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Group of Norwegian immigrants to the United States
"Slooper" refers to the 52 Norwegians who traveled to the United States in 1825 aboard the sloop Restauration. Within the first 100 years, the Slooper
Slooper
Sail boat with a single mast and a fore-and-aft rig
In modern usage, a sloop is a sailboat with a single mast generally having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail abaft (behind) the
Sloop
Type of warship
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system
Sloop-of-war
17th-century sailing vessel
The Bermuda sloop is a historical type of fore-and-aft rigged single-masted sailing vessel developed on the islands of Bermuda in the 17th century. Such
Bermuda_sloop
Propeller-driven sloop-of-war
A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition
Screw_sloop
Bahamian folk song
"Sloop John B" (Roud 15634, originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by
Sloop_John_B
Oyster-dredging sloop built in Long Island
Modesty was an oyster sloop built in 1923 by The Wood and Chute Shipyard of Greenport, Long Island, and is now located at the Long Island Maritime Museum
Modesty_(sloop)
American jazz musician
Dorothy Sloop (September 26, 1913 – July 28, 1998), was an American jazz pianist who performed with jazz bands. A native of Ohio, her nickname was Sloopy
Dorothy_Sloop
Gaff-rigged sailboat
The Friendship sloop, also known as a Muscongus Bay sloop or lobster sloop, is a gaff-rigged working boat design that originated in Friendship, Maine
Friendship_Sloop
Historic house in North Carolina, United States
Sloop Point Plantation is a historic house located at Sloop Point, Pender County, North Carolina. It was built in 1729 according to dendrochronological
Sloop_Point
English pirate (c. 1680–1718)
whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their
Blackbeard
United States historic place
Priscilla is a classic oyster dredging sloop and museum ship at the Long Island Maritime Museum. Built in 1888, it is the oldest surviving boat from the
Priscilla_(sloop)
Inn in St Ives, Cornwall
The Sloop Inn is an inn in St Ives, Cornwall, England, located on the wharf. It is one of the oldest inns in Cornwall, the public house is dated to "circa
The_Sloop_Inn
Configuration of mast and rigging for a type of sailboat
typical configuration for most modern sailboats. Whilst commonly seen in sloop-rigged vessels, Bermuda rig is used in a range of configurations, for instance
Bermuda_rig
Type of steam-powered warship
frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners were steam-powered warships that were
Steam_frigate
United States historic place
The Eleanor is a historic gaff-rigged racing sloop built in 1903 at the B. F. Wood shipyard, City Island, Bronx and designed by Clinton H. Crane. She
Eleanor_(sloop)
This article lists the largest active privately owned single-masted monohulls in excess of 130ft (39.6m) in overall sparred length. Name: currently registered
Comparison_of_large_sloops
Class of racing yachts
The J Class of racing yachts were built to the specifications of Nathanael Herreshoff's Universal Rule. The J Class is considered the apex of the era when
J_Class_(yacht)
This is a list of Sixth-rate, corvette, and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. During the Age of Sail, warships were divided into ranks or classes. The
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
Ship class
The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy. Twelve Black Swans were launched
Black_Swan-class_sloop
American sandbagger sloop (1880)
Annie is a Sandbagger sloop located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1880 in Mystic by David O. Richmond, Annie was built
Annie_(sloop)
American privateer
The sloop Montgomery (1776) was an American privateer during the American Revolution. It was captained by William Rogers, who was succeeded by William
Montgomery_(sloop)
1933 class of sloops-of-war
The Grimsby class were a class of 13 sloops laid down between 1933 and 1940. Of these, eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four
Grimsby-class_sloop
Norwegian-American pioneer (1783–1865)
Norwegian-American pioneer and "Slooper" who led the first group of Norwegians to emigrate to the United States, traveling on the Norwegian sloop Restauration. In 1947
Cleng_Peerson
Historic oyster boat in Connecticut, United States
Nellie is an oyster sloop located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. Nellie was built in 1891 in Smithtown, New York and was used
Nellie_(sloop)
Sailing rig type
mainsail, compared to the fractional rig. The major advantage a masthead sloop has over a fractional one, is that the jib is larger. Since the jib has
Masthead_rig
English pirate
pirate again, capturing a Jamaican sloop. Vane sailed back to Nassau and harassed Pearse repeatedly, trading their sloop for the Lark. Vane left Nassau on
Charles_Vane
English pirate (died 1720)
