During the Revolution, we built fifteen frigates, and almost all ended
badly. The silver lining is that some of those that were captured were
taken to England, and the lines were "taken off'. It is for that
reason that we can make authentic models of the Hancock, Raleigh, and
Confederacy. For the record, this is what happened to those frigates,
those magnificent vessels.
NAME | YEAR LAUNCHED | DISPOSITION |
Raleigh, 32 | 1776 | Captured 1778 |
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Hancock, 32 | 1776 | Captured, 1777 |
Warren, 32 | 1776 | DesTRoyed to avoid capture 1779 |
Washington, 32 | 1776 | DesTRoyed to avoid capture 1777 |
Randolph, 32 | 1776 | Sunk 1776 |
Providence, 28 | 1776 | Captured 1780 |
Trumbull, 28 | 1776 | Captured by his (nee Hancock) 1781 |
Delaware, 24 | 1776 | Captured 1777 |
Congress, 28 | 1776 | DesTRoyed to avoid capture 1777 |
Virginia, 28 | 1777 | Captured 1778 |
Effingham, 28 | 1777 | DesTRoyed before completion 1777 |
Boston, 24 | 1777 | Captured 1780 |
Montgomery, 24 | 1777 | DesTRoyed to avoid capture 1777 |
Alliance, 32 | 1778 | Sold, 1785 |
Confederacy, 32 | 1778 | Captured by HMS Roebuck 1781 |