HMS Gaspée

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gaspée_Affair
gptkbp:acquired June 10, 1772.
gptkbp:aftermath increased tensions leading to the American Revolution.
gptkbp:armament cannons
10 guns
gptkbp:associated_with American Revolutionary War history.
early American naval history.
early American patriotism.
gptkbp:collects American colonists
patrol duty.
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Lieutenant_John_W._Dudingston
John W. Dudingston.
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:1776
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:noble_title
gptkb:Bristol,_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:crew approximately 20
approximately 20 men
approximately 30 men
gptkbp:cultural_references in literature.
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:1776
gptkbp:depicted_in historical reenactments.
gptkbp:displacement 200 tons
gptkbp:enforces Navigation Acts.
gptkbp:fate burned
burned by American colonists
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Royal_Navy_Ensign
gptkbp:historical_context pre-Revolutionary America.
gptkbp:historical_documentation extensive.
gptkbp:historical_impact inspired other acts of defiance.
gptkbp:historical_period gptkb:Monarch
gptkbp:historical_significance first act of armed resistance against British authority in the American colonies.
in the context of colonial America.
to American independence.
first naval action of the American Revolutionary War
gptkbp:historical_site Gaspee Point.
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Newport,_Rhode_Island
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Gaspée
gptkbp:influenced American naval tactics.
future naval engagements.
gptkbp:inspired naval memorials.
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in historical societies.
gptkbp:is_engaged_in June 1772.
gptkbp:is_featured_in documentaries.
gptkbp:is_involved_in British colonial enforcement.
smuggling operations.
gptkbp:launch_date 1778
gptkbp:launched gptkb:1776
gptkbp:legacy symbol of resistance.
gptkbp:length 90 ft
gptkbp:losses June 10, 1772
gptkbp:narrative_style of American resistance.
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Gaspée_Affair
Gaspée Affair.
gptkbp:notable_for its capture and burning.
its role in colonial resistance.
its role in the Gaspée Affair.
patrols against smugglers.
gptkbp:operates_in gptkb:Narragansett_Bay
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Narragansett_Bay
North Atlantic.
gptkbp:part_of British naval strategy.
British naval fleet.
gptkbp:rate_of_fire gptkb:Gaspee_Point,_Rhode_Island
gptkbp:replaced_by HMS Gaspée (1776)
HMS Gaspée (1778)
HMS Gaspée (1779)
gptkbp:reputation controversial.
gptkbp:services gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:starship
gptkbp:significance its impact on colonial relations.
gptkbp:significant_event burning by colonists
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:HMS_Falcon
gptkbp:subject historical studies.
gptkbp:type gptkb:starship