Talk:HMS Anaconda (1813)
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[edit]Recommend moving the article to Anaconda (1812). Acad Ronin (talk) 13:18, 17 February 2013 (UTC)
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The War of 1812 didn't start until June of 1812. So, in June of 1812 the Anaconda, a privately owned American vessel, would not have been a privateer. Merchant vessels don't have a "first lieutenant", they have a "first mate". Was the second in command of a privateer ever called the first lieutenant? I dunno, maybe, as an affectation. It is my impression however that they were still called "first mate".
Second, why in the name of heck would she be firing on another vessel, in peacetime?
What I suspect is that whoever first drafted this passage put the wrong date. Maybe the incident was in January 1813?
Some privateers were former fast slave-carrying vessels, converted to privateering. Others were purpose built, as privateers. If RS support that Anaconda was purpose built as a privateer then the article should definitely say so. Geo Swan (talk) 23:51, 5 April 2019 (UTC)
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