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Hyder Ally

Hyder Ally

Survived

Continental Navy and state navies

TypeSloop
Guns16
WarAmerican War of Independence

Philadelphia privateer sloop, taken into the Pennsylvania state navy and named for Hyder Ali of Mysore, Britain's enemy in India. Under Joshua Barney she took HMS General Monk in 26 minutes in Delaware Bay.

Hyder Ally vs. General Monk Photo: William Nowland Van Powell, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Career

8 April 1782

Lieutenant Joshua Barney