NEWPORT, R.I. — Standing beneath the patched plywood hull of Rhode Island's official tall ship, owner and captain Thorpe Leeson sounded tired describing everything he's done and needs to do to keep ...

New Bedford police rescue man who had jumped into water from boat ramp The New Bedford Police Department said officers helped rescue a man who had jumped into the water from the boat ramp on Gifford ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Rhode Island’s official tall ship is moving to Virginia. The Providence Journal reports that a foundation in Alexandria, Virginia, has purchased the 110-foot sloop-of-war ...

Captain of the damaged Continental Sloop Providence, first constructed for the 1976 bicentennial, says he is readying the vessel for repairs The owner and crew of a replica of an 18th-century ship ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Revolutionary War replica tall ship has been toppled by strong wind gusts during the snowstorm that's pounding Rhode Island. Thorpe Leeson, owner and captain of the ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Revolutionary War replica tall ship has been toppled by strong wind gusts during the snowstorm that’s pounding Rhode Island. Thorpe Leeson, owner and captain of the ...

This week’s blizzard created havoc in the northeast, an in particular for the Tall Ship Sloop Providence which experienced excessive damage during the storm. To pay for damage not covered by insurance ...

In early 1775, British men-of-war, especially His Majesty's Frigate Rose, preyed on Rhode Island shipping and harassed the colony's coast. The Rhode Island General Assembly ordered the Committee of ...