Whipple, Abraham

Whipple, Abraham
(1733-1819) Уиппл, Эйбрахам
Морской офицер, герой Войны за независимость [Revolutionary War]. Во время войны с французами и индейцами [French and Indian War] (1754-63) командовал судном, занимавшимся каперством. 9 июня 1772 род-айлендские каперы под его командованием сожгли английское таможенное судно "Гаспи" [H.M.S. Gaspee]. В 1775 получил звание капитана, позднее коммодора [Commodore] Континентального флота [Continental Navy], в 1776 участвовал в экспедиции к Багамским островам. В 1779 захватил у берегов Ямайки 11 английских торговых судов, стоимость товара на которых превышала 1 млн. долларов. В 1780 при захвате англичанами г. Чарлстона, шт. Южная Каролина, попал в плен и оставался военнопленным до конца войны

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