Cossack (1812 ship)

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Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameCossack
BuilderSunderland
Launched1812
Captured16 October 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen208 (bm)
Armament2 × 4-pounder guns

Cossack was launched in 1812 in Sunderland and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813. [1]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource
1813J.BlackA.SinclairLondon–NewfoundlandLR

Cossack, Black, master, a brig of Greenock, had been sailing from Alicante to Newfoundland when on 16 October 1814, the privateer Grand Turk captured her. Grand Turk transferred a considerable quantity of raisins from Cossack before sending her for the United States. [2]

HMS Bulwark recaptured Cossack, only to have Cossack fall prey to the US privateer Surprise. [3] Cossack arrived at Salem, Massachusetts on 16 November. [4] Cossack was carrying a cargo of wine. [5] She was sold at Salem for $12,500. [6]

When Captain Green, of Grand Turk reached Salem he was delighted to see Cossack anchored there. He was then chagrined to discover that she had become a prize to a rival privateer. [7]

The Register of Shipping (RS) carried the annotation "CAPTURED" by Cossack's name in its volume for 1815. [8]

Citations

  1. LR (1813) Supple. page s"C", Seq.No.C29.
  2. "GRAND TURK'S CRUIZE" 26 November 1814,Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, RI, United States) Volume: 12 , Issue: [46].
  3. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4934. 27 December 1814. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
  4. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4934. 10 March 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
  5. Good (2012), p. 93.
  6. 18 March 1815, Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, RI, United States) Volume: 13 , Issue: 10.
  7. Fairburn (1955), p. 885.
  8. RS (1815), Seq.No.C935.

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