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Throughout naval history during times of war battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize efforts would sometimes be made to capture the vessel while inflicting the least amount of damage as was practically possible. Both military and merchant ships were captured, often renamed, and then used in the service of the capturing country's navy, or in many cases sold to private individuals who would break them up for salvage, or use them as

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s, or the like. As an incentive to search far and wide for enemy ships, the proceeds of the sale of the vessels and their cargoes were divided up as

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among the officers and crew of capturing crew members with the distribution governed by regulations the captor vessel's government had established. Throughout the 1800s war prize laws were established to help opposing countries settle claims amicably. Private ships were also authorized by various countries at war through a Letter of marque, legally allowing a ship and commander to engage and capture vessels belonging to enemy countries. In these cases contracts between the owners of the vessels on the one hand, and the captains and the crews on the other, established the distribution of the proceeds from captures.

Legend

* Dates of capture are listed chronologically and appear in bold * Names of commanders are those in command when ships were captured. * The symbol ' ' following a commander's name denotes he was killed in action. * Name of ship and flag of country listed are those in use at time of ship's capture and will sometimes link to a page with name and flag used after capture. *This list does not include ships captured by pirates.

1800–1809

Quasi-War

The

Quasi-War The Quasi-War (french: Quasi-guerre) was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States. The ability of Congres ...

was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the

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and

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from 1798 to 1800. France, plagued by massive crop failures and desperately in need of grain and other supplies, commissioned numerous French privateers who both legally and illegally captured cargo from merchant vessels of every flag engaged in foreign trade with Britain. Approximately 300 American ships were captured by the

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and

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under a Letter of marque issued by the government of France. International law mandated that a ship captured during wartime by a belligerent was lost to the owner, and that no compensation was to be made by the country who seized a vessel unless provided for by a treaty that ended that war. * ''

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'' , , 27 January 1800
A 20-gun French

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Letter of marque captured by USS ''Boston'' commanded by George Little serving in the squadron of

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. ''Deux Anges'' (sometimes ''Two Angels'' in contemporary American accounts) was sent to Boston under Lieutenant

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to be condemned by a prize court. * ''

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'' , , May 1800
A Danish

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captured by USS ''Experiment'' commanded by

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entering the

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an port of

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during the

. Maley suspected it to be a French vessel and ordered it to Cape Francois where it was recaptured by the British. * '' Godfrey'' , , 31 May 1800
English registered schooner commanded by H. Atkinson, captured by a French privateer and recaptured by American sloop of war USS ''Merrimack''. * '' Flambeau'' , , 23 July 1800
A French Letter of marque of 12 guns, captured by USS ''Enterprise'', commanded by Captain John Shaw. * '' Berceau'' , , 12 October 1800
A 24-gun French corvette commanded by Capitain de frégate Senez, captured by USS ''Boston'', commanded by Capt. George Little, unbeknown that the Quasi-War had ended several days earlier. She was towed to the United States, repaired and returned to France September 1801. * '' Good Friends'' , , September 1809
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An American ship out of Baltimore, commanded by Captain Ezra Bowen, captured by the Danes.

First Barbary War

The

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(1801–5), was the first of the

and the

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fought between the

and the

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n Berber

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states known collectively as the Barbary States. For years the

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had harassed and captured British, French and American shipping, often capturing vessels seizing cargoes and holding crews for large ransoms or enslaving them. Refusing to pay tribute President Thomas Jefferson sent a fleet of ships to the Mediterranean shores of North Africa to deal with the constant threats to U.S. and other ships. * '' Meshboha'' , , 26 August 1803
A brig cruiser belonging to the Emperor of Morocco. Captured by , commanded by

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. * , () , 31 October 1803 , ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) , 16 February 1804
A

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that ran aground in the

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leaving it at the mercy of the

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of Tripoli. She was recaptured and burned in Tripoli harbor three and a half months later by Lieutenant

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. * '' Mastico'' , ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) , 23 December 1803
A

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built in France in 1798 for Napoleon's Egyptian expedition, later sold to

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and renamed ''Mastico''. Captured by USS ''Enterprise'' and USS ''Constitution'' under the commands of

and

respectively. Renamed USS ''Intrepid'', was one of several vessels under the command of

which recaptured and destroyed the 16 February 1804. * ''

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'' , ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) , 21 March 1804
Former British privateer, ''Transfer'' out of

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, later sold to Tripoli and used in blockade running during the Barbary Wars. Captured off Tripoli, by '' Syren'' commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart. She was renamed the USS ''Scourge''.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

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and the

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were a series of wars declared against the

and

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's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1792 to 1815 involving many often large scale naval battles resulting in the capture of numerous ships. Among the most notable of such battles were the

