From Cardine's Ships in Bottle site. "Otway Burns. Snap Dragon."
You can buy a model of the Snap Dragon in a bottle for just $165-220.
The Snap Dragon was 85 feet on deck and carried a crew of between 25-100. Originally the Zephyr. The Snap Dragon was a preeminent 1812 Beaufort, NC-based privateer that captured 42 vessels valued at $4 million and even defeated British ships of equal size in battle.
In one engagement, the Snap Dragon fired sail maker needles at the British when their supply of iron shot ran out.
Its owner and commander, Otway Burns, retired a wealthy man after three cruises and later served in the North Carolina state legislature. Burnsville, NC, is named for him. He is buried at the Old Burying ground in Beaufort, NC.
The Snap Dragon was captured off Nova Scotia on its fourth cruise and became a British privateer and later a British merchant ship.
All You'd Ever Thought You'd Know About a Ship Named the Snap Dragon. --Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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