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Test Your Knowledge About the Age of Sail!

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1. Of the first six sailing frigates of the United States Navy, all but one was named for an element of the nation. What was the name of that ship?



2. What is the name of the oldest actively commissioned ship that can still sail?



3. What is the name of the oldest actively commissioned ship in the Royal Navy?



4. What is the name of the clipper ship that held a world record for top sailing speed over a hundred years?



Code framework courtesy of Donna Tupper of the Community College of Baltimore County.