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1. The Vulture was the English ship on which this famous traitor fled to England in 1780.
2. Oliver Hazard Perry is noted for defeating the British at the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813. His flagships were the Niagara and the ________ .
3. Queen Anne's Revenge was the flagship of what famous pirate?
4. In what famous novel does the ship Rachel appear?
5. What noted explorer sailed on the Roosevelt?
6. In Portsmouth, England, you can tour the Mary Rose, the flagship of which monarch?
7. What US Presidential candidate was photographed in compromising positions on a yacht named, fittingly enough, Monkey Business?
8. What future US President was the commander of the boat rammed by the Japanese ship Amagiri on August 1, 1943?
9. What was the name of the ship commanded by Henry Hudson on his 1609 voyage to North America?
10. What gift was aboard the French frigate Isere when it arrived in New York City in 1885?
11. What's the name of Captain Hook's ship in the novel "Peter Pan" by James Barrie?
12. Which US President named his Presidential yacht Barbara Anne, for his granddaughter?
13. What famous American author sailed on a whaler called the Acushnet before becoming a writer?
14. What explorer sailed the Matthew on his 1497 voyage to North America?
15. Who was detained aboard a British ship in Baltimore Harbor on the night of September 13, 1814?
16. Who was the captain of the ship Argo in Greek mythology?
17. Who surrendered on board HMS Bellerophon on July 15, 1815?
18. What was the name of the ship that rescued the survivors of the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, 1912?
19. What's the claim to fame of the USS Triton?
20. Victoria was one of three ships under which explorer to circumnavigate the earth?
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