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The list of ship launches in 1812 includes a chronological list of some ships launched in 1812.
| Date
|
Country
|
Builder
|
Location
|
Ship
|
Class
|
Notes
|
| 1 January
|
United Kingdom
|
John King
|
Upnor
|
Mulgrave
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[1]
|
| 1 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Gibson
|
Hull
|
Sceptre
|
Merchantman
|
For Messrs. James Featherstone and Son.[2]
|
| 3 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Steemson
|
Paull
|
Apollo
|
Merchantman
|
For John Staniforth.
|
| 7 January
|
France
|
|
La Ciotat
|
Égyptienne
|
-class flûte
|
For French Navy.
|
| 16 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Frances Barnard
|
Deptford
|
Cornwall
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[3]
|
| 30 January
|
United Kingdom
|
Dudman
|
Deptford
|
Princess Charlotte of Wales
|
East Indiaman
|
For British East India Company.
|
| January
|
France
|
|
Marseille
|
Le Jean Bart
|
Privateer
|
For private owner.[4]
|
| 13 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Smith, Timbrell & Co.
|
Northfleet
|
Broxbornebury
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For British East India Company.[5]
|
| 13 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Samuel Brent
|
Rotherhithe
|
Dublin
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[6]
|
| 14 February
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Woolwich Dockyard
|
Chatham
|
Third rate
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 23 February
|
France
|
|
Genoa
|
Agamemnon
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.
|
| 26 February
|
France
|
Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair
|
Antwerp
|
Le Terpsichore
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[7]
|
| 27 February
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Pitcher
|
Northfleet
|
Gloucester
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[8]
|
| 28 February
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Kirkwall
|
Pallas'
|
Brig
|
For Thomas and William Trails.[9]
|
| 25 March
|
France
|
Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair
|
Antwerp
|
L'Erigone
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[10]
|
| 29 March
|
United Kingdom
|
Joseph Graham
|
Harwich
|
Scarborough
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[11]
|
| March
|
United States
|
Thomas Kemp
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
Grecian
|
Schooner
|
For Isaac McKim.
|
| 10 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Sir Robert Seppings
|
Chatham Dockyard
|
Tenedos
|
Fifth rate
|
For Royal Navy.[12][13]
|
| 11 April
|
France
|
Mathurin Crucy
|
Nantes
|
Aréthuse
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[14]
|
| 11 April
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Chatham Dockyard
|
Briton
|
-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 11 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Isaac Blackburn
|
Turnchapel
|
Clarence
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[15]
|
| 13 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Edward Adams
|
Bucklers Hard
|
Lady Hannah Ellice
|
West Indiaman
|
For Chalmers & Co.
|
| 13 April
|
United Kingdom
|
George Parsons
|
Bursledon
|
Nymphe
|
Fifth rate
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 14 April
|
France
|
|
Antwerp
|
Gaulois
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.
|
| 27 April
|
France
|
Pierre Jacques Guillaume Lair
|
Antwerp
|
Conquérant
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.[16]
|
| 27 April
|
India
|
James Bonner & James Horsburgh
|
Calcutta
|
Severn
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| 27 April
|
India
|
Matthew Smith
|
Calcutta
|
Regent
|
Merchantman
|
For James Haig.
|
| 27 April
|
United Kingdom
|
Ramsey
|
Boston
|
Witham
|
Schooner
|
For Messrs. Gee & Clark.[17]
|
| 27 April
|
United Kingdom
|
James Fairnie
|
Burntisland
|
Name unknown
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.[18]
|
| 27 April
|
United Kingdom
|
James Fairnie
|
Burntisland
|
Name unknown
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.[18]
|
| 27 April
|
United Kingdom
|
James Fairnie
|
Burntisland
|
Name unknown
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.[18]
|
| 2 May
|
French First Empire
|
Jean François Guillemand
|
Amsterdam
|
Trave
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[19]
|
| 5 May
|
France
|
Mathurin François Boucher
|
Genoa
|
La Galatée
|
Fifth rate
|
For French Navy.[20]
|
| 9 May
|
French First Empire
|
Alexandre Notaire-Granville
|
Rotterdam
|
La Jahde
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[21]
|
| 11 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Steemson
|
Hull
|
Anson
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[22]
|
| 12 May
|
French First Empire
|
Jean-François Guillemand
|
Amsterdam
|
Weser
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.
|
| 17 May
|
France
|
François-Fréderic Poncet
|
Toulon
|
Melpomène
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[23]
|
| 25 May
|
United Kingdom
|
Jabez Bayley
|
Ipswich
|
Nimrod
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 25 May
|
France
|
Antoine Crucy
|
Nantes
|
Rubis
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.
