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USS Lynx, a 6-gun Baltimore Clipper rigged schooner, was built for the United States Navy by James Owner of Georgetown, Washington, D.C., in 1814, intended for service in one of the two raiding squadrons being built as part of President James Madison 's administration’s plan to establish a more effective Navy, one capable not only of breaking ...
Baltimore Clipper. A Baltimore clipper is a fast sailing ship historically built on the mid-Atlantic seaboard of the United States, especially at the port of Baltimore, Maryland. An early form of clipper, the name is most commonly applied to two-masted schooners and brigantines. These vessels may also be referred to as Baltimore Flyers.
Thomas Kemp (father) Rachel Denny (mother) Thomas Kemp (28 February 1779 – 2 March 1824) was a Baltimore shipbuilder, known for building some of the fastest and best known privateers of the War of 1812, such as Rossie, Comet, Patapsco, Chasseur, and Lynx. [1][2]
Musquidobit: 8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns. Lower deck plans. HMS Mosquidobit (sometimes Musquedobet or Musquidobit) was the Chesapeake-built six-gun schooner Lynx that the British Royal Navy captured and took into service in 1813. She was sold into commercial service in 1820 and nothing is known of her subsequent fate.
Sail plan. Topsail schooner. Complement. 160. Armament. 16 × 12-pounder guns. Chasseur was a Baltimore Clipper commanded by Captains Pearl Durkee (February 1813), William Wade (1813) and Thomas Boyle (1814-1815). [1] She was one of the best equipped and crewed American privateers during the War of 1812.
The Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer is an American World War II and Korean War era patrol bomber of the United States Navy derived from the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.The Navy had been using B-24s with only minor modifications as the PB4Y-1 Liberator, and along with maritime patrol Liberators used by RAF Coastal Command this type of patrol plane was proven successful.
Hart. (1805) HMS Hart was a French schooner launched in 1789 that in 1804 was renamed Empereur and that cruised as a privateer out of Guadeloupe. The British Royal Navy captured Empereur in 1805 and took her into service. She captured numerous small merchant vessels and participated in the capture of the Danish West Indies in December 1807.
Lynx was a Chesapeake-built six-gun schooner that the British Royal Navy captured and took into service in 1813 as HMS Mosquidobit (1813) (sometimes Musquedobet or Musquidobit ). She was sold into commercial service in 1820 and nothing is known of her subsequent fate. Lynx (tall ship) is a square topsail schooner launched in 2001 and based in ...