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Shaffer's Maritime Museum

United States Frigate CONFEDERACY
1778 - 1783


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  • Built and launched in Norwich, Connecticut in 1778, at the height of the American Revolutionary war against Great Britain.
  • Carried 36 Guns - 28 twelve pound cannons  and 8 six pound cannons.
  • Known as a Galley-Frigate due to having ports for oars and rowing located below the gun deck.
  • Severely damaged in a hurricane near Newfoundland on November 7, 1779
  • After some successes in 1780 and 1781, she was captured by two British ships, the Orpheus and the Roebuck.
  • When taken into the British navy as the Confederate,  her lines were transcribed by the Admiralty which provides us with the excellent plans for this model.
  • Due to green wood having been used in her construction, considerable rot was discovered in her timbers when she was surveyed by her captors.
  • She subsequently never served the British cause, and was broken up in 1783
  • The model is known as an Admiralty Model, which had no rigging,  but shows the timbers and framing as well as other deck features and decorations.
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