appears in records around August 1720 after stealing merchant John Ham's sloop from Nassau harbor on 22 August. After a short 61 day run, Rackham was captured
John_Rackham
The Hero was a tiny sloop, just 44 tons and 47 feet long, captained by 21-year-old Nathaniel Palmer of Stonington, Connecticut, and manned by a crew of
Hero_(sloop)
Boat propelled partly or entirely by sails
sail plan. Popular monohull designs include: The cutter is similar to a sloop with a single mast and mainsail, but generally carries the mast further
Sailboat
Flat part of a boat's squared stern
rudder mounted under the hull Transom-mounted outboard motor An Irwin 44 sloop with a fold-down reverse transom Reverse transom with integral access platform
Transom_(nautical)
converted to operate with sails and re-classed as yachts. Comparison of large sloops List of large sailing vessels List of motor yachts by length List of sailboat
List_of_large_sailing_yachts
Ski boat Skiff Skipjack Smack (ship) Small-craft sailing Slipper Launch Sloop Speed boat Special Operations Craft – Riverine (SOC-R) Steam boat Submarine
List_of_boat_types
Sloop built in Sydney, Australia 1803
Charlotte was a sloop that sank in 1808 off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Charlotte was built in Sydney, Australia. and registered at 16 tons
Charlotte_(sloop)
1812–1815 conflict in North America
Navy's smaller ship-sloops had also won several victories over Royal Navy sloops-of-war, again of smaller armament. The American sloops Hornet, Wasp (1807)
War_of_1812
Russian naval vessel (1818–1828)
Vostok (Russian: Восток) was a 28-gun sloop-of-war of the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821
Russian_sloop_Vostok
1814–1815 Napoleon-ruled monarchy in Tuscany
double-masted, 18-gunned brig, Inconstant. A small flotilla of two other sloops also accompanied Inconstant. The fleet was first commanded by Lieutenant
Principality_of_Elba
1965 single by The McCoys
and Portuguese. By one account, the inspiration for the song was Dorothy Sloop, a jazz singer from Steubenville, Ohio, and a student at Ohio University
Hang_On_Sloopy
Ship's cat on HMS Amethyst
1947 – 28 November 1949) was a ship's cat who served on the Royal Navy sloop-of-war HMS Amethyst. In 1949, during the Yangtze Incident, he received the
Simon_(cat)
A sandbagger sloop is a type of sailboat made popular in the 19th century as a work vessel which also could be used as a pleasure craft. They are a descendant
Sandbagger_sloop
Yacht built in 2003
M5 is a sloop-rigged super yacht launched in 2003 as Mirabella V. She is the largest single-masted yacht ever built. Mirabella V was built as part of
Mirabella_V
2001 novel by Lee Child
stopped, however, is because she has a problem: Her tax-evading husband, Sloop, is coming out of prison soon, and he will inevitably continue beating her
Echo_Burning
English pirate (1680–1719)
supporters were left with a captured sloop.[citation needed] By 1717, Hornigold had at his command a thirty-gun sloop he named the Ranger, which was probably
Benjamin_Hornigold
Bermuda-rigged sloop and training ship
modern-built Bermuda sloop. She is a replica of a Royal Navy sloop-of-war, depicted in a well-known 1831 painting. The Bermuda sloop was a type of small
Spirit_of_Bermuda
1723 naval battle off Block Island
The capture of the sloop Ranger occurred on June 10, 1723 near Block Island in the Atlantic Ocean. Two pirate ships under the command of Englishmen Edward
Capture_of_the_sloop_Ranger
smaller than the more common Cherokee-class brig-sloops or the even larger Cruizer-class brig-sloops. The gun-brigs generally carried 12 guns, comprising
List of gun-brigs of the Royal Navy
List_of_gun-brigs_of_the_Royal_Navy
City in New York, United States
Airport about 20 minutes away, in Newburgh. Beacon Sloop Club started in 1978 with the launching of the Sloop Woody Guthrie, which was commissioned to be built
Beacon,_New_York
1720 naval engagement off Negril
privateer Jonathan Barnet set sail from Jamaica in a trading sloop alongside another sloop commanded by a captain Bonadvis. The encounter is remembered
Capture_of_John_Rackham
Purported flag of the pirate Edward Teach
of the [8th of April] a large Ship and a sloop with Black Flags and Deaths Heads in them and three more sloops with Bloody Flags all bore down upon the
Flag_of_Blackbeard
Warship
ISBN 0-7318-0941-6. OCLC 48761594. Jordan, John (2016). "The Colonial Sloops of the Bougainville Class". Warship 2016. London: Conway. pp. 8–29. ISBN 978-1-84486-326-6
French_aviso_Dumont_d'Urville
Small warship
that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the sloop-of-war. The modern roles that a corvette fulfills include coastal patrol
Corvette
Female pirate (died 1733)
crew, alongside another female pirate, Mary Read. Together they stole the sloop William owned by John Ham from Nassau on 22 August 1720. Rackham and his
Anne_Bonny
Topics referred to by the same term
