|
HMS ''Pictou'' was a 14-gun schooner that the Royal Navy captured in 1813. She served briefly on the Royal Navy's North American station, capturing one or two merchantmen before the American frigate USS ''Constitution'' captured and destroyed her during the War of 1812. == History == The origins of ''Pictou'' are obscure. Some references report that she was built as the American letter of marque ''Syron''. However, the most comprehensive listing of American letters of marque has no vessel by that name.〔Emmons (1853).〕 Also, the ''London Gazette'' has no mention of the capture of any vessel with that name. Other references suggest that ''Pictou'' was originally a privateer by the name of ''Bonne Foi''. Again, there is no record in the ''London Gazette'' of a capture of a privateer with that name. Admiralty records show that in October 1813 Admiral Sir John Warren, commander-in-chief of the Royal Navy's North American station, purchased ''Syron'' and renamed her ''Pictou''. Lieutenant Edward Stephens commissioned her.〔 However, apparently ''Pictou'' was already serving the Royal Navy, and may well have been captured in the Caribbean. On 12 May 1813, ''Pictou'' and arrived at Halifax with five vessels that they had convoyed from Bermuda.〔 One source states that on 19 September ''Pictou'' captured the brig ''Isabella'', of 126 tons (bm), which was sailing to Boston with a cargo of silk, wine, oil, etc.〔Dudley & Crawford (1992), p.281.〕 Other records give the date as 19 August, and the captor as the schooner ''Picton'', although the Royal Navy had no vessel by that name.〔 The records of the Halifax Vice Admiralty court gives the date of capture as 19 July, and reports that ''Isabella'' P. Slaygur, master, had been sailing from Algesiras to Boston carrying wine, silk, oil and cork.〔Records of the Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia() - accessed 2 November 2013.〕 A third source has the capture date as 22 July.〔Arthur (2011), p.215.〕 A fourth account has ''Pictou'' bringing ''Isabella'' into Halifax on 23 July, and otherwise is consistent with the third account.〔(The Naval Database, P. Benyon )〕 ''Pictou'' recaptured the sloop ''Ringdove'', which the American privateer ''Polly'', of Salem had captured. ''Polly'' had also captured a schooner carrying a cargo of stone, but the schooner too had been recaptured.〔 ''Ringdove'' had been traveling from Halifax to Newfoundland when ''Polly'' had captured her.〔''Lloyd's List'' no 4803,() - accessed 9 October 2014.〕 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 Pictou (1813)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|
