HMS Fowey (1749)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Fowey.

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|module= Career (UK) Name: HMS FoweyOwner: Royal Navy HMS Fowey was a sixth-rate warship of the Royal Navy. Built in 1749,^[1] the ship was sunk during the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. The ship is noted as having received Lord Dunmore, the governor of the Colony of Virginia, when he fled the colony for safety during the beginning of the American Revolution, marking the last departure of a Royal Governor from the colony. The National Park Service has identified it as a probably candidate for a wreck located off Yorktown in the York River.^[2]

References[]

↑ Billington, Phil (2008). The Guide to Fabulous Fowey. Worcester, UK: Polperro Heritage Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-09553648-5-3.
↑ "State Submerged Research Law: Virginia". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/archeology///sites/stateSubmerged/virginia.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

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[Quick_Fowey_Fowey-1] Billington, Phil (2008). The Guide to Fabulous Fowey. Worcester, UK: Polperro Heritage Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-09553648-5-3.

[NPS_Virginia-2] "State Submerged Research Law: Virginia". National Park Service. http://www.nps.gov/archeology///sites/stateSubmerged/virginia.htm. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

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