HMS Milford (1759)
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HMS Milford was a 28-gun Coventry-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built at Milford by Richard Chitty and launched in 1759. She was sold for breaking on 17 May 1785 after an impress
Milford was built to the same design as HMS Carysfort, (pictured)
USS Cabot (1775)
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USS Cabot was a 14-gun brig of the Continental Navy. She was the first American warships to be captured in the American Revolutionary War. On 13 October 1775, acting on intelligence received concernin
HMS Milford (1759)
…killed, and twelve or thirteen were wounded, including Tracy. Milford stands out as the British vessel that engaged the first American armed vessel, USS Cabot. In the Battle of Yarmouth, under the command of Captain Joseph Olney, Cabot stood out of Boston on 23 March 1777, weeks before the vessel encountered…
1974 painting of Cabot by William Nowland Van Powell