Cossack (1812 ship)

For other ships with the same name, see Cossack (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameCossack
BuilderSunderland
Launched1812
Captured16 October 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen208 (bm)
Armament2 × 4-pounder guns

Cossack was launched in 1812 in Sunderland and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1813 J.Black A.Sinclair London–Newfoundland LR

Cossack, Black, master, a brig of Greenock, had been sailing from Alicante to Newfoundland when on 16 October 1814, the privateer Grand Turk captured her. Grand Turk transferred a considerable quantity of raisins from Cossack before sending her for the United States.[2]

HMS Bulwark recaptured Cossack, only to have Cossack fall prey to the US privateer Surprise.[3] Cossack arrived at Salem, Massachusetts on 16 November.[4] Cossack was carrying a cargo of wine.[5] She was sold at Salem for $12,500.[6]

When Captain Green, of Grand Turk reached Salem he was delighted to see Cossack anchored there. He was then chagrined to discover that she had become a prize to a rival privateer.[7]

The Register of Shipping (RS) carried the annotation "CAPTURED" by Cossack's name in its volume for 1815.[8]

Citations

  1. ^ LR (1813) Supple. page s"C", Seq.No.C29.
  2. ^ "GRAND TURK'S CRUIZE" 26 November 1814,Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, RI, United States) Volume: 12 , Issue: [46].
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4934. 27 December 1814. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735026.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4934. 10 March 1815. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735027.
  5. ^ Good (2012), p. 93.
  6. ^ 18 March 1815, Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, RI, United States) Volume: 13 , Issue: 10.
  7. ^ Fairburn (1955), p. 885.
  8. ^ RS (1815), Seq.No.C935.

References

  • Fairburn, William Armstrong (1955). Merchant Sail. Vol. 2. Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation.
  • Good, Timothy S., ed. (2012). American privateers in the war of 1812: the vessels and their prizes as recorded in Niles' weekly register. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786466955.