On December 30, 1811, Samuel Travis received his commission as a revenue cutter master for the Commonwealth of Virginia and he commanded the ship until 1813.
Revenue cutters at Savannah, Norfolk, Charleston, New York City, Portsmouth (NH), Wilmington (NC) and Wilmington (Del.) were put on war-footing after the U.S. declaration of war in June 1812. They were to assist the small U.S. Navy.
On July 4, 1812, the Surveyor captured a British brig bound from Jamaica..
On June 12, 1813, a large British boarding party off four barges from the 32-gun frigate Narcissus captured the Surveyor, Travis and most of its crew while it was anchored off Gloucester Point near Yorktown, Virginia.
Travis returned to Norfolk, Virginia, on August 7, 1813, after being paroled at Washington, North Carolina. No record of him as a revenue cutter master after that have been found.
The Surveyor served in the British Navy after its capture, but its fate is not known.
Story of a Boat and Its Commander. --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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