|
| 26 May
|
India
|
Anthony Blackmore
|
Howrah
|
Bengal Merchant
|
Merchantman
|
For Sedgewicke & Hearne.
|
| 26 May
|
French First Empire
|
Alexandre Notaire-Granville
|
Rotterdam
|
L'Ems
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[24]
|
| 27 May
|
United Kingdom
|
William Good & Co.
|
Bridport
|
Curlew
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 31 May
|
France
|
|
Toulon
|
Romulus
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.
|
| May
|
United Kingdom
|
Hutchinson & Brown
|
Sunderland
|
Wear
|
Brig or snow
|
For T. Hudson.[25]
|
| 4 June
|
Russia
|
B. F. Stoke
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Poluks
|
Fifth rate
|
For Imperial Russian Navy.[26]
|
| 9 June
|
Russia
|
M. K. Surovtsov
|
Kherson
|
Maksim Ispovednik
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Imperial Russian Navy.[27]
|
| 11 June
|
United Kingdom
|
William Taylor
|
Bideford
|
Fairy
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[28]
|
| 18 June
|
Russia
|
I. S. Razumov
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Neptunus
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Imperial Russian Navy.[29]
|
| 24 June
|
France
|
Antoine Nicholas François Bonjean
|
Lorient
|
L'Atalante
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[30]
|
| 26 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Tyson & Blake
|
Bursledon
|
Bold
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 27 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Syme & Co
|
Leith
|
Cleopatra
|
Brig
|
For private owner.[31]
|
| 27 June
|
United Kingdom
|
Wigram, Wells & Green
|
Blackwall Yard
|
Pembroke
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 9 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Nicholas Diddams
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Childers
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 9 July
|
United Kingdom
|
James Hutcheson
|
Peterhead
|
Union
|
Brig
|
For private owner.[32]
|
| 9 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Robert Davy
|
Topsham
|
Wasp
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[33]
|
| 13 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Hills
|
Sandwich
|
Manly
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 13 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Mary Ross
|
Rochester
|
Thistle
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 24 July
|
United Kingdom
|
John Wood & Co.
|
Port Glasgow
|
Template:PS
|
Paddle steamer
|
For Henry Bell.
|
| 25 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Tyson & Blake
|
Bursledon
|
Boxer
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 25 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Bools & Good
|
Bridport
|
Saracen
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 25 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Russel and Son
|
Lyme Regis
|
Snap
|
-class sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[34]
|
| 25 July
|
United Kingdom
|
William Stone
|
Milford Haven
|
Surprise
|
-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy.[35]
|
| 27 July
|
United Kingdom
|
Tyson & Blake
|
Bursledon
|
Borer
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 1 August
|
Kingdom of Naples
|
|
Castellamare di Stabia
|
Gioacchino
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Neapolitan Navy.
|
| 2 August
|
France
|
Jean Marguerite Tupinier
|
Venice
|
Castiglione
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.[36]
|
| 8 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Daniel List
|
Binstead
|
Magicienne
|
-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy.[37]
|
| 8 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Richard Blake & John Scott
|
Bursledon
|
Rippon
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 8 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Edward Larking
|
King's Lynn
|
Shamrock
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.[38]
|
| 10 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Jabez Bayley
|
Ipswich
|
Espeigle
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[39]
|
| 10 August
|
Upper Canada
|
Baldwin & Co.
|
Île d'Orléans
|
Wolfe's Cove
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| 12 August
|
France
|
|
Brest
|
La Cérès
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[40]
|
| 15 August
|
France
|
Jean Marguerite Tupinier
|
Venice
|
Piave
|
Frigate
|
For Royal Italian Navy.[41]
|
| 15 August
|
France
|
|
Venice
|
Piet Hein
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.
|
| 15 August
|
France
|
Fonda
|
Venice
|
Royal Italien
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.[42]
|
| 15 August
|
France
|
|
Toulon
|
Ville de Marseille
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.
|
| 22 August
|
United Kingdom
|
John Pelham
|
Frindsbury
|
Arab
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 24 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Brockbank
|
Lancaster
|
William Dawson
|
West Indiaman
|
For Messrs. Bolton & Littledale.
