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Subject:  Correction re: steam warships, dates of service. Newsgroups:  lugnet.pirates Date:  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:00:40 GMT Viewed:  6423 times    In lugnet.pirates, Kurt Baty wrote:    I am confused!? The Texas Navy had a steam powered warship in 1838! “Predating any self-propelled vessels built by the U.S. Navy, Zavala had the distinction of becoming the first armed (steam) warship in North America.” http://www.numa.net/articles/texas_naval_ship_zavala.html That page is incorrect. The first steam-powered armed warship in North America was in fact Robert Fulton’s catamaran-hulled center-paddler Demologos, completed in 1815 for the defence of New York and kept in service by the US Navy until its destruction in an accident in 1829. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi156.htm all best LFB                      Subject:  Re: Correction re: steam warships, dates of service. Newsgroups:  lugnet.pirates Date:  Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:24:07 GMT Viewed:  6341 times    In lugnet.pirates, Lindsay Frederick Braun wrote:    In lugnet.pirates, Kurt Baty wrote:    I am confused!? The Texas Navy had a steam powered warship in 1838! “Predating any self-propelled vessels built by the U.S. Navy, Zavala had the distinction of becoming the first armed (steam) warship in North America.” http://www.numa.net/articles/texas_naval_ship_zavala.html That page is incorrect. The first steam-powered armed warship in North America was in fact Robert Fulton’s catamaran-hulled center-paddler Demologos, completed in 1815 for the defence of New York and kept in service by the US Navy until its destruction in an accident in 1829. http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi156.htm I agree with Lindsay! kurt    all best LFB

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