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The hull of Young Teazer was gutted but still partially afloat, surrounded by floating bodies and wreckage, including her alligator figurehead and several Quaker guns (fake wooden cannons). [14] Much of the wreckage was salvaged, including some timbers that were used for construction around Mahone Bay, such as the Rope Loft restaurant in Chester.
A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. [1] Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne ...
Covered with 1.25-inch (32 mm) iron plating, her above-water hull was reshaped into a curved "turtle-back" form; at its lowest when fully loaded, the hull projected only 6 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet above the waterline, not counting her smokestacks (surviving accounts and period illustrations vary showing Manassas was equipped with either a single or two side-by-side smokestacks, possibly slanted back at ...
Deal lugger, the two larger types of boat used by Deal boatmen to service ships anchored in the Downs. These were beach-launched open boats, originally three masted, but the main-mast was later dispensed with to allow more room, ultimately giving jib, dipping lug foresail and a standing lug mizzen sheeted to an outrigger.
At some point in May, Highflyer captured the American lookout boat Betsey, under the command of Captain Smith. Highflyer burnt her capture and took her crew aboard. [10] On 23 May 1813, the Virginia privateer schooner Roger departed Norfolk under Captain Roger Quarles, an experienced merchant seaman. The 188-ton vessel carried 14 guns and 120 men.
A four-hour chase later, Grenada captured the French privateer sloop Tigre, of two 6-pounder guns and a crew of 26 men. Tigre was 15 days out from Guadeloupe and had captured a mail boat. On earlier cruises Tigre had considerable damage to the coasting trade of Saint Lucia and St Vincents. [15] Grenada was laid up at Antigua on 27 January 1808. [2]
War of 1812: The schooner was captured and sunk in Dublin Bay by the privateer True Blooded Yankee ( United States). [58] Mary Ann United Kingdom: War of 1812: The ship was captured and burnt by the privateer Yankee ( United States). [37] Mary Hall United Kingdom: The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire.
Pages in category "Privateer ships" The following 57 pages are in this category, out of 57 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Admiral Juel;