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and the Battle of Copenhagen involving hundreds of ships and many thousands of seamen and officers. * , , 11 June 1794
A brig originally purchased into Royal Navy service in 1787, she was captured by the . She was then recaptured by on 15 October 1797. She was then captured by the French privateer ''Vengeance'' on 2 November 1797 before being captured a fourth time, this time by , four days later. She was renamed HMS ''Venturer'' due to ''Ranger'' having been reused in her absence. Possibly the most captured warship in history. * , , 24 June 1800
A 74-gun ship of the line commanded by Captain Hallowell, captured by the French fleet, commanded by Admiral Ganteaume. She was later recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar. * , , 25 August 1800
A of 40 guns, commanded by ''Capitain de Vaisseau'' Citizen F. M. Pitot, attacked and captured in the

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during the

by of the

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, commanded by Captain David Milne. Renamed HMS ''Vengeance.'' * , , 10 February 1801
A 16-gun British

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and fireship, commanded by Captain Richard Dun, captured by the French Navy at Cape de Gat. Brenton, 1824 p.82 * , , 10 February 1801
A 32-gun

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frigate launched in 1781, captured by the French and recaptured by the British the same year. * , , 10 February 1801
Captured by the French Navy.

Battle of Copenhagen

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fleet under the command of

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, defeating and capturing many of the Danish-Norwegian

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anchored just off

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on 2 April 1801. Vice-Admiral

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led the main attack. * HDMS ''Holsteen'' , , 2 April 1801
A 60-gun

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in the

Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now h ...

. She was commissioned in 1775, captured at the Battle of Copenhagen. * HDMS ''Indfødsretten'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured, burnt * HDMS ''Prøvesteenen'' , , 2 April 1801
Abandoned, captured, burnt * HDMS ''Valkyrien'' , , 2 April 1801
Abandoned, captured, burnt * HDMS ''Rendsborg'' , , 2 April 1801
Driven ashore, captured, burnt * HDMS ''Jylland'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Sværdfisken'' , , 2 April 1801
captured and burnt * HDMS ''Kronborg'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Haien'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Charlotte Amalie'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Søehesten'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * See also

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Napoleonic Wars (continued i)

* , , 6 July 1801
A 74-gun

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of the British

, launched on 15 April 1786, named after

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of Carthage. Ran aground and captured during the first part of the Battle of Algeciras Bay. * , (Franco-Spanish fleet) , 6–12 July 1801
Captured by British at the Battle of Algeciras Bay. * , , 1803 captured by the privateer slaver ''Kitty''; became ''Kitty's Amelia'', the last vessel to legally undergo a slave trading voyage (27 July 1807) before the passage of the

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. * '' Embuscade'' , , 28 May 1803
A 32-gun

frigate captured by , commanded by Captain

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in the Atlantic. She was restored to the Royal Navy in her old name, the existing ''Ambuscade'' being renamed HMS ''Seine''. First captured by the British during the Battle of Tory Island in 1797, recaptured by the corvette in 1798 to be recaptured by the British again in 1803. Brenton, 1824 p.208 * , , 25 June 1803
A ''Serpente''-class corvette bearing 18 guns. Captured by , off the

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. * , , 25 June 1803
A bearing 20 guns. Captured by , commanded by Captain James Wallis in the

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. * HMS ''Minerve'' , , 3 July 1803
A 40-gun frigate under the command of Captain

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, (re)captured by the French navy after it ran aground chasing other ships. Originally a French ship, captured by British in 1792. * , , 24 July 1803
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, commanded by Commodore Quérangal. Captured by British squadron, commanded by Commodore Loring. Vessel was stranded in 1804, broken up 1805. Lavery, 1983 p.189 * , , 25 November 1803
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, 15 September 1804
A 24-gun

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, captured by the French Navy in the

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. * , , 25 November 1804
A 42-gun Spanish frigate, captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 25 November 1804 off

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. * , , 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line, broken up in 1816. * , , 18 February 1805
A 32-gun ''Amazon''-class

frigate of the Royal Navy, commanded by Sir Robert Laurie. Captured by '' Ville de Milan'', commanded by Captain Jean-Marie Renaud. * , , 25 September 1805
An East Indiaman converted to a 56-gun

. Captured by 74-gun , later ran aground and recaptured by British and set ablaze 12 April 1809 at the

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Battle of Trafalgar

The

was fought on 21 October 1805 off the Spanish coast near

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involving the allied fleets of Spain and France against the

of Britain. Britain's answer to

's threat, it proved to be the turning point of the Napoleonic era and is regarded as the last great sea battle of the period. The battle involved dozens of sailing warships and vessels many of which fell to capture while many were also met with what is considered a worse fate in the storm that followed. * , , 21 October 1805
A

French

. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Louis Alexis Baudoin who was killed in the battle, fired the first shot of the battle. After its capture by British it was wrecked in the storm of 23 October that followed the battle and sunk, taking with her all hands on board. Thiers, 1850 p.45 * , , 21 October 1805
A ''Téméraire''-class 74-gun ship of the line. Commanded by Captain Lucas ''Redoutable'' is known for her fiercely fought duel with during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral

