HMS Tenedos (1812) was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1812 and saw action on the eastern American coast during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It bega ...

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''Tenedos'', part of a fleet under the command of Sir

Philip Broke Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, 1st Baronet (; 9 September 1776 – 2 January 1841) was a distinguished officer in the British Royal Navy. During his lifetime, he was often referred to as "Broke of the ''Shannon''", a reference to his notable comm ...

, was assigned to patrol of the coast near Boston Harbor in April 1812. While harbored at

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''Tenedos'' during a severe winter storm on 12 November, broke free of her moorings and almost collided with two ships nearby. The brig ''Sarah'', R.Pendergrast, master, which had been sailing from New York to Amsterdam when captured her on 19 February 1813. ''Sarah'' had been carrying a cargo of 425 bales of cotton, 186 barrels of post ashes, and 3000 pipe staves. ''Tenedos'' was part of a fleet that captured the USS ''President'' on 15 January 1815, just outside

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. McCranie, 2011, p. 269 On 17 February 1815 the War of 1812 ended when the US Congress ratified the

Treaty of Ghent The Treaty of Ghent () was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. It took effect in February 1815. Both sides signed it on December 24, 1814, in the city of Ghent, United Netherlands (now in ...

and ''Tenedos'' returned one month later from patrolling the Eastern seaboard to Halifax in Nova Scotia for the final time. In August 1815, ''Tenedos'' returned home to Chatham. She was used as a

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at the

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in the

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from 1843 and was broken up in 1875. Kent History Forum, 2019, Essay Ireland Island Woodcut

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