Bellona, HMS

The 74-gun ship, which was built in varying configurations, comprised the backbone of the British Navy throughout the Napoleonic Wars.

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Royal Caroline

Royal Caroline, built for King George II in 1749 and named after his deceased wife, was the first British ship built specifically as a royal yacht.

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Philadelphia (Gundalow)

Philadelphia was a gunboat manned by Continental Army soldiers during the Battle of Valcour Island (Lake Champlain), October 1776.

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Half Moon

Halve Maen (Half Moon) was a Dutch East India Company ship that sailed into what is now New York in 1609. She was attempting to find a western passage to China.

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Saint Lawrence Skiff

The Saint Lawrence Skiff is native to the Thousand Island region, where it served both recreational and commercial purposes.

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USS Constitution Museum

The world’s oldest commissioned naval vessel still afloat, this frigate is most noted for actions during the War of 1812, when it captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned the ship the nickname of “Old Ironsides”.

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Grand Banks Dory

The Banks Dory is a type of flat-bottomed fishing boat, typically stacked on the decks of the schooners working the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, one of the world’s richest fishing grounds

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Model of a Portuguese Culé - port bow

Culé and Chata

A Portuguese cargo boat once used to carry salt, fruit, and other items to supply the city of Lisbon.

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Santa Maria

Santa Maria was the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492.

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