HMS Braak
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HMS Braak was an 18-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Rotterdam in 1781 and initially served with the Dutch Republic. The British seized her, in Britain, after the Dutch entry into the French Revolutionary Wars, and took her into the Royal Navy. She served briefly with the British before capsizing off the North American coast. She was subsequently the focus of a number of salvage efforts.
1795
Wikidata
De Braak
Royal Navy,
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Location: 38.776, -75.0639, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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USS Gallup ⓘ
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USS Cherokee ⓘ
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Overfalls ⓘ
lightship
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ship launching
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1776 | Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1782 | Battle of the Delaware Capes | United States, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1813 | Bombardment of Lewes | bombardment | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | USS Gallup | ship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | 1891 | USS Cherokee | tug | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1938 | Overfalls | preserved watercraft, lightvessel | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Battery 223 | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Compagniesfort Whorekill | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Swanendael | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1924 | Fort Saulsbury | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1940 | Fort Miles | artillery fort, historic district | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1997 | Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum | aviation museum, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1795 | HMS Braak | brig-sloop, shipwreck | Wikidata |