, incurring the highest losses of the battle. Captured by British, she foundered during the storm the next day and sunk, taking with her all hands. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. It was the

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of the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain

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. Surrendered to Captain James Atcherly of the Marines from , later wrecked in storm of 23 October 1805. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun French ship of the line, present at the Battle of Trafalgar, under Rear Admiral

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who was killed during the boarding attempt when engaged by . Escaped after capture making her way to Cadiz. * , () , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured at the Battle of Trafalgar and scuttled by British. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun French ship of the line. took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, captured during the battle. On the following day, her crew rose up turned against her captors and recaptured their ship, however, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the

. After engaging the British , and she was finally captured. During the storm of 23 October she broke her anchor chains and was wrecked with only about 150 out of 1200 men aboard surviving. * , , , 21 October 1805
The British HMS ''Berwick'', a 74-gun ship of the line, was captured by the French in 1795. She was recaptured by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar. While in tow her captives cut her cables, she struck a shoal and sank with approximately 200 perishing in the storm. * , , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line, originally the British ''Swiftsure'', commanded by Captain Hallowell, captured by the French fleet, commanded by Admiral Ganteaume, on 24 June 1800. Under the command of Captain l'Hôpitalier-Villemadrin she was recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar and was one of the few captured ships to survive the storm. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the

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. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, noted for being the oldest vessel present. ''Rayo'' escaped from the battle but was intercepted by fresh out of Gibraltar and then was wrecked 26 October 1805 in the storm that followed. * , , 21 October 1805
A 112-gun three-decker ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured by British at Battle of Trafalgar. two days later, a squadron under the command of Commodore

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recaptured her and took her back to Cadiz. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured at the Battle of Trafalgar, later ran aground and set fire by the British. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line. Present at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. * , , 21 October 1805
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ship of the line, launched in 1769, bearing 112 guns, increased to 130 guns in 1795–96. Commanded by Francisco Javier Uriarte and

Rear Admiral Rear admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank, equivalent to a major general and air vice marshal and above that of a commodore and captain, but below that of a vice admiral. It is regarded as a two star "admiral" rank. It is often regarde ...

Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, present at Battle of Trafalgar, the largest ship in the allied fleet. Captured by British, wrecked in storm following day. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line, commanded by Captain

Don Teodoro de Argumosa Don, don or DON and variants may refer to: Places *County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON *Don (river), a river in European Russia *Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name *Don, Benin, a town in Benin *Don, Dang, a vill ...

, present at Battle of Trafalgar. After its capture it was burnt on 26 October 1805. Thiers, 1850 pp.43–45 * , , 21 October 1805
A 74 gun ship of the line, commanded by Commodore

Dionisio Alcalá Galiano Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (8 October 1760 – 21 October 1805) was a Spanish naval officer, cartographer, and explorer. He mapped various coastlines in Europe and the Americas with unprecedented accuracy using new technology such as chronomete ...

who lost his life from cannon fire. Captured by , broken up in 1814. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1765, commanded by Commodore Don Cosmé Damián Churruca y Elorza who was killed in action, present at Battle of Trafalgar, with half its crew dead or wounded. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship that saw service in French, British and American waters in the late 18th century. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Don Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez; captured by the British and renamed HMS ''Ildefonso'', it was one of the few captured vessels that survived the storm following the battle.

Napoleonic Wars (continued ii)

* '' Le Duguay-Trouin'' , , 4 November 1805
74-gun ''Le Téméraire'' class. Captured by British, renamed HMS ''Implacable''; training ship 1805, scuttled 1949 * '' Le Duguay'' , , 4 November 1805
A

, 74 guns, launched in 1800, survived the

but was later captured by the British at the

Battle of Cape Ortegal The Battle of Cape Ortegal was the final action of the Trafalgar campaign, and was fought between a squadron of the Royal Navy and a remnant of the fleet that had been defeated earlier at the Battle of Trafalgar. It took place on 4 November 180 ...

. * ''

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'' , , 4 November 1805
A French Ship of the line, 74 guns, she was used by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar after her capture at the Battle of Cape Ortegal. Hulked 1811, sold 1819 * '' Scipion'' , , 4 November 1805
A 74 gun ship of the line, present at the Battle of Cape Finisterre, and the

. Captured by the British at the

, later broken up 1819. * '' Le Formidable'' , , 1805
80-gun ship of ''Le Tonnant'' class, broken up 1816. * , () , 6 February 1806
''Viala'' was a

launched in 1795. She was captured by the

in 1806 at the

Battle of San Domingo The Battle of San Domingo was a naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars fought on 6 February 1806 between squadrons of French and British ships of the line off the southern coast of the French-occupied Spanish colonial Captaincy General of Santo Do ...

