Hornet, 18 Gun Brig
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 |
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 |
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 |
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.
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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