HMS Aldborough (1727)

HMS Aldborough was a 20-gun sixth-rate ship of the Royal Navy, built in 1727 according to the 1719 Establishment and in service in the West Indies, the North Sea and the Mediterranean until 1742. The future Admiral, Hugh Palliser, served aboard Aldborough as midshipman at the commencement of his naval career.

HMS Endeavour (1763 cutter)

HMS Endeavour was a 4-gun cutter of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1763 and used for coastal patrol duties off Beachy Head in southern England. Endeavour was sold out of service in 1771

HMS Endeavour (1781)

HMS Endeavour was a 14-gun fore-and-aft rigged schooner of the Royal Navy, purchased from private owners in 1782 to assist in the British military effort during the American Revolutionary War

HMS Echo (1758)

HMS Echo was a 24-gun sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, in active service between 1758 and 1764, during the Seven Years' War

HMS Basilisk (1695)

HMS Basilisk was a Serpent-class bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, one of ten such vessels commissioned in 1695 to support land assaults on continental ports. Initially commissioned as part of Admiral John Berkeley's fleet during the Nine Years' War, she

HMS Mediator (1745)

HMS Mediator was a 10-gun single-masted sloop of war of the Royal Navy, in service in American in 1745, during the War of the Austrian Succession. Built in Chesapeake Bay in 1742, she was purchased by the Navy four years later and sailed to Portsmouth for

HMS Swift (1741)

HMS Swift was an 8-gun snow-rigged sloop of the Royal Navy, the last of three Drake class sloops constructed during the Anglo-Spanish War of Jenkins' Ear. Launched in 1741, her principal service was as convoy escort and patrol off North Carolina and in

HMS Emerald (1757)

HMS Emerald was a 28-gun frigate of the Royal Navy which saw active service during the Seven Years' War

HMS Thunder (1718)

HMS Thunder was a 13-gun bomb vessel, used by the Royal Navy for cruising and land bombardment duties between 1719 and 1734. Constructed for the Spanish Navy, she was captured by the British in 1718 and recommissioned for Mediterranean service, including

HMS Chesterfield (1745)

HMS Chesterfield was a 44-gun fifth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, which saw active service in both the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Seven Years' War. Launched in 1745 during a period of war with France, Chesterfield was assigned to the fleet on

Jessie G. Beach

Jessie G. Beach was an American paleontologist and museum aide. She worked for the Smithsonian Institution's department of paleobiology at the United States National Museum. Beach is one of the notable "Smithsonian women in science", working at a time