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} |} HMS ''Magnet'' was the American brig ''Magnet'', that captured in 1812. HMS ''Magnet'' served during the War of 1812 as a prison ship at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Royal Navy eventually renamed her ''Attentive'', possibly in 1814 when the Navy acquired ''Sir Sydney Smith'', which it renamed ''Magnet''. Then as ''Attentive'' she served as a store ship, still apparently on the Halifax station, before she sailed to Britain in 1816. She was broken up in January 1817.〔 The records on this vessel are sparse, and somewhat contradictory. Winfield states that she was a privateer, but the most comprehensive list of American privateers, that of Emmons, does not list a privateer named ''Magnet''.〔〔Emmons (1853).〕 The records of the Halifax Vice admiralty court for the War of 1812 do list a ''Magnet''. She was a ship of 172 tons (bm), T. Drew, master, that ''Ringdove'' captured on 18 July 1812 as ''Magnet'' was sailing from Belfast to New York.〔 She was carrying passengers and a small amount of linens. The records state that ''Magnet'' was "Taken into possession for the use of the King's service."〔Vice Admiralty court, p. 136,() - accessed 11 July 2015.〕 However, the tonnage of ''Magnet'' is not consistent with that of HMS ''Attentive''. Curiously, the same Vice admiralty records show that ''Atalanta'' captured the ''Marquis de Somerlous'' on 10 July 1812. ''Marquis de Somerlous'' was a ship of 359 tons (bm), the only one of that burthen on the Vice admiralty's records. Under the command of T. Moriarty, master, she had been sailing from Civitavecchia to Salem, Massachusetts, with a cargo of brandy, wines, silks, and dry goods when ''Atalanta'' captured her.〔Vice Admiralty court, p. 137,() - accessed 11 July 2015.〕 Her name as given in a ''London Gazette'' list of British captures was ''Marquis Somnielos''.〔 Newspaper accounts of ''Attentive''s service exist:〔The Naval Database: Attractive (1812),() - accessed 11 July 2015.〕 *5 July 1815, arrived Halifax, the store ship ''Attentive'', Lt. Stewart, 5 days from Moose Island.〔 *19 May 1816, arrived Halifax, Lt. Smith, from Bermuda.〔 *25 July 1816, arrived Halifax, from Sydney, N.S.〔 *9 September 1816, departed Halifax, for England, with Gen. Gasselin and family passengers.〔 ==Citations and references== ;Citations ;References *Emmons, George Foster (1853) ''The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775 to 1853; with a brief history of each vessel’s service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons ... under the authority of the Navy Dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850.'' (Washington: Gideon & Co.) *Vice Admiralty court: ''American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812; the records of the Vice-admiralty court at Halifax, Nova Scotia.'' (1911) (Salem, Mass.: The Essex institute). * 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 Magnet (1812)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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