may refer to: German submarine U-72, various vessels HMS Weston (U72), a sloop of the Royal Navy Small nucleolar RNA SNORA72 Small retrosnub icosicosidodecahedron
U72
Class of brig-sloops of the British Royal Navy
18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three
Cruizer-class_brig-sloop
American screw sloops (1862–1883)
The Sacramento-class sloop was a series of six screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the last half of the 19th century. The last two ships
Sacramento-class_sloop
NPO seeking protection of Hudson River
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Beacon, New York that seeks to protect the Hudson River and surrounding
Hudson_River_Sloop_Clearwater
Russian Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer (1778–1852)
Bellingshausen's second-in-command and the captain of the sloop Mirny, while Bellingshausen himself commanded the sloop Vostok. During this expedition, Bellingshausen
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Bellingshausen
Topics referred to by the same term
States Navy named Enterprise USS Enterprise (1775), a Continental Navy sloop captured from the British, burned to prevent recapture in 1777 USS Enterprise (1799)
USS_Enterprise
Senior officer rank of the Royal Navy
assignment of a post-captain or before 1770 a master. Such vessels were usually sloops-of-war, bomb vessels, fireships, hospital ships and storeships. The rank's
Commander_(Royal_Navy)
German WWII anti-ship glide bomb
striking the sloop HMS Bideford; the warhead did not detonate, and the damage was minimal. On 27 August, the sinking of the British sloop HMS Egret by
Henschel_Hs_293
U.S. state coat of arms
component of the state's flag and seal. The shield displays a masted ship and a sloop on the Hudson River (symbols of inland and foreign commerce), bordered by
Coat_of_arms_of_New_York
Confederate States Navy ship
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool
CSS_Alabama
Town in Maine, United States
two unnamed vessels from Newbury Massachusetts (a schooner and a sloop). The sloop was burned after it went aground on Goat Island. A battle took place
Kennebunkport,_Maine
Sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts
Bob Allen and TS Caroline Allen Mercedes Fryderyk Chopin Brig sloop Cruizer-class brig-sloop Gun-brig Snow (ship) MacGregor, David R (1984). Merchant Sailing
Brig
Type of boat
bowsprit taken into account – so a boat with two headsails may be classed as a sloop. Government agencies use the term "cutter" for vessels employed in patrolling
Cutter_(boat)
Two-masted sailing vessel
North America before 1775, after the sloop. The brigantine was swifter and more easily maneuvered than a sloop or schooner, hence was employed for piracy
Brigantine
World War II British corvette class
Stonecrop and the sloop Black Swan on 2 April 1943 U-82 was sunk by the sloop Rochester and Tamarisk on 6 February 1942 U-252 was sunk by the sloop Stork and
Flower-class_corvette
Cyrus-class sixth rates of the Royal Navy were a series of sixteen flush-decked sloops of war built to an 1812 design by Sir William Rule, the Surveyor of the
Cyrus-class_ship-sloop
Norwegian polar explorer (1872–1928)
first expedition to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage on the sloop Gjøa. In 1909, Amundsen began planning for a South Pole expedition. He left
Roald_Amundsen
Sailboat with a two-masted rig
main mast is usually stepped further forward than the position found on a sloop. The sail plan of a ketch is similar to that of a yawl, on which the mizzen
Ketch
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on
USS_Housatonic_(1861)
Historic category for Royal Navy ships
that they were still commanded by a full ('post') captain, as opposed to sloops of 18 guns and less, which were under commanders. Sixth-rate ships typically
Sixth-rate
Pole used in rigging of a sailing vessel
beginning of the 15th century. The first hollow mast was fitted on the American sloop Maria in 1845, 28 m (92 ft) long and built of staves bound with iron hoops
Mast_(sailing)
King of Sweden from 1792 to 1809
HMS Ruby, before transferring him to HMS Victory, to be shuttled aboard a sloop and to arrive at Great Yarmouth on 11 November 1810, and disembarked on
Gustav_IV_Adolf
Lutheran church tradition
Northfield, Minnesota Waldorf College Forest City, Iowa Slooper Ole Olsen Hetletveit (Santa Rosa’s Slooper Son, James Webster Olson) Pastor in Koshkonong; first
Norwegian-American Lutheranism
Norwegian-American_Lutheranism
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Hornet (1775), a 10-gun sloop commissioned in 1775, served in the American Revolutionary War. USS Hornet (1805 sloop), also a 10-gun sloop, took part in the
USS_Hornet
State park located in Key Biscayne, Florida, USA
the early 1820s, some 300 American slaves reached the Bahamas, aboard 27 sloops and many canoes. The US National Park Service is working with the Bahamas
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
