After the Battle of Baltimore, the Volcano served on the Potomac River. On October 31, 1814, while escorting a merchantman to Jamaica, it was nearly captured by the 7-gun privateer Saucy Jack.
It was then sent to the Mississippi River with the bomb vessel HMS Aetna, and the HMS Herald (18 guns), HMS Thistle (12 guns), HMS Pygmy (11 guns). They participated in the bombardment of Fort St. Philip, downriver from New Orleans.
After the retreat from New Orleans, it sailed the Gulf Coast and in the siege of Fort Bowyer by Molbile.
It was sold at Dortsmouth 28 August 1816.
--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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