A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago, marine archaeologists and state /scientists-renew-efforts-to-find-ship-torched-by ...

George Washington's final years 07:07. A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago, marine archaeologists and state officials ...

Some say the burning of the HMS Gaspee 250 years ago did as much to spark the American Revolution as the Boston Tea Party.

June 10 is the 250th anniversary of the day that a local ship captain lured the British schooner HMS Gaspee into the shallow waters in what is now known as Pawtuxet Village.

The colonists looted the ship, shot the captain (he survived), and set it on fire. The British crown offered a reward for the suspects, but no one ever turned them in.

The document established a commission to investigate the burning of the British schooner HMS Gaspee by colonists in Narraganset Bay in June 1772. A new effort is underway to find the remains of the ...

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A new effort is underway to find the remains of a British ship that Rhode Island colonists burned 250 years ago, marine archaeologists and state officials announced Tuesday.The June 10, 1772, burni… ...