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Subject:	Re: Correction re: steam warships, dates of service.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.pirates
Date:	Tue, 22 Feb 2005 02:24:07 GMT
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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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		Correction re: steam warships, dates of service.
(...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.pirates, FTX)

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