''Holkar'' was an American

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active during the

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that made several captures. destroyed her on 11 May 1813.

Career

''Holkar'' sailed under the command of Captain J. Rowland. On 30 November 1812 ''Holkar'' captured the 220-ton ( bm) 10-gun British brig , under the command of Lieutenant Alexander Bissett. ''Emu'' was

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49 female

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. ''Holkar'' eventually put the convicts and crew ashore at

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. ''

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'' reported on 16 April 1813 that ''Holkar'' had captured ''Emu'', of 10 guns and 25 men, on 16 November, and put crew and convicts ashore at Cape Verde on 15 January 1813. A

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crew took ''Emu'' to

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where arrived at about 10 February. Her captors sold ''Emu'' at Newport. In early 1813 ''Holkar'' captured the 600-ton (bm) British ship ''Aurora'', which was sailing from Liverpool to

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with a cargo of dry goods (later valued at $350,000), bringing her into

. ''Holkar'' also captured the British privateer schooner ''Richard'' off

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, taking her into

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, and an unknown 14-gun brig and two other merchant ships were taken to

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Fate

On 11 May 1813 the British

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, commanded by Captain Hugh Pigot, chased ''Holkar'' in

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. ''Holkar'' ran aground and then ''Orpheus'' destroyed her by cannon fire.

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