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''Holkar'' was an American privateer active during the War of 1812, which, after making several captures, was destroyed by on 11 May 1813. Commanded by J. Rowland,〔 on 30 November 1812 ''Holkar'' captured the 220-ton 10-gun British brig ''Emu'', under the command of Lieutenant Alexander Bissett. ''Emu'' was transporting 49 female convicts to Australia. The convicts and crew were eventually put ashore at Porto Grande on São Vicente, Cape Verde, and the ship brought into Newport.〔Snow (1897), p.177〕〔Bateson, p.192.〕 In early 1813 she captured the 600-ton British ship ''Aurora'', which was sailing from Liverpool to Pernambuco with a cargo of dry goods (later valued at $350,000), bringing her into Newport, Rhode Island.〔Snow (1897), p.176〕 She also captured the British privateer schooner ''Richard'' off Anguilla, taking her into Savannah, Georgia,〔Snow (1897), pp.181–182〕 and an unknown 14-gun brig and two other merchant ships were taken to New York.〔Maclay (1924), pp.441–442.〕 In May 1813, while in Long Island Sound, she was chased by the British frigate HMS ''Orpheus'', commanded by Captain Hugh Pigot, and run aground, before being destroyed by cannon fire.〔 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「American privateer Holkar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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