USS Charlemagne
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| Name: | USS Charlemagne |
| Laid down: | 1775 |
| Launched: | August 1775 |
| Acquired: | December 1775 |
| Fate: | Burned to prevent capture, March 1777 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Brig |
| Armament: | 14 × 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns |
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The USS Charlemagne is a fictional Brig of War of the Continental Navy. She is known as the first Continental command of Captain Issac Biddlecomb in James L. Nelson's Revolution at Sea saga. She was originally built as a privateer but was taken into the Rhode Island State Navy to stop HMS Rose in her attempt to stop all smuggling in that colony. There she accompanied the Katy in capturing the Rose's tender, Diana.
She was then purchased by the "Continental Army" for a mission to liberate gun powder on Bermuda. On the way, however, she was taken by HMS Glasgow, but was later retaken by her crew. She made it back to Boston with a prize full of valuable gun powder.
She was later purchased by the Continental Congress to become one of the first ships of the United States navy. She accompanied Commodore Esek Hopkins in the Battle of Nassau and the capture of the brig Bolton. She took part in the squadron's fight with the Glasgow as chased her all the way to Newport.
Her next mission was to carry Benjamin Franklin to France. After this was accomplished, she raided the British coast and succeeded in taking the HMS Swan and HMS Hector. She later returned to Philadelphia in 1777. She was finally sunk by the HMS Merlin in the fall of 1777 of New Jersey.
References
- James L. Nelson, "Maddest Idea", Pocket Books, New York 1997.
- James L. Nelson, "Continental Risque", Pocket Books, New York 1998.
- James L. Nelson, "Lords of the Ocean", Pocket Books, New York 1999.
- James L. Nelson, "All the Brave Fellows", Pocket Books, New York 2001.