|
| 26 August
|
United Kingdom
|
Robert Hill
|
Sandwich
|
Hasty
|
-class gun-brig
|
For Royal Navy.[43]
|
| August
|
Upper Canada
|
|
Quebec City
|
Benson
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For private owner.[44]
|
| August
|
Upper Canada
|
|
Quebec City
|
Gowdies
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For private owner.[44]
|
| August
|
Upper Canada
|
|
Quebec City
|
Mary
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For private owner.[44]
|
| August
|
United Kingdom
|
Robert Davy
|
Topsham
|
Pelican
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 7 September
|
Russia
|
G. S. Isakov
|
Saint Petersburg
|
Iupiter
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Imperial Russian Navy.[45]
|
| 7 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Alexander Syme & Co.
|
Leith
|
Minerva
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.[46]
|
| 8 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Peter Everitt Mastaer
|
|
London
|
West Indiaman
|
For private owner.[47]
|
| 23 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Barnard
|
Deptford
|
Devonshire
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.
|
| 26 September
|
United Kingdom
|
William Good
|
Bridport
|
Conflict
|
-class sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[48]
|
| 26 September
|
United Kingdom
|
Robert John Nelson
|
Deptford
|
Stag
|
-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy.[49]
|
| 4 October
|
France
|
Mathurin François Boucher
|
Genoa
|
La Dryade
|
-class frigate
|
For French Navy.[50]
|
| 5 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Randall, Brent & Gray
|
Rotherhithe
|
Bridgewater
|
East Indiaman
|
For British East India Company.
|
| 8 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Steemson
|
Paull
|
Atlas
|
East Indiaman
|
For British East India Company.
|
| 9 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Daniel List
|
Fishbourne
|
Satellite
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[51]
|
| 21 October
|
United Kingdom
|
Robert John Nelson
|
Deptford Dockyard
|
Barrosa
|
-class frigate
|
For Royal Navy.[52]
|
| 22 October
|
United Kingdom
|
John King
|
Upnor
|
Heron
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[53]
|
| 24 October
|
United Kingdom
|
William Good
|
Bridport
|
Contest
|
-class sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[54]
|
| October
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Aberdeen
|
Minerva
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| 6 November
|
India
|
Kyd & Co.
|
Kidderpore
|
Castle Huntly
|
East Indiaman
|
For British East India Company.
|
| 6 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Bligh
|
Falmouth
|
Hinchinbroke
|
Packet ship
|
For Post Office Packet Service.
|
| 10 November
|
United States
|
|
Charleston, South Carolina
|
Template:USS
|
schooner
|
For United States Navy.[55]
|
| 19 November
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Pitcher
|
Northfleet
|
Medway
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[56]
|
| 20 November
|
United Kingdom
|
John Sutton
|
Ringmore
|
Perseus
|
-class post ship
|
For Royal Navy.[57]
|
| 24 November
|
United Kingdom
|
George Parkin
|
Portsmouth Dockyard
|
Lacedaemonian
|
Fifth rate
|
For Royal Navy.[58][59]
|
| 26 November
|
United States
|
Henry Eckford
|
Sackets Harbor, New York
|
Template:USS
|
Corvette
|
For United States Navy.
|
| 2 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Mary Ross
|
Rochester
|
Epervier
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[60]
|
| 6 December
|
France
|
Antoine Arnoud
|
Toulon
|
Montebello
|
-class ship of the line
|
For French Navy.[61][62]
|
| 7 December
|
United Kingdom
|
John King
|
Upnor
|
Despatch
|
-class brig-sloop
|
For Royal Navy.[63]
|
| 12 December
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Kemp
|
Fell's Point, Maryland
|
Chasseur
|
Baltimore Clipper
|
For William Hollins.
|
| 19 December
|
United Kingdom
|
John Dudman
|
Blackwall
|
Indus
|
-class ship of the line
|
For Royal Navy.[64][65]
|
| 26 December
|
Ottoman Empire
|
|
Constantinople
|
Mahmudiye
|
First rate
|
For Ottoman Navy.[66]
|
| 30 December
|
India
|
James Scott & John Hunter
|
Calcutta
|
Cornwallis
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
India
|
Michael Smith
|
Howrah
|
Alexander
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Middletown, Connecticut
|
Anaconda
|
Brig-sloop
|
For New York State Navy.[67]
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Thomas Richardson
|
Hull
|
Andrew Marvel
|
Whaler
|
For Mr. Marshall.
|
| Unknown date
|
India
|
|
Bombay
|
Ann
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For Pestonjee Bomanjee.[68]
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Stockton-on-tees
|
Astrea
|
Transport ship
|
For Mr. Grayham.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Fishburn & Broderick
|
Whitby
|
Bellona
|
Merchantman
|
For Fishburn & Broderick.
