The Boy Who Shot Down an Airship by Michael Frederick Green

Disappeared after departing Pensacola, Fla., in July 1831. Schooner USS Sylph probably sank in a storm in August 1831. Midshipman Edward Hopkinson died from fall from the mizen top of ? while at Montevideo. McMullin died from fall from poop on the sloop Warren at Rio de Janeiro. 4 June 1829.īrig USS Hornet disappeared in with all hands in the Caribbean, reportedly sinking in a gale off Tampico on 29 September 1829. Steam frigate USS Fulton, used as a receiving ship, destroyed by gunpowder explosion. Schooner USS Ferret capsized in storm off Cuba. Schooner USS Wildcat lost with all hands in a gale while sailing between Cuba and Thompson's Island, West Indies. Schooner USS Lynx disappeared en route from St.

27 January 1816.Ĭhartered schooner Quaker sank in a gale with all aboard. Ship-of-the-Line USS Independence seaman William Oaty accidentally killed by pistol shot.

Sloop-of-War USS Epervier disappeared in Atlantic Ocean. Gun Boat #146 blew up owing to magazine explosion. Schooner USS Alligator sank in Port Royal Sound during a heavy storm. Gun Boat #164 sank in a squall in Chesapeake Bay. Schooners USS Hamilton and Scourge capsize in a heavy squall on Lake Ontario. 5 October 1811.ĭuring the unsuccessful pursuit of HMS Belvidera, one of frigate President's bow chasers exploded, wounding 16 men. Gun Boat #2 sank in gale in Chesapeake Bay. Gun Boat #159 lost in Chesapeake Bay with all on board. Ketch Intrepid, fitted out as an 'infernal' or fire ship, blown up in premature detonation of powder charges during blockade of Tripoli.

Thomas McDonald, William Fountain and John Bartlett drowned. 14 July 1804.įrigate USS John Adams small boat accident. Jacob Hendrickson, USS Constitution, killed by fall from aloft.ĭavid Darling, Ships' Boy, USS Constitution, fell from the booms into the hold and was killed by the fall. USS Constitution sailor, Richard Beedland fell from aloft and was killed. Approximately 105 lost.įrigate USS Insurgent lost with all hands, presumably in a gale after leaving Hampton Roads on 8 August 1800, bound for the West Indies. Last seen 20 August 1800 when she departed for the West Indies. Brig USS Pickering presumably sank with all hands in a gale in September 1800.

The Boy Who Shot Down an Airship by Michael Frederick Green