Baltimore (1810 ship)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Baltimore |
| Owner | Peter Arnold Karthaus |
| Builder | Talbot County, Maryland |
| Launched | 1810 |
| Captured | 1812 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 226, or 240[2] (bm) |
| Length | 97 ft (30 m) |
| Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 33, or 48[2] |
| Armament | 4 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounder carronades |
Baltimore was launched in Maryland in 1810. She was commissioned at Baltimore as a letter of marque on 26 August 1812. Captain Edward Veasey sailed on 12 September with a cargo for Bordeaux.[a]
Then on 28 September Baltimore captured Point Share, which had been sailing from Barbados to Newfoundland with a cargo of dried codfish. Veasey took Point Share's master and crew on board Baltimore and sent his prize into Baltimore with a prize crew.[5] Point Shares arrived at Baltimore on 20 October.[6] By then, Baltimore herself had already fallen prey to the Royal Navy.
In early October Baltimore was in the Bay of Biscay, near Santander when on 7 October she encountered a British naval squadron, which captured her. The report of her capture noted that she was carrying coffee, sugar, and hides.[2] Lloyd's List reported that she had arrived at Portsmouth on 1 November. It also reported that she was a prize to HMS Diadem.[7]
In 1813 Edward Veasey became captain of the even more unfortunate privateer Tartar. Then in 1814 he became captain of the privateer schooner Lawrence, which captured 22 vessels.
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Cranwell & Crane (1940), p. 374.
- ^ a b c "No. 16715". The London Gazette. 27 March 1813. p. 627.
- ^ Maclay (1900), p. 476.
- ^ Scharf (1881), p. 108.
- ^ Cranwell & Crane (1940), p. 271.
- ^ Lloyd's List (LL) 25 December 1812, №4731.
- ^ LL 3 November 1812, №4716.
References
[edit]- Cranwell, John Philips; Crane, William Bowers (1940). Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
- Maclay, E.S. (1900). A History of American Privateers, by Edgar Stanton Maclay ... S. Low, Marston and Company.
- Scharf, John Thomas (1881). History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men. L.H. Everts.