The Sappho recaptured the brig San Francisco Navier on 3 December and on 1 Jan. 1814, captured the Ann. After that it underwent repairs at Chatham in 1815 and was recommissioned in 1818.
After that it was involved in stopping the smuggling trade. On 13 August 1820 it captured the American vessel Liberty and August 14th, the Clinton On 12 October 1820, it captured the American schooner Maria smuggling 400 bales of tobacco.
On 14 September 1824, the Sappho arrived in Halifax with some damage from a storm and was stranded on Sisters Rocks. The incoming tide floated her. On September 25th, she arrived at Quebec and shortly afterwards was wrecked on the Canadian coast and condemned.
It was broken up in Halifax in 1830.
--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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