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
|
Catherine Griffith
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Monkwearmouth
|
Cheerful
|
Brig
|
For private owner.[25]
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
John & Philip Laine
|
Sunderland
|
Clitus
|
Merchantman
|
For Laing & Co.[25]
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
Cora
|
Schooner
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
Bermuda
|
|
New Providence
|
Cora
|
Brig
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Sunderland
|
Cossack
|
Brig
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
Courier
|
Merchantman
|
For John Gooding, William T. Graham and James Williams.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Plymouth
|
Coventry
|
Brig
|
For private owner.[69]
|
| Unknown date
|
India
|
Michael Smith
|
Calcutta
|
Creole
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
|
Edward
|
Brig
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
Liverpool
|
Emu
|
Snow
|
For W. Hurry.
|
| Unknown date
|
Lower Canada
|
|
Quebec
|
Fame
|
Merchantman
|
For Mr. Linthorne.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
Daniel Brent
|
Rotherhithe
|
General Harris
|
East Indiaman
|
For British East India Company.[70]
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
Kemp
|
Baltimore, Maryland
|
Grampus
|
Schooner
|
For private owner.
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
|
Template:USS
|
Sloop-of-war
|
For United States Navy.[71]
|
| Unknown date
|
India
|
|
Bombay
|
Herefordshire
|
Full-rigged ship
|
For British East India Company.[68]
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
|
|
Talbot County, Maryland
|
Hussar
|
Privateer
|
For John Hollins, John Smith Hollins, William Hollins and Michael McBlair.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
|
|
Lascelles
|
Brig
|
For J. Foster & Co.
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
William & John M. Gales
|
Sunderland
|
Latona
|
Brig
|
For Rowland Webster.[25]
|
| Unknown date
|
France
|
|
Saint-Malo
|
La Ville de Caen
|
Lugger
|
For Robert Surcouf.[72]
|
| Unknown date
|
United Kingdom
|
John & Philip Laing
|
Sunderland
|
Leda
|
Merchantman
|
For John Hubbard.[25]
|
| Unknown date
|
France
|
|
|
Le Fougueux
|
Third rate
|
For French Navy.[73]
|
| Unknown date
|
France
|
|
|
L'Impétueux
|
Third rate
|
For French Navy.[74]
|
| Unknown date
|
United States
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New Orleans, Louisiana
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Thomas Kemp
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Fells Point, Maryland
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Lynx
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Topsail schooner
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For United States Navy.
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| Unknown date
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United Kingdom
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Heward Benj
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Sunderland
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Meanwell
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Full-rigged ship
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For J. Phillips & Co.[25]
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Melantho
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Dorchester County, Maryland
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Ned
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Schooner
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For James & William Bosley.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Schooner
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For George Stiles.
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| Unknown date
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Upper Canada
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John Dennis
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York
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Prince Regent
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Schooner
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For Provincial Marine.
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| Unknown date
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United Kingdom
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Whitehaven
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Prince Regent
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West Indiaman
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For Mr. Bowen.
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| Unknown date
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United Kingdom
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Bottomley & Co.
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King's Lynn
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Providence
|
Merchantman
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For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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|
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Rambler
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Merchantman
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For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Charles Turner
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Medford, Massachusetts
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Rambler
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Brig
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For Benjamin Rich.
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| Unknown date
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France
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Saint-Malo
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Renard
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Cutter
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For Robert Surcouf.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Privateer
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For private owner.[75]
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| Unknown date
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United States
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William Flanaghan
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Baltimore, Maryland
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Siro
|
Schooner
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For George Stiles.
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| Unknown date
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United States
|
|
New York
|
Star
|
Merchantman
|
For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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Upper Canada
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Montreal
|
Stirling
|
Merchantman
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For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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Bermuda
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Nathaniel Tynes
|
Bermuda
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Sylph
|
-class ship-sloop
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For Royal Navy.[76]
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| Unknown date
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United Kingdom
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John & Philip Laing
|
Sunderland
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Tay
|
Merchantman
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For private owner.[25]
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| Unknown date
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United States
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New York
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Vengeance
|
Schooner
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For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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United Kingdom
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Sunderland
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Union
|
Brig
|
For private owner.[25]
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| Unknown date
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United Kingdom
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Forsyth & Co.
|
South Shields
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Vittoria
|
Transport ship
|
For private owner.
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| Unknown date
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United States
|
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New York
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William Bayard
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Merchantman
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For Roy Bayard, William Bayard, Enoch Conklin, Allyn Mather, & M.Sims.
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| Unknown date
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United States
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Name unknown
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Schooner
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For private owner.
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References
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