Fast-attack vessels of the design of the Spirit of Bermuda were made and outfitted as a sloop-of-war in Bermuda in response to the Lynx-vintage privateers. “We are taking on the responsibility ...

FABRE states that Admiral REYNAUD contemplates visiting Bermuda shortly in his flagship ... From the St. Kitts Gazette, 13th. The U.S. sloop-of-war Alabama anchored in our Roadstead on Wednesday ...

In 1770, Governor Bruere noted that "in time of war (Bermudians ... The crews of the typical Bermuda sloop of 40 registered tons were small (four to seven men), so tasks such as raising anchor ...

By 1701, a virtual state of war existed between Bermuda and the Bahamas, which lasted through much of the 18th century over the salt pans of Grand Turk. When the Bermudian sloop Seaflower was ...

The Pirates of Bermuda fundraiser will be held on March 24th. A spokesperson said, “Bermuda Sloop Foundation [BSF] has announced its popular ‘Pirates of Bermuda Walk the Plank’ fundraiser ...

All funds raised from this event support the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s Education and Character Development Programme on Spirit of Bermuda.

A week before war broke out, the change was already noticeable. The population (30,552) began trenching the talcum-powder beaches, the little green coves. Reserves of the Bermuda Volunteers were ...

Goodrich. It was fall 1892, and the Constellation was on its final transatlantic voyage. The sloop of war -- the last all-sail warship built for the U.S. Navy -- was almost 40 years old and not in ...

I have been working on my Bermuda sloop for more than nine weeks at this point, and the sloop’s main body is just now starting to take shape in the piece. I decided last week to work on the ...

BOSTON, Saturday, Sept. 9. The United States sloop-of-war Guerriere was successfully launched here this P.M., from the Navy-yard, in presence of a large crowd of spectators. Mr. EDWIN HART ...

"This is the Spirit of Bermuda, a reinterpreted replica of an 1830s pinnacle of the Bermuda Sloop of the time,” said Alex Peacock, captain of the Spirit of Bermuda “[They were] private-run ...

Those who have been reading along during my journey to complete the Bermuda sloop cross stitch have enjoyed ten installments of my journey on this piece, amounting to more than 20,000 stitches ...