From Wikipedia.
The ship was 101 feet long and mounted 16 guns. It was originally the American privateer Zebra and captured by the British frigates HMS Pyramus and HMS Belle Poule off the west coast of France April 20, 1813.
Bought by the British Navy and in August 1814 was in an expedition to Penobscott River in Maine to capture the U.S. 26-gun frigate Adams. The Adams had offloaded its guns and set them up in batteries ashore.
The following Battle of Hampden resulted in the Btitish capture of Bangor, Maine, and the American destruction of the Adams. The British also captured 11 American ships and destroyed 6 others.
On September 8, 1814, it captured the American schooner Fox at Machias, Maine.
On 20 January 1815 the Pictou left for England with news of the capture of the USS President on Jan. 15, 1815. It was sold in 1818. These are the only two British ships named Pictou.
--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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Saturday, February 15, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
This Date 200 Years Ago: USS Constitution Captures and Destroys HMS Pictou
From Wikipedia.
FEBRUARY 14TH, 1814: The HMS Pictou was an 83-foot longschooner with a crew of 57 that served on the Royal Navy's North American Station during the War of 1812. How it came to be in the British Navy is somewhat unknown. It might have been the American privateer Syrion (or Syren) or it might have originally been the American privateer Bonne Foi.
Either way, Admiralty records show that in October 1813, they purchased the Syrion and renamed it HMS Pictou.
It captured one or two American merchant ships before being destroyed 14 February 1814 when it was unfortunate to come up against the USS Constitution while escorting the armed merchant ship Lovely Ann from Bermuda to Surinam. The Constitution spotted the ships to the windward of Barbados.
After capturing the Lovely Ann, the Constitution fired one shot through the Pictou's sails and the ship promptly surrendered. It was decided to keep the Lovely Ann and the Pictou was destroyed.
The Pictou was one of five ships the USS Constitution captured or destroyed during the War of 1812.
No Valentines For You!! --Brock-Perry
FEBRUARY 14TH, 1814: The HMS Pictou was an 83-foot longschooner with a crew of 57 that served on the Royal Navy's North American Station during the War of 1812. How it came to be in the British Navy is somewhat unknown. It might have been the American privateer Syrion (or Syren) or it might have originally been the American privateer Bonne Foi.
Either way, Admiralty records show that in October 1813, they purchased the Syrion and renamed it HMS Pictou.
It captured one or two American merchant ships before being destroyed 14 February 1814 when it was unfortunate to come up against the USS Constitution while escorting the armed merchant ship Lovely Ann from Bermuda to Surinam. The Constitution spotted the ships to the windward of Barbados.
After capturing the Lovely Ann, the Constitution fired one shot through the Pictou's sails and the ship promptly surrendered. It was decided to keep the Lovely Ann and the Pictou was destroyed.
The Pictou was one of five ships the USS Constitution captured or destroyed during the War of 1812.
No Valentines For You!! --Brock-Perry
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