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HMS ''Canso'' was the American letter of marque schooner ''Lottery'', launched in 1811, which a British squadron captured in 1813. The Royal Navy took ''Lottery'' into service as HMS ''Canso'' and she served during the War of 1812 and briefly thereafter. The navy sold her in 1816. ==Career and capture== ''Lottery'' was copper-bottomed and fastened. She was pierced for 16 cannons, though she was armed with only six 12-pounder carronades at the time of her capture.〔 She sailed under a letter of marque dated 24 July 1812, was armed with six 9-pounder carronades, and had a crew of 30 men under the command of her captain John Southcomb.〔 On her way to Pernambuco she captured one prize, the brig ''Preston'', which however contained so little of value that Southcomb gave her up. ''Preston'', of 10 guns and 13 men, was under the command of Captain Ditchburn. ''Preston'' had been on her way to Trinidad when ''Lottery'' captured her.〔Cranwell & Crane (1940), p. 180-185.〕 ''Lottery'' reached Pernambuco on 7 October. On her way back to Baltimore, ''Lottery'' captured the schooner ''Dolphin'', under the command of Samuel Green, which had been sailing from New Brunswick to Jamaica. ''Lottery'' also released ''Dolphin''.〔 On his return, Southcomb remained in Baltimore until 6 February. He exchanged ''Lottery''s armament for six 12-pounder carronades, and assembled a crew of 28 men.〔 On 8 February 1813, nine boats and 200 men of a British naval squadron comprising , , , and ''Junon captured ''Lottery'' in Lynnhaven Bay on the Chesapeake. Her crew put up a strong defense with the result that the British cutting out party suffered six men wounded, half severely or dangerously, one of whom died later; the Americans suffered 19 men wounded, including Southcomb, before they struck. Southcomb died of his wounds and his body was taken ashore.〔Maclay (1900), pp.464-5.〕 ''Lottery'' had been carrying a cargo of coffee, sugar and lumber from Baltimore to Bordeaux. The British had earlier captured the schooner ''Rebecca'', and they sent her into Norfolk as a cartel with the American wounded.〔 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「HMS Canso (1813)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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