American Privateer schooner 'Elbredge Gerry' (1813)

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Elbredge Gerry
Elbridge Gerry (real name)
Nominal Guns	14	BG
Nationality	United States of America
Operator	Private Owners
Extant	1813	BG
Shipyard	Unknown	BG
Category	Privateer	BG
Ship Type	Schooner	BG
Captured	16.9.1813	BG

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW1812P
Burthen160Ton

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.181360as commissionned with 5 gunsW1812P
16.9.181366 BG

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
7.1813 - 16.9.1813Captain (Privateer)W1812P

Service History

DateEventSource
7.1813

Commissionned

W1812P
16.9.1813Taken by a few miles off Cape RawBG

Notes on Ship

ArmamentsBG

Pierced for 14 guns

HomeportW1812P

Rhode Island and New York

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

W1812PMichael Dun, Web Site

Previous comments on this page

Posted by AvM on Sunday 9th of July 2017 18:11

Elbridge Gerry (NOT Elbredge Gerry) was owned by Samuel Adams, Abraham Riker et al., New York

Commissioned 17 Aug 1813 At New York with Lettre of Marque #760, captain Samuel Turner. armed with 5 guns.

HMS Crescent seized EG with two ships , her prizes, she was then taken to Newfoundland

Seh beacame then Briiths schooner "Thomas and William" ,
registered at Halifax #192 in 1813 186bm Foreign Trade, master Thomas Holmes, 10 men. Still registered 1816. In register 1817 listed as seized by Americans.

I have not her origin (builders) and final fates. In any case she was not regiosteredat New York.

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