History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | Baltimore |
Owner | Peter Arnold Karthaus |
Builder | Talbot County, Maryland |
Launched | 1810 |
Captured | 1812 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 226, or 240 [2] ( bm) |
Length | 97 ft (30 m) |
Beam | 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Complement | 33, or 48 [2] |
Armament | 4 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounder carronades |
Baltimore was launched in Maryland in 1810. She was commissioned at Baltimore as a letter of marque on 26 August 1812. Captain Edward Veasey sailed on 12 September with a cargo for Bordeaux. [a]
Then on 28 September Baltimore captured Point Share, which had been sailing from Barbados to Newfoundland with a cargo of dried codfish. Veasey took Point Share's master and crew on board Baltimore and sent his prize into Baltimore with a prize crew. [5] Point Shares arrived at Baltimore on 20 October. [6] By then, Baltimore herself had already fallen prey to the Royal Navy.
In early October Baltimore was in the Bay of Biscay, near Santander when on 7 October she encountered a British naval squadron, which captured her. The report of her capture noted that she was carrying coffee, sugar, and hides. [2] Lloyd's List reported that she had arrived at Portsmouth on 1 November. It also reported that she was a prize to HMS Diadem. [7]
In 1813 Edward Veasey became captain of the even more unfortunate privateer Tartar. Then in 1814 he became captain of the privateer schooner Lawrence, which captured 22 vessels.