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USC Hornet (1805)

Page history last edited by Mark Gutis 14 years, 8 months ago

 

Hornet, 18 Gun Brig

 

Details

Nationality United States of America
Launched 1805-Jul-25 W012
Shipyard Baltimore MD W012
Constructor William Price W012
Rate Sloop of War W052
In Service 1805-Oct-18 W012
Out Service 1829-Sep-29 W012
Fate Foundered W012

 

 

Dimensions

Gun Deck Keel Beam Depth Draught Burthen Displacement Source Notes
106' 9"   31' 0"   14' 0" 440   W012 As a Brig-Sloop
          480   B044 After rebuild as a Ship-Sloop

 

Armament

Date Crew Guns Deck B/S Weight Source
1805   18     W012
1812 140 20 18 x 32C, 2 x 9 297 B044
1813-Feb 150 20 18 x 32C, 2 x 9 297 B044

 

Commanders

Date From Date to Name Source
1805-Oct-18 1806 Master Commandant Isaac Chauncey W012
1806   Master Commandant John Herbert Dent B052
1812 1813-May-12 John Lawrence B044
1813 1815 James Biddle B174

 

Officers

Date From Date To Rank/Position Name Source
    Lieutenant William Burrows B174
1812   Lieutenant D Connor B044
1812   Lieutenant J T Shubrick B044
1812   Midshipman Cooper B044

 

Service record

1805-Oct-18 Commissioned at Baltimore
1805 Cruised the Atlantic Coast
1806 Cruised the Atlantic Coast
1806-Mar-29 Sailed to join the Mediterranean squadron
1807-Sep Left the Mediterranean
1807-Nov-29 Returned to Charleston and was decommissioned
1808-Dec-26 Recommissioned
1810-Nov Entered the Washington Navy Yard to be rebuilt and rerigged as a Ship
1811-Sep Recommissioned
1812-Jul-09 Took the privateer Dolphin but she was retaken enroute to the United States
1812-Oct-26 Left Boston in company with the Constitution
1812-Dec-13 Arrived off San Salavador with the Constitution
1812-Dec-13 Started blockading the British ship Bonne Citoyenne (18) in San Salvador
1812-Jan-24 Abandoned the blockade when the Montagu (74) arrived
1813-Feb-14 Took the brig Resolution
1813-Feb-24 Took the Peacock off British Guiana, but she sank soon aferwards
1813-Feb Sailed to New London where she was blockaded
1814-Nov-14 Slipped past the blockading ships and sailed to New York
1815-Jan-22 Left New York
1815-Mar-23 Arrived of Tristan de Cunha
1815-Mar-23 Took the Penguin off Tristan da Cunha
1815-Apr-13 Left Tristan da Cunha
1815-Apr-28/29 Chased by the Cornwallis (74), Hornet escaped by jettisoning her guns and otherwise lightening ship
1815-Jun-09 Arrived in New York
1818 Cruise in the West Indies and to Copenhagen
1819 Cruise to the Mediterranean
1821-Oct-29 Took the pirate schooner Moscow off Santo Domingo
1821 - 1829 Cruises in the Caribbean
1829-Mar-04 Left Pensacola
1829-Sep-29 Foundered with all hands

 

Actions & Battles

Date   Source
1813-Feb-24 Action against the Peacock

 

Notes

In the Action with the Peacock the Hornet had one man killed and two wounded.

When the Peacock sank, three of the Hornet's crew and nine of the Peacock's went down with her.

 

Sources

W012 Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
B052 Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs Gardner W. Allen
B044 The Naval War of 1812 - Vol I Theodore Roosevelt
B045 The Naval War of 1812 - Vol II Theodore Roosevelt

 

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