya Korona (Siberian Crown)(Russia) Skol (Brazil) Spaten (Germany) Spaten Alkoholfrei Spaten Diät-Pils Spaten Münchner Hell Spaten Oktoberfestbier Spaten Optimator Spaten Pils St. Pauli Girl (Germany) St. Pauli Girl Lager St. Pauli Girl Special Dark St. Pauli Girl Non-Alcoholic Stella Artois (Global) Artois Bock Peeterman Artois Stone Mill Pale Ale Sukita (Brazil) Taller (Ukraine) Tinkov Russian Lager (Russia) Tolstiak (Russia) Tolstiak Dobroye Tolstiak Svetloye Tolstiak Zaboristoye Tolstiak Krepkoye Tolstiak Grechisnoye Turning Point (Canada) Stanley Park Hell's Gate Vieux Temps (Belgium) Wild Series Wild Blue Wild Black Wild Red Whitbread (United Kingdom) (purchased from Whitbread Group plc in 2001) Yali (China) Yantar (Ukraine) Zagrebačka pivovara (Croatia) Božićno pivo Ožujsko pivo Ožujsko Cool Ožujsko Izzy Ožujsko Strong Fresssh by Ožujsko Tomislav ZiegenBock Zizhulin (China) Zhujiang (China) Zenda (Perú)"
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@Regrann from @spartananimalkingdom - #Repost @saltorwha ・・・ 🇩🇲 Kestrel liner agencies CACS has chartered a schooner vessel the 'Admiral Bay 2' to take relief supplies to Dominica on Tuesday. 🇩🇲 The vessel can carry 125 tonnes and has space of 480 square metres.⛴ Williams Industries has already committed to sending supplies.🔨 Glacial Ice: water💧. Jada builders: supplies 🔧 and Preconco: supplies🔩.Innotech: supplies also🛠. Popular Discount food items. 🍪 If you or any of your family members wish to send relief supplies to Dominica private individuals can bring big items to the Port on Tuesday. 🇩🇲 Small items in boxes can be taken to warehouse #19 Gas Alley Cane Garden st Thomas (which is close to Structural Systems) from 9.00 am on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday until 730 pm. NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL.��� CACS will wrap them an place them on pallets for shipping. 🚚 Let's come together and help our brothers and sisters in their time of need. For more information contact 2316261.🇩🇲 - #regrann
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Barbadian ship to purchase Guyana's produce
Reproduced from Barbados Nation
by Sherrlyn Toppin
FLASH BACK: A tugboat pulls the SV Ruth out to sea (picture by Jameel Springer)
MY MID-JUNE, the schooner Ruth should be making its maiden voyage to Guyana to purchase the first set of produce and possibly seafood for sale on the local market.
For almost a decade, the massive vessel was a landmark behind the old fish market on Bay Street, St Michael.
“Ruth is in the Shallow Draught and we are actually fixing up and installing some refrigeration. So we are looking at getting refrigerated cargo from Guyana and from Dominica to Barbados,” captain Gerritt Scheper told the DAILY NATION in a telephone interview last week.
“The cargo hold would be able to take refrigerated cargo, fruits and vegetable, maybe even shrimp from Guyana.”
Work was being done on the fibreglass sections of the boat and this would be followed by upgrades to the electrical system. The refurbishment started almost two weeks ago and should be finished by next week.
Captain Gerritt Scheper
Scheper said the round trip to Guyana should take about eight days.
On December 6, 2014, hundreds of people, including then Acting Prime Minister Richard Sealy, other members of Cabinet, principal of the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Sir Hilary Beckles, and campus staff witnessed Ruth finally set sail.
At the time, project director and chief executive officer of SV Ruth Ltd, Ian Dash, said it was “designed to bring back inter-regional sail cargo, improve the transport of regional fruits and vegetables, and promote sail cargo regionally, as well as seamanship and sail training”.
But there had been some hiccups.
“The primary problems are Customs and also somewhere to dock Ruth. Unfortunately, there are no facilities in Barbados for sailing yachts. We have been trying to work with some of the people in one of the ministries about getting use of the old Screw Dock on the other side of the Careenage to help rebuild it and become a permanent shipbuilding location in Barbados,” Scheper said.
