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Cossack (1812 ship)

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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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: .
  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.
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