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A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in commerce raiding under a commission of war. [1] Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or delegated authority issued commissions, also referred to as letters of marque, during wartime. The ...
On February 26, 1815, just off Havana, Chasseur met an unidentified ship, which was the English, but American-built, schooner HMS St Lawrence. Chasseur fired a gun and showed her colors while still about three miles away; when the other ship did not show her colours Chasseur started the chase.
The original Lynx, a privateer ship, was a topsail schooner built in 1812 in the Fell's Point neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland by Thomas Kemp. [1] During the War of 1812 it was captured by the British and sent to England, where it was deconstructed and thoroughly documented by the Royal Navy.
Replica of the 1812 privateer schooner which captured the first prizes of the War of 1812 2 masted gaff Freda B: 1991 Sausalito, California: Charter boat designed by legendary East Coast naval architect, Charles Wittholtz. [30] 2 masted gaff rigged, topsail [31] Gallant: 1916 Amsterdam: 2 masted gaff [32] Gas Light: 2000 San Francisco, California
Lawrence was a schooner and the first privateer to be licensed out of the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia. [1] The priveeter was launched on 16 November 1756 during the French and Indian War. The ship was under the command of Captain Joseph Rouse with Robison Fort as first lieutenant, Andrew Gardner as mate.
The Pride of Baltimore was a reproduction of a typical early 19th-century "Baltimore clipper" topsail schooner, commissioned to represent Baltimore, Maryland. This was a style of vessel made famous by its success as a privateer commerce raider, a small warship in the War of 1812 (1812–1815) against British merchant shipping and the world-wide ...
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Comet, an American schooner, was built in 1810 at Baltimore, Maryland.She was owned by "a group of wealthy Baltimore investors." [1] Under Captain Thomas Boyle, who was a part owner of the schooner, Comet sailed from July 1812 [2] to March 1814 as a privateer, which was a type of ships licensed by the United States during the War of 1812 to harass the British merchant vessels and divest their ...