From Wikipedia.
The HMS Alert was captured by the frigate USS Essex.
The HMS Alert was the collier Oxford launched in 1803, that the Royal Navy bought in 1804. (In case you're wondering, a collier is a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal. Well, I had to look it up as well.)
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
Length: 105 feet (keel 86 feet)
Beam: 29.4 feet
Complement:
Royal Navy: 80
U.S. Navy: 100
Armament:
Royal Navy: two 9-pinder long guns, Sixteen 18-pdr. carronades
U.S. Navy: Two 12 pounder long guns, Eighteen 32-pdr. carronades
--Brock-Perry
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