The Aftermath of the USS Chesapeake

From Wikipedia.

After the USS Chesapeake was captured on June 1, 1813, it was repaired and taken into service of the Royal Navy as the HMS Chesapeake.  It served on the Halifax Station under the command of Alexander Dixie through 1814.

It sailed to Plymouth in October 1814 and later made a trip to Cape Town, South Africa.

Later commanders of the ship were not too impressed with it and in 1819 it was put up for sale at Plymouth.  A Portsmouth timber merchant bought it for 500 pounds, dismantled it and then sold the timber to Joshua Holmes for 3,450 pounds.

Eventually the timbers became part of the Chesapeake Mill in Wickham, Hampshire, England.

In 1996 one timber fragment was returned to the United States and is on display at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum.

--Brock-Perry

HMS Statira-- Part 3

JUNE 26TH, 1813: The Statira and Martin (The Two) capture the American ship Carl Gustoff

JULY 1-2ND: The Two capture and destroy three sloops

JULY 22ND: The Two arrive at Halifax from the Chesapeake Bay

AUGUST 13TH The Statira captures the schooner Petty

AUGUST 24TH: Statira captures schooner Espoz y Mine

SEPTEMBER 1, 1813: The Statira and Nymphe arrive at Halifax after cruise.

OCTOBER 29TH: Departs Halifax

JULY 13TH 1814: Arrives Portsmouth, England, from Jamaica

OCTOBER 16TH: Left Portsmouth

OCTOBER 25TH: Ordered to join convoy to North America

NOVEMBER 1ST 1814: Sails for America.


FEBRUARY 26, 1815: Sank off Cuba.

A Busy Ship-- Brock-Perry