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} |} HMS ''Mosquidobit'' (sometimes ''Musquedobet'' or ''Musquidobit'') was the Chesapeake-built six-gun schooner ''Lynx'' that the British Royal Navy captured and took into service in 1813. She was sold into commercial service in 1820 and nothing is known of her subsequent fate. ==''Lynx''== Owner-investors James Williams, Amos Williams and Levi Hollingsworth commissioned the noted shipbuilder Thomas Kemp to build them a schooner. ''Lynx'' was built at Fells Point, Baltimore during the opening days of the War of 1812. She was commissioned on 14 July under captain Elisha Taylor. ''Lynx'' was a bit larger than the typical swift pilot boats after which Kemp modeled her. Kemp had increased her size to long by wide and 225 tons burthen (bm). She was fitted out as a trader though she carried a crew of 40 men and was armed with six 12-pounder long guns. She cost a little under $10,000. ''Lynx'' was a letter of marque. That is, she was an armed merchantman with the warrant to take as prizes enemy merchantmen during the normal course of business, should the opportunity arise. As a merchantman, her crew received a regular wage; they did not depend on prizes for their income. ''Lynx'' served as a merchantman for less than a year. She made one voyage, to Bordeaux, France, and returned with a cargo of luxury goods. She was waiting with three other schooners to run the British blockade for a second voyage when the British captured her. 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 Mosquidobit (1813)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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