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WEXFORD . IRELAND. IN 17<5
THE GALLANT BARRY CAMP
TO W f 760.
COE FOLLOWED THE
SEA FROM CHILDHOOD
AND GIFTED WITH A SPIRIT
OF ENTERPRISE AND ABILITY
A PROSPEROUS |
/3t the outbreak
OF THE REyAoIuTICW HE
WAS COFVAISSIONED A
/JSy 1 * ™ e Colonial
' BBith skill and
GALLANTRY HE FULFILLED
. COAN\AAIDS ENTRUSTED
L.a.pta.in- to hia and is
joHAf bar^
MAePAIRS WERE F\ADC AND AH AMERICAN CREW PUT ABOARD THE
whp/v the Captive ship and her prisoners
arrived in Philadelphia, there was great rejoicing —-
mgr WAS THE FIRST TIME IN ACTUAL BATTLE THAT A VESSEL
IM of the British fleet hauled down its flag to a ship
of the new American A/avy.
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SAILORS WAYS
ffeaJinQ the leads
I ' r ■'■■ ■ r \
m lead, utaaht attached
lo tnTWid.of ajmeffj&ed
to determine the depttTof
u/aicr beneath a vessel.
flt is mart ted bi| 'deep* and
'marks to indicate fathoms.
otie band lead
u/htch Jled armSyp
Ejhen the lead Mb the
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TO t ßß& ansiair !
flmnwm Atari Hem JROmm
BEING PLACED IN C OHMA/VD OF THE ' LEXINGTON, T HE FIRST
SHIP PURCHASED 0y THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, ANO The FIRST
TO SAIL UNDER GOVERNMENT ORDERS.
J*6hF SHIP WAS NAMEO "LEXINGTON “TO COMMEMORATE THE FIRST
BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION AT LEXINGTON, HASS.
tSfcANTIME fiARRy WAS ALERT AND SUCCESSFUL IN
Delaware BAy and off the Virginia Capes
GIVING PROTECTION TO AMERICAN SHIPS COMIN6 TO
Philadelphia with supplies for Washington's
ARN\y » —-
COA4T/A/L/MD
Markings on the lead line 3
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£§■/* April 7. 1776. while BaRR/
WAS CRUISING OFF THE VIRGINIA CAPES.
HE ENCOUNTERED THE ARMED BRITISH
SLOOP ’’ED WARD
£9he Lexington was larger
and carried more guns than the
'‘EDWARD" BUT THE BRITISH SHIP WAS £
MANNED BY A PICKED CREW AND
COMMANDED BY AN EXPERIENCED
English naval officer.
S9hc battle lasted FOR
OVER. AN HOUR AND MANY WERI
KILLED OAt BOTH SIDES
THE PRIDE OF the ENEMY AND
THEIR HATRED OF STRIKING THE IA
FLAG TO THE DESPISED yANKEES,
PROLONGED THE FIGHT UNTIL THE
•COWARD'' WAS ALNVOST SHOT TO
PIECES BEFORE SHE SURRENDERED...