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HMS Lord Sandwich

Thomas was a prisoner on the British prison ship, “Lord Sandwich,” in New York in 1776. He was 61 years old.
The HMS Sandwich was a 90 gun sailing ship launched on April 14, 1759. She served in battle and as a prison ship during the Revolutionary War. In 1780 she participated in the Battle of Cape St. Vincent off the coast of Portugal and afterward was converted to serve as a floating battery. The ship was broken up in 1810 after fifty-one years of service to the Royal Navy.

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