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Name | HMS Charon |
Completed | 1778 |
In service | 1778 |
Out of service | 1781 |
Fate | Destroyed during the Siege of Yorktown |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Fifth rate |
Tons burthen | 880 |
Length | 140 ft (42.7 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Crew | 300 |
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HMS Charon was a 44-gun fifth rate in service with the Royal Navy. Constructed in 1778, the ship took part in several conflicts in the Americas before being destroyed during the 1781 Siege of Yorktown. Her wreck lies in the York River.
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