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Richard Dale

United States naval officer

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Last Updated: Nov 2, 2024 • Article History

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Born:: November 6, 1756, Norfolk county, Virginia [U.S.]

Died:: February 26, 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. (aged 69)

Role In:: engagement between “Bonhomme Richard” and “Serapis”

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Richard Dale (born November 6, 1756, Norfolk county, Virginia [U.S.]—died February 26, 1826, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) was an American naval officer during the American Revolution. Dale went to sea at age 12 and thereafter had a checkered career as a lieutenant in the Virginia provincial navy, a prisoner of war with the British fleet in Chesapeake Bay, and a mate on a loyalist brigantine. When the brigantine was taken by the U.S. captain John Barry (July 1776), Dale signed on Barry’s Continental brigantine Lexington as a master’s mate. He went to prison in England along with the rest of the ...(100 of 210 words)

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