Photo #: NH 92864
"A Sketch of the New England Armed Vessels, in Valcure Bay
on Lake Champlain as seen in the morning of 11 October 1776 ..."
Contemporary artwork by C. Randle, depicting the Continental
squadron, under Brigadier General Benedict Arnold, just before
the Battle of Valcour Island.
The vessels shown include schooner Royal Savage (center)
and (from left to right around Royal Savage): schooner
Revenge, galley Washington, gondola Philadelphia,
galley Congress, gondola Jersey, galley Lee,
gondola Boston (in the middle, largely hidden behind Royal
Savage's sails), gondola Spitfire, gondola New
Haven, gondola Providence, gondola Connecticut,
gondola New York, sloop Enterprise and galley Trumbull.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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