He expressed hope they would see some progress with the new Barbados Labour Party Government.
But they have not been idle. They assisted with hurricane relief efforts last year after the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, and have also been training new captains from other Caribbean islands in the various regattas from Antigua, St Kitts and St Barts.
About 24 people have been trained with an eye on getting jobs on yachts and mega yachts. Trainee captains Nazz Alexander from St Lucia and Kaya Wilson from Carriacou have earned awards and honourable mentions.
Ruth was the largest sailing vessel to be launched in Barbados in almost a century. It is a traditional Lunenburg schooner-rigged tall ship with 100 feet on deck and is 120 feet high. (SAT)
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A sponge bucket, marked with a broad arrow and a name plate: TAKEN FROM THE BRITISH SCHOONER "DOMINICA" AUGUST 5TH.1813
Next to each ship's gun there was always a large bucket of water. Immediately after firing the cannon, the gunner had to " sponge " the inside of the cannon barrel with a very wet mop to extinguish any residual sparks from the previous discharge. If this was not done, the cannon could explode immediately as soon as a new powder charge was introduced into the muzzle.
She was a captured French Ship "Duc de Wagram" taken in 1809 and pressed into British Service. And was later captured by an American Privateer off Charlestown, part of Greater Boston, on August 5th 1813 but later recaptured by the British on 22nd May 1814.
Possibly the bucket was taken as a momento by an American Sailor.
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Victory at Bermuda, the Capture of the HMS Dominica by American Privateer Decatur, by Maarten Platje 2018
The Dominica became a French privateer, 14 guns with three masts as schooner with the name, Duc de Wagram in 1805. Already four years later she fell into the hands of Admiral Alexander Cochrane who accepted her as HMS Dominica in the Royal Navy. Until 1813 she successfully hunted three merchant ships and one American privateer. Until August 5, 1813 when she escorted a packet ship and fell into the hands of the American schooner Decatur.
Decatur was more lightly armed, though more heavily manned, and prevailed in the fight. The British lost 18 men killed, 42 wounded, and 70 captured, including the wounded, with Barrette being among the killed. The Americans had five men killed and 15 wounded. The court martial on 3 January 1815 of the surviving officers and men of Dominica acquitted them for her loss.
The British agent at Charleston, South Carolina, wrote a letter suggesting that the cause of the loss was "to be attributed entirely to the Want of Knowledge of and Experience in the Management of a Schooner, on the part of Captain Barrette... and the Vessel herself being extremely difficult to Work." The same agent also reported that Decatur's crew was of French origin, "chiefly, if not all, Blacks, and Mulattoes" and that on boarding they had behaved with utmost cruelty, slaughtering the wounded on deck. A letter from the Judge of the District Court stated that the prisoners had been treated with the utmost humanity. The same letter described Dominica as little damaged by shot because she had been taken by boarding. Dominica was recommissioned in Charleston as the French letter of marque Dominique.
On 22 May 1814 she was recaptured and reinstated into the service of the Royal Navy. The Decatur was captured by the HMS Rhin on 5 June 1814 and was probably also taken into service, about her fate from then on nothing is known anymore.
The Dominica sailed 1815 in the West Indies to escort a convoy, but there she ran aground on a reef off Bermudas and sank.
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Vintage Dominica Island Caribbean Country Silver & Enamel Travel Shield Charm Pendant
Wonderfully cute, silver and enamel travel charm pendant representing the “Nature Island of the Caribbean,” the Commonwealth of Dominica, situated between Guadeloupe and Martinique. Dominica is a beautiful country with lush, mountainous rainforests, natural, volcanically heated hot springs, waterfalls and rivers, botanic gardens with rich and diverse flora and fauna, and sandy beaches. This very pretty and petite, travel charm pendant, with a schooner in the bright blue ocean waters, sailing by the mountainous volcanoes, will evoke memories of Caribbean dreams on your favorite charm bracelet or necklace!
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