HMS Hussar 1780
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Age of Sail).
Key facts
| Name | HMS Hussar | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1780 | English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed) |
| Era | Age of Sail | derived from year |
| Ship type | sixth-rate frigate | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Nationality / flag | United Kingdom | Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country |
| Operator | Royal Navy | Wikidata P137 operator |
| Sea / ocean | North Atlantic Ocean | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | United States | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 17 km from land |
| Position | 41.1700, -71.7620 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
HMS Hussar was a sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built in England in 1761–63. She was a 28-gun ship of the Mermaid class, designed by Sir Thomas Slade. She was wrecked at New York in 1780.
In early 2013, a cannon from Hussar was discovered stored in a building in New York's Central Park, still loaded with gunpowder and shot.
Diving & visiting
Although the British immediately denied there was any gold aboard the ship, and despite the difficulty of diving in the waters of Hell Gate, reports of $2 to $4 million in gold were the catalyst that prompted many salvage efforts over the next 150 years. On 15 June 1811, Commodore Isaac Chauncey wrote to the secretary of the Navy to confirm that the wreck of HMS Hussar had been located and a gunboat from the Brooklyn Navy Yard was assisting in the search. He noted, "A Mr.
Location
- Recorded position: 41.1700, -71.7620 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: North Atlantic Ocean
- Nearest coast: United States
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Hussar (1763) (revision 1375275856), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Salvage attempts”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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