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HMS Sultana was a small
Royal Navy schooner that patrolled the American coast from
1768 through
1772, preventing smuggling and collecting duties. She was retired when unrest in Britain's
American colonies required larger, better armed patrol craft.
The
Sultana was built in the yard of renowned Boston Shipwright
Benjamin Hallowell in
1767, probably as a yacht. She made one voyage from Boston to England before she was purchased by the Royal Navy, named
HMS Sultana, and sent back to the colonies as a coast guard vessel. At the time of purchase, her lines were taken off and a draught of the hull filed at the Admiralty.
His Majesty’s Schooner
Sultana left Dungeness on the morning of August 27, 1768, carrying a crew of twenty-five men and eight swivel guns. Her assignment was to enforce the Townshend Acts (and to enforce tea taxes) by stopping smugglers. The
Sultana's logbook began on July 15, 1768. Her commander was Lieutenant John Inglis. Inglis would end his service to the crown as Vice Admiral of the Blue.
The schooner’s master was David Bruce.
The
Sultana's first assignment once she reached Halifax was to proceed to Boston to help land General Gage’s troops in Boston for the protection of customs officials. Following that, she sailed up and down the coast of the Colonies, visiting Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and many spots in the lower Chesapeake tidewater region. On October 10, 1772 the
Sultana set off to England where she was sold at auction for a meager 85 pounds.
Modern replicas
A new Sultana launched in
Chestertown, Maryland in
2001 serves as an educational vessel for schoolchildren as it travels around the Chesapeake Bay. Each year there are public excursions out of Chestertown and other ports.
Downrigging Weekend in Chestertown is always the first weekend
in November
. Replica sailing ships from all around the mid-Atlantic participate in sailing excursions and allow the public on board.
The replica vessel isn't an exact reconstruction. It has a diesel auxiliary engine and otherwise conforms to Coast Guard regulations in order to carry passengers. The modern version is framed with
osage orange and planked with oak; there's a lead ballast keel which the original didn't have. Given modern safety requirements, however, she was built following traditional methods as much as possible.
The
Howard I. Chapelle drawings of
Sultana, traced from the Admiralty draughts, also inspired another modern vessel,
Larinda. She was
junk-rigged, however, and featured whimsical details like a frog for a figurehead.
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