Bill_Baggs_Cape_Florida_State_Park
Topics referred to by the same term
schooner destroyed in the Anglo-American War of 1812 Nancy (1803 ship), a sloop wrecked near Jervis Bay in 1805 Nancy (1792 ship), a British East India
Nancy
Topics referred to by the same term
frigate, four classes of frigate of the British Royal Navy Amazon-class sloop, of the British Royal Navy French submarine Amazone (1916), an Armide-class
Amazon
1816 anti-slavery conflict
misplaced HMS Impregnable was closed by the frigate HMS Granicus and the sloop Heron. In their earlier negotiations, both Exmouth and the Dey of Algiers
Bombardment_of_Algiers_(1816)
List of ships with the same or similar names
five months before her launch in 1741. HMS Enterprize (1743) was an 8-gun sloop captured from the Spanish in 1743. She was employed solely in the Mediterranean
HMS_Enterprise
The Echo-class sloop was a class of sloop-of-war designed by Edward Hunt and approved by the Royal Navy in 1781. Six ships were built according to these
Echo-class_sloop
10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy; notably carried Charles Darwin
HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7
HMS_Beagle
Topics referred to by the same term
(bus service), in Falls Church, Virginia, US George (ship), an Australian sloop wrecked in 1806 Kawanishi N1K-J, a Japanese fighter aircraft Allied codenamed
George
Light 47 mm naval gun introduced in 1886
Alert-class sloops Arrogant-class cruisers Astraea-class cruisers Blake-class cruisers Bramble-class gunboats C-class cruisers Cadmus-class sloops Canopus-class
QF_3-pounder_Hotchkiss
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Experiment (1664) was a double-hulled sloop built in 1664 and lost in 1687. HMS Experiment (1667) was a 4-gun sloop built in 1667 and on the Navy List until
HMS_Experiment
Class of warships of the Royal Navy built in the 1930s
The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight sloops of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s. Developed from the Bridgewater class, with a longer
Shoreham-class_sloop
Name given to an unidentified sloop that sank in Lake Michigan
Green Bay is the name given to an unidentified sloop that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Sevastopol, Wisconsin. In 2009, the shipwreck site was
Green_Bay_(shipwreck)
United States historic place
The Big Bay Sloop is the name given to the unidentified remains of a sunken sloop in Lake Superior located off the coast of Madeline Island in La Pointe
Big_Bay_sloop
Heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry
the North Atlantic: 610-ton HMS Chatsgrove (X85) ex-Royal Navy P-class sloop PC-74 built 1918 5,072-ton HMS Maunder (X28) ex-King Gruffyd built 1919
Q-ship
This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy. USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture USS Albany (1846), lost after
List of sloops of war of the United States Navy
List_of_sloops_of_war_of_the_United_States_Navy
1935 class of British sloops-of-war
The Kingfisher class was a class of nine patrol sloops of the British Royal Navy built in three groups of three each during the 1930s, that saw service
Kingfisher-class_sloop
USS Boston (18-gun sloop of war) Mexican–American War 1827: USS Warren (20-gun sloop of war) Mexican–American War 1827: USS Falmouth (24-gun sloop of war) Mexican–American
List of ships built at the Boston Navy Yard
List_of_ships_built_at_the_Boston_Navy_Yard
1929 class of British sloops-of-war
The Bridgewater-class sloop was a class composed of two sloops built for the Royal Navy, HMS Bridgewater and HMS Sandwich. The ships were part of the Royal
Bridgewater-class_sloop
River in Massachusetts, United States
during the 19th Century. Shipbuilding peaked in the 1840s, as schooners and sloops transported timber and molasses for rum distilleries between Medford and
Mystic_River
Village in New York, United States
produce, which came over this model road from the east. Those trips by sloop usually took a week. In 1818, Gouverneur Kemble established the West Point
Cold_Spring,_New_York
Bermudian singer-songwriter (born 1967)
released Together As One, an EP supporting the Bermuda Sloop Foundation which operates the Bermuda sloop Spirit of Bermuda. In 2002, she self-published The
Heather_Nova
Topics referred to by the same term
Cruizer-class sloop (1752), a mid 18th century brig-sloop class of the Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop, a Napoleonic War brig-sloop class of the Royal
Cruizer_class
Buddhist monk
Embassy to the eastern courts of Cochin-China, Siam, and Muscat: in the U. S. sloop-of-war Peacock ... during the years 1832–3–4. Harper & brothers. ISBN 9780608404066
Bhikkhu
Royal Naval officer and novelist (1792–1848)
initially, Marryat cut out an American schooner and three sloops, he managed to escape with just one sloop. The local militia avoided casualties while killing
Frederick_Marryat
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