. * '' Marengo'' , , 13 March 1806
A ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line bearing 80 guns, commanded by Admiral

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. Captured by of 98 guns, commanded by Admiral

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, following with , bearing 80 guns, commanded by Vice-Admiral John Chambers White. Norie, 1827, p.65 James, 1837 p.222 See also:

Action of 13 March 1806 The action of 13 March 1806 was a naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars, fought when a British and a French squadron met unexpectedly in the mid-Atlantic. Neither force was aware of the presence of the other prior to the encounter and were pa ...

* '' Belle Poule'' , , 13 March 1806
A 40-gun . Captured by HMS ''Foudroyant'' bearing 80 guns, commanded by Admiral

. See also:

* '' Néarque'' , , 28 March 1806
A French brig, 16 guns, she was captured by the British off France. * '' La Bellone'' , , 12 July 1806
A 34-gun privateer captured off the coast of

Ceylon Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

by HMS ''Rattlesnake'' and HMS ''Powerful'' under the command of

Sir Edward Pellew Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB (19 April 1757 – 23 January 1833) was a British naval officer. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. His younger brother I ...

. See also: Action of 9 July 1806 * '' Armide'' , , 25 September 1806
A

of 40 guns under the command of

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. Was present at

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, captured by British forces during the

action of 25 September 1806 The action of 25 September 1806 was a naval battle fought during the Napoleonic Wars off the French Biscay port of Rochefort. A French squadron comprising five frigates and two corvettes, sailing to the French West Indies with supplies and rei ...

by, HMS ''Centaur''. * '' Alceste'' , , 25 September 1806
A 38-gun of the

. Captured along with '' Armide'', '' Gloire'' and '' Infatigable'' by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood. * '' L'Alexandre'' , , 1806
80-gun ship of ''Le Tonnant'' class, sold 1822. * '' Brave'' , , 6 Feb 1806
74 gun, captured by British, foundered 1806. * '' Maida'' , , 74 (1795) 6 Feb 1806
– ex-French ''Le Jupiter'', captured by British, sold 1814. * HMS ''Crafty'' , , 9 March 1807
A 14-gun schooner, boarded and captured by three Spanish warship north of

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. Formerly a French warship, captured in 1803. * HDMS ''Sarpen'' , , 7 September 1807
A

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of the

, which she served from 1791 to 1807 until the British capture, taking possession under terms of capitulation following the

Second Battle of Copenhagen The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 7 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in order to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet during the Napoleonic War ...

. * ''

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'' , () , 7 September 1807
Originally a Danish 22-gun warship launched in 1801, captured by the British at the

, renamed HMS ''Little Belt'', commanded by Arthur Bingham. Captured second time by USS ''President'', commanded by

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. * , , 1807
A

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, she was first captured by a Spanish privateer, then by a British warship, then by another Spanish privateer. Brought to

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, then released. * '' Piémontaise'' , , 8 March 1808
a 40-gun that served as a

commerce raider Commerce raiding (french: guerre de course, "war of the chase"; german: Handelskrieg, "trade war") is a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than enga ...

in the

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, commanded by Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles Moreau . Captured by HMS ''St Fiorenzo'' of 38 guns, commanded by Captain

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off the coast of

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. She was renamed HMS ''Piedmontaise'' served in the British

, until broken up in 1813. * '' ''Griffon'''' , , 11 May 1808
16-gun French ''Palinure''-class brig, captured by HMS ''Bachante'' off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. * HMS ''Tickler'' , , 4 June 1808
A 14-gun ''Archer''-class

built in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats in the

Great Belt The Great Belt ( da, Storebælt, ) is a strait between the major islands of Zealand (''Sjælland'') and Funen (''Fyn'') in Denmark. It is one of the three Danish Straits. Effectively dividing Denmark in two, the Belt was served by the Great Be ...

. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1815. * HMS ''Turbulent'' , , 9 June 1808
A 16-gun launched in 1805. Captured by Danish gunboats off

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. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1814. * '' ''Neptune'''' , , 14 June 1808
80-gun French , captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Héros'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Pluton'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Algesiras'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Argonaute'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Cornélie'''' , , 14 June 1808
44-gun French frigate, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * HMS ''Seagull'' , , 19 June 1808
A 16-gun ''Seagull''-class

built in 1805. Captured by the sloop '' Lougen'' off

Christiansand Kristiansand is a seaside resort city and municipality in Agder county, Norway. The city is the fifth-largest and the municipality the sixth-largest in Norway, with a population of around 112,000 as of January 2020, following the incorporation ...

. Operated under the same name by the

until transferred to the fledgling

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in 1814. Decommissioned in 1817. * HMS ''Tigress'' , , 2 August 1808
A 14-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats in the

. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1815. * HMS ''Carnation'' , , 3 October 1808
An 18-gun

brig-sloop In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...

launched in 1807, commanded by Charles Mars Gregory. Captured by the French brig ''Palinure'', commanded by Captain de frègate Jance. Burnt in 1809 to avoid recapture. *''Santo Domingo'' , , Captured by the British in 1809. * Le Colibri , , 16 January 1809
A French 16-carronade brig, launched in 1808, commanded by Lieutenant de Vaisseau Deslandes, captured by . Taken into British service as HMS Colibri, wrecked on 23 August 1813 in

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. * '' Junon'' , , 10 February 1809
A 40-gun

commanded by capitaine de frégate Rousseau, was the lead ship of the . While commanded by

John Shortland John Shortland (5 September 1769 – 21 January 1810) was an officer of the Royal Navy, the eldest son of John Shortland.Clorinde'' and '' Renommée'' and renamed HMS ''Junon''. * '' D'Hautpoul'' , , 17 April 1809
A ''Téméraire''-class

ship of the line., captured by British, renamed HMS ''Abercrombie'', sold 1817. Lavery, 1983, p190, ''The Volume I'' * '' Felicite'' , , 17 June 1809
French 36-gun frigate, 900 tons, Captured by HMS ''Latona'', a 38-gun frigate commanded by Captain Hugh Pigot. * HMS ''Alert'' , , 10 August 1809
An 18-gun

built in 1807 for the

under the name ''Allart'', captured by the British following the

. Recaptured by Danish gunboats off

Fredriksvern Fredriksvern (also called ''Friderichsværn'' (1801), ''Frederiksværn'' (1865), ''Fredriksværen'' (1900) and abbreviated ''Frsværn'') was an important Norwegian naval base, just south of Larvik in Vestfold. It is named after Fredrik V Denmark- ...

. Operated under the same name by the

until transferred to the fledgling

in 1815. Decommissioned in 1817. * HMS ''Minx'' , , 2 September 1809
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1801. Captured by Danish gunboats off

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. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1811. * , , 13 December 1809
The was captured by , , and ''Seine'' (all ) off

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with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was set afire and scuttled the next day. * ''Amelia Wilson'' , , 1809
French merchantman captured by the British Navy in 1809. *See also: **

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** List of early warships of the English navy

1810–1819

Napoleonic Wars (continued) * HMS ''Grinder'' , , 13 April 1810
A gunboat launched in 1809. Captured by Danish gunboats off Anholt. * '' Nereide'' , , 23 August 1810
A 36-gun, copper-hulled, frigate of the

. Captured by the British at Isle of France at the

Battle of Grand Port The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Mau ...

. * HMS ''Alban'' , , 12 September 1810 , 11 May 1811
A schooner launched in 1806. Captured by Danish gunboats off

. Operated by the

Dano-Norwegian Navy The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now ...

under the same name until recaptured by the British in 1811. * ''

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'' , () , 13 March 1811
A 40-gun

of the

. Built her in 1807 for the Venetian Navy Captured by British at the Battle of Lissa. * , () , 16 May 1811
A

post ship Post ship was a designation used in the Royal Navy during the second half of the 18th century and the Napoleonic Wars to describe a ship of the sixth rate (see rating system of the Royal Navy) that was smaller than a frigate (in practice, carry ...

captured by

in command of USS ''President''. The engagement came to be known as the

Little Belt affair The ''Little Belt'' affair was a naval battle on the night of 16 May 1811. It involved the United States frigate and the British sixth-rate , a sloop-of-war, which had originally been the Danish ship ''Lillebælt'', before being captured by ...

, one of many incidents that led to the War of 1812. * HMS ''Safeguard'' , , 29 June 1811
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats off

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1813. * HMS ''Manly'' , , 2 September 1811
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish brigs ''

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'', '' Alsen'' and ''

Samsø Samsø (Anglicized: "Samso" or "Samsoe") is a Denmark, Danish island in the Kattegat off the Jutland Peninsula. Samsø is located in Samsø municipality. The community has 3,724 inhabitants (2017) (January 2010:4,010) called ''Samsings'' and is ...

'' off

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. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1813. * '' Rivoli'' , , 22 Feb 1812
74-gun ''Le Pluton'' class, broken up 1819. * HMS ''Attack'' , , 19 August 1812
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1813. * , , 8 September 1812 * ''San Antonio'' , , 13 October 1812. Captured by the British sloop ''Merope'', commanded by John Charles Gawen. * ''

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'' , , 23 October 1813
A 40-gun ''Pallas''-class

, captured by British, broken up 1821. * '' Le Brillant'' , , 1814
74-gun ship of the line, captured by British, renamed ''Genoa'', broken up 1838.

War of 1812

The

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was fought between Great Britain and the United States whose young navy made a notable stand at sea against the largest and most formidable navy in the world at the time. The causes of the war were regarded differently between the two countries. The U.S. was appalled at Britain for seizing their ships and impressing American citizens into its navy, while Britain maintained that it had the right to search neutral vessels for property or persons of its foes. The ships of the two countries were involved in many engagements along the Atlantic coast, the

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, the

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and the

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with numerous vessels being destroyed or captured on both sides. * ''Alexander'' (brig) , , Unknown date
A civilian brig. Taken as a prize by the British * ''Lord Nelson'' , , 5 June 1812 , 24 December 1815
A schooner commanded by Robert Percy, captured by USS ''Oneida'', commanded by Commodore M.T. Woolsey, while enforcing the Embargo Law. * , , 8 July 1812
A

of 75 tons and 4 guns, launched in 1805, Lieutenant Lewis Maxey. Present at the Battle of Copenhagen, Captured at

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by American privateer ''Dash'' commanded by Captain Garroway. * , , 16 July 1812
Built in 1799 as a merchant vessel it was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1803 and converted into a 16-gun

. Commanded by Lieutenant W. Crane, it was captured off the coast of

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by a blockading British fleet: ''Shannon, Belvidera, Africa, Eolus'' and ''Guerriere'' – the last vessel of these itself defeated by USS ''Constitution'' only a month later. Taken into possession for use in the

and renamed HMS ''Emulous''. * Ulysses , , 20 July 1812
A British brig bound for Halifax from the West Indies captured by American privateer ''Paul Jones''. *''Henry'' , , 26 July 1812
A new merchant ship, captured after a 15-minute fight, carrying sugar and old

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from St Croix to London by the American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle. Valued at $150,000-170,00, sent to Baltimore. * ''Hopewell'' , , July 1812
The American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, captured the merchant ship ''Hopewell'', of 400 tons, as ''Hopewell'' was on her way to London from Surinam, carrying sugar, molasses, cotton, coffee and cocoa by. One of ''Hopewell''s men was killed. The ship was sent to Baltimore where the cargo was valued at $150,000,. *''John'' , , 18 September 1812
A merchant ship, 400 tons, captured on her passage from

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by the American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle. The prize was valued at $150,000-200,000 and sent to

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. One of over thirty other merchant vessels captured by Boyle. * , , 8 October 1812
''Caledonia'' was a brig, formerly HMS ''Caledonia'', captured by the U.S. Navy, during the War of 1812 and taken into American service. Commanded by Lieutenant D. Turner the brig played an important role with the American squadron on

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; sold at the end of the war. * , , 8 October 1812
An 18-gun , launched on 9 February 1806, commanded by Thomas Whinyates. Captured by , commanded by Jacob Jones. * USS ''Adams'' , , 9 October 1812
''Adams'' was in drydock at

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for repairs when war broke out, captured by the British and renamed . Roosevelt, 1883 p.283 * , / , 15 October 1812
Commanded by Jacob Jones. ''Wasp'' was a sailing sloop of war captured by the British in the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806 at the Washington Navy Yard. Captured twice. * , , 18 October 1812
A British

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with eighty one boxes of gold and silver aboard, captured by commanded by Commodore

with

Matthew C. Perry Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). He played a leading role in the o ...

aboard * , , 25 October 1812
A 38-gun fifth rate in the

, captured by the commanded by

during the

. * , , 1 November 1812
A British

of 10 guns and 26 men, carrying a cargo of oil and whalebone, bound for London was captured by under the command of

Captain John Smith John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first pe ...

. The ship was ordered to the United States. She was one of the five prizes Smith took during the war. * , , 26 December 1812
A , commanded by

Henry Lambert Captain Henry Lambert RN (died 4 January 1813) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During his career, Lambert served in numerous ships and several military actions wi ...

, taken as a prize off coast of Brazil after its engagement with , commanded by

. * HMS ''Duke of Gloucester'' or ''Gloucester'' , , 27 April 1813
A 10-gun

launched on

in 1807, captured American squadron under the command of Commodore

Isaac Chauncey Isaac Chauncey (February 20, 1772 – January 27, 1840) was an American naval officer in the United States Navy who served in the Quasi-War, The Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. In the latter part of his naval career he was President of th ...

's and taken back to

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. Destroyed by the British a few weeks later. * , , 1 June 1813
A frigate, commanded by Captain

James Lawrence James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an officer of the United States Navy. During the War of 1812, he commanded in a single-ship action against , commanded by Philip Broke. He is probably best known today for his last words, ...

that was pounded by 362 shots from before its surrender.
See: Capture of USS ''Chesapeake'' * , , 3 June 1813
Part of

Thomas Macdonough Thomas Macdonough, Jr. (December 31, 1783 – November 10, 1825) was an early-19th-century Irish-American naval officer noted for his roles in the first Barbary War and the War of 1812. He was the son of a revolutionary officer, Thomas Macdonou ...

's fleet overtaken by British while on blockade patrol at the

Battle of Lake Champlain The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812. An army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadr ...

. Renamed HMS ''Finch'' * , , 3 July 1813
An American Letter of marque schooner bearing only two guns, captured by off the coast of

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. * , , 14 August 1813
A

commanded by

William Henry Allen Master Commandant William Henry Allen (October 21, 1784 – August 18, 1813) was an American naval officer during the War of 1812. Early life Allen was born in Providence, Rhode Island and was appointed a midshipman in the United States Navy on ...

surrendered to British after engagement with HMS ''Pelican'' in

St George's Channel St George's Channel ( cy, Sianel San Siôr, ga, Muir Bhreatan) is a sea channel connecting the Irish Sea to the north and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. Historically, the name "St George's Channel" was used interchangeably with "Irish Sea" ...

.
See: Capture of USS ''Argus'' * , , 5 September 1813
A 12-gun launched in July 1812, commanded by

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, captured by , commanded by Lieutenant William Burrows. See also: Capture of HMS ''Boxer'' * , , 5 October 1813
A 37-gun

captured on

by , commanded by

at the

Battle of Plattsburgh The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812. An army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadro ...

. * , , 1813
American merchantman launched in 1810, captured by the Royal Navy, in 1813. * , , 14 February 1814
A 16-gun schooner built as the American privateer ''Syren'' and commissioned as Letter of marque, captured by Royal Navy 20 April 1813, renamed ''Pictou''. Commanded by Lieutenant Edward Stephens ''Pictou'' was recaptured at

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during the

by the American frigate commanded by Charles Stewart. * , , 28 March 1814
A

sailing frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

commanded by David Porter that served in the

, the

and the

. Captured off

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by and under the command of Admiral

James Hillyar Admiral Sir James Hillyar KCB KCH (29 October 1769 – 10 July 1843) was a prominent British Royal Navy officer of the early nineteenth century, who is best known for his service in the frigate HMS ''Phoebe'' during the Napoleonic Wars and the W ...

and was renamed HMS ''Essex''. Roosevelt, 1883 pp.346-349 * , , 29 April 1814
An 18-gun commanded by Richard Walter Wales, captured off

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, Florida by with 22 guns commanded by

Lewis Warrington Lewis Warrington (3 November 1782 – 12 October 1851) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Barbary Wars and the War of 1812. He later became a Captain. He temporarily served as the Secretary of the Navy. His highest rank ...

See also: Capture of HMS ''Epervier'' * , , 20 April 1814
Forced to surrender to superior British force off

Matanzas Matanzas (Cuban ) is the capital of the Cuban province of Matanzas. Known for its poets, culture, and Afro-Cuban folklore, it is located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba, on the Bay of Matanzas (Spanish ''Bahia de Matanzas''), east ...

, Cuba. * HMS ''Ballahou'' , , 29 April 1814
A schooner of four guns, commanded by Norfolk King, was the name ship of the

's s. Captured by 5-gun American privateer ''Perry'' off the coast of

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. * , , 28 June 1814
An 18-gun , launched in 1804. She was under the command of Commander Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall() when , under the command of Johnston Blakely, captured her approximately west of

Ushant Ushant (; br, Eusa, ; french: Ouessant, ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany and, in medieval terms, Léon. In lower tiers of governm ...

. Peterson, 1857 p.40
See also:

Sinking of HMS Reindeer The sinking of HMS ''Reindeer'' was one of the hardest-fought naval actions in the Anglo-American War of 1812. It took place on 28 June 1814. The ship-rigged sloop of war forced the to surrender after far more than half the brig's crew, incl ...

* , , 12 July 1814
A

, served in

and

. Captured in 1814 by

. * , , 12 July 1814
A 4-gun , commanded by Lieutenant Robert Daniel Lancaster. Captured near

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by an American privateer ''Syren'', a

sporting one heavy long gun, under Captain J.D. Daniels. * , , 22 June 1814
A brig under the command of Lt. James Renshaw, was captured by the 50-gun, British

. * , , 27 August 1814
built by Symons at Falmouth and launched on 31 January 1805, commanded by James Arbuthnot at time of capture; Captured by , commanded by Commodore

Johnston Blakeley Johnston Blakeley also spelled Johnston Blakely (October 1781 – October 1814) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the War of 1812. He is considered to be one of the most successful American naval offic ...

. * (sloop) , , 11 September 1814
A 12-gun sloop and the second US Navy ship to carry the name. Captured by British and renamed ''Icicle''. * , , 14 December 1814
A

lost to the British at the

Battle of Lake Borgne The Battle of Lake Borgne was a coastal engagement between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy in the American South theatre of the War of 1812. It occurred on December 14, 1814 on Lake Borgne. The British victory allowed them to disembark their tro ...

. * , , 14 December 1814
A

sloop-of-war In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...

lost to the British at the

. * (frigate) , , 15 January 1815
A

that was named by

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, commanded by

, fell into British hands when encountered by .
See: Capture of USS ''President'' * Chasseur vs St Lawrence

, , 20 February 1815
A 22-gun

sixth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works and ...

built in 1806, commanded by Captain Gordon Thomas Falcon; Captured along with HMS ''Levant'' approximately 100 miles east of

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by , commanded by Charles Stewart Toll, 2006 pp.472–474 Hill, 1905 pp.171–172 Phillips HMS Cyane page article * , , 20 February 1815
A 20-gun sixth-rate ship, commanded by Hon. George Douglas; captured along with HMS ''Cyane'', by , commanded by Charles Stewart. * , , 26 February 1815
This 14-gun

was captured just off

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

by the American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, who claimed over thirty prizes as a privateer during the war. * , , 23 March 1815
A 19-gun commanded by James Dickenson; captured by 20-gun

, commanded by

James Biddle James Biddle (February 18, 1783 – October 1, 1848), of the Biddle family, brother of financier Nicholas Biddle and nephew of Capt. Nicholas Biddle, was an American commodore. His flagship was . Education and early career Biddle was born in Ph ...

, following a gunnery duel off the American

cruiser A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several roles. The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hu ...

base of

Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately from Cape Town in South Africa, from Saint Helena ...

. Set ablaze after the removal of its stores due to irreparable damage. Final battle of the war between British and American forces.
See: Capture of HMS ''Penguin'' *See also: :War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom

Second Barbary War

* ''

Mashouda The ''Mashouda'' or ''Meshuda'' was the Regency of Algiers, Algerian fleet flagship of admiral Raïs Hamidou during the Second Barbary War. Stephen Decatur captured her in June 1815 at the Battle off Cape Gata. This created a favorable American po ...

'' , Ottoman Algeria Navy , 17 June 1815
An Algerian frigate and

in the Algerian fleet during the

, commanded by Rais Hammida . Captured by USS ''Guerriere'', commanded by

. * '' Estedio'' , Ottoman Algeria Navy , 19 June 1815
An

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captured by American fleet under the command of

. * '' Eugene'' , , 17 January 1817
An armed Mexican

attempting to smuggle slaves into the United States. * '' General Ramirez'' , , 1819

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

privateer A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...

, captured with 280 slaves by United States ship. Du Bois, 1904 p.291

Chilean war of independence

The Navy of Chile website lists 26 Spanish prizes during the War of Independence. The most famous are probably: * ''Águila'' (1796) , , 26 February 1817
first naval vessel of the

Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy ( es, Armada de Chile) is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso. History Origins and the Wars ...

* ''María Isabel'' (1816) , , 20 October 1818
captured by

Manuel Blanco Encalada Manuel José Blanco y Calvo de Encalada (; April 21, 1790 – September 5, 1876) was a vice-admiral in the Chilean Navy, a political figure, and Chile's first President (Provisional) (1826). Biography Born in Buenos Aires which was the capital ...

off

Santa María Island, Chile Santa María Island is a sparsely inhabited Chilean island located off the coast of Coronel. Santa María Island has been witness to important events in the history of Chile and the world. History Santa María Island was called ''Tralca'' or '' ...

* '' Moctezuma'' , , 24 March 1819
captured by

Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and Radical politician. He was a ...

El Callao Callao () is a Peruvian seaside city and region on the Pacific Ocean in the Lima metropolitan area. Callao is Peru's chief seaport and home to its main airport, Jorge Chávez International Airport. Callao municipality consists of the whole Call ...

* ''Esmeralda'' (1791) , , 5 to 6 November 1820
captured by

* '' Las Caldas'' , , 24 July 1824
captured by

. (later renamed ''Monteagudo'') * '' Aquiles'' , , 23 June 1825
Ship handed over to the Chilean authorities For vessels captured by Chilean Letter of marque ships, see list of prizes

1820–1829

* '' La Jeune Eugene'' , , 1821 * '' La Daphnee'' , , 1821 * '' La Mathilde'' , , 1821 * '' L'Elize'' , , 1821
Above four ships captured together by USS ''Alligator''. All except the ''La Jeune Eugene'' escaped while being escorted to

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

. France protests. * ''

Teresa Teresa (also Theresa, Therese; french: Thérèse) is a feminine given name. It originates in the Iberian Peninsula in late antiquity. Its derivation is uncertain, it may be derived from Greek θερίζω (''therízō'') "to harvest or re ...

'' , , 9 April 1824
A Spanish

outfitted as a ''slaver'', captured at

Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...

by '' El Vincendor'', commanded by Captain Cottrell. *'' San Buenaventura'' , , 9 January 1827 A Spanish

captured off Yucatán by

Mexican Navy The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent armed forces of Mexico. The actual naval forces are called the ''Armada de México''. The ''Secretaría de Marina'' (''SEMAR'') (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the ''Armada'' itself and ...

Ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactic known as the line of battle, which depended on the two colu ...

Congreso Mexicano (former Spanish Asia (ship)) with 214 men to

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

1830–1839

West Africa Squadron The West Africa