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The ''Pride of Baltimore'' was an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Baltimore clipper topsail schooner, commissioned by citizens of Baltimore, Maryland as a Goodwill Ambassador of that city and the State of Maryland. It was lost at sea with four of its twelve crew on May 14, 1986. The ''Pride of Baltimore II'', a replica vessel of more modern design commissioned to replace the ''Pride'' in 1988, now sails in that same goodwill role. ==''Chasseur'': The original "Pride of Baltimore"== (詳細はtopsail schooner. She was not patterned after any particular vessel, but rather she was designed as a typical Baltimore Clipper as they were in their heyday. She was named, in a round-about way, for the legendary Baltimore-built topsail schooner ''Chasseur'' sailed by the privateer Thomas Boyle: ''Chasseur'' was known as the "Pride of Baltimore" and participated in the War of 1812. One of the most famous of the American privateers, Captain Thomas Boyle sailed his Baltimore clipper, ''Chasseur'', out of Fells Point, where she had been launched from Thomas Kemp's shipyard in 1812. On his first voyage as master of ''Chasseur'' in 1814, Boyle sailed east to the British Isles, where he harassed the British merchant fleet and sent a notice to George III, by way of a captured merchant vessel, declaring that the entire British Isles were under naval blockade by ''Chasseur'' alone! Despite its implausibility, this caused the British Admiralty to call vessels home from the American war to guard merchant ships sailing in convoys. ''Chasseur'' captured or sank 17 vessels before returning home to Baltimore on 25 March 1815. Perhaps her most famous accomplishment was the capture of the schooner HMS ''St Lawrence''.〔 On her return to Baltimore, the ''Niles Weekly Register'' dubbed the ''Chasseur'', her captain, and crew the "pride of Baltimore" for their achievement.〔 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「Pride of Baltimore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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