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The Wreck Sites of HMS ''Cerberus'' and HMS ''Lark'' are located in the waters of Narragansett Bay on the west side of Aquidneck Island near South Portsmouth, Rhode Island. ==History== HMS ''Cerberus'' was a frigate of the Royal Navy built in 1758 and carrying 28 guns. HMS ''Lark'', also a frigate, was built in 1762 and carried 32 guns. ''Cerberus'' had been stationed off Rhode Island as part of a blockade of its ports since April 1776, and was joined by ''Lark'' in February 1777. Upon the arrival of a large French fleet off Narragansett Bay in late July 1778, the two ships were among the twenty British vessels in the bay which were then tasked to defend British-occupied Newport. Stationed in the northern stretch of the East Passage (separating Aquidneck and Conanicut Islands), the two ships were ordered to Newport, with instructions to not surrender to the enemy. While en route to Newport on August 5, the two ships were sighted by French ships of the line. Rather than engage on a lopsided battle that would have ended in their surrender, the two captains decided to scuttle their ships. Captain Symonds ran ''Cerberus'' aground, put the crew ashore, and set fire to the ship, while Captain White did the same with ''Lark''. Two other British frigates, ''Orpheus'' and ''Juno'', suffered the same fate. When ''Lark''s gunpowder magazine was reached by the flames, it exploded, sending debris flying for miles around.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of the HMS Cerberus and HMS Lark )〕 The wrecks of all four ships lay essentially undisturbed until the 1970s, when an archaeological team located portions of ''Lark'', ''Cerberus'', and ''Orpheus''. As of 2008, the full extent of the wreck sites has not been established, and only fragmentary evidence of the ships has been recovered.〔 The site of the wrecks of ''Cerberus'' and ''Lark'' was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.〔
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