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HMS Lark (1762)

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lay off Newport, Captain Richard Smith had her set on fire and her cables cut. She then drifted on to shore. The Royal Navy ended up having to destroy ten of their own vessels in all.
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squadron arrived in Narragansett Bay on 29 July 1778 to support the American army under General George Washington during the
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On 11 January 1778, under command of Captain Richard Smith, she chased ashore a vessel, probably schooner Sally, near the
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and burned it. Between 29 May and 18 July, the British captured a number of vessels: the sloops
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This article about a specific frigate of the United Kingdom is a
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Burnt to avoid capture at Newport, Rhode Island, 5 August 1778
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entered Narrangansett Bay and positioned themselves north of
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859
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Index

HMS Lark

Rotherhithe
Richmond-class
fifth-rate
frigate
bm
Full-rigged ship
QD
Fc

Richmond-class frigate
fifth-rate
frigate
Royal Navy
Narragansett Bay
American Revolutionary War
Providence River
snow
Kingfisher
Hope
Sphinx
Pigot galley
d'Estaing's
battle of Rhode Island
ships of the line
Conanicut Island
battle of Rhode Island
National Register of Historic Places
Wreck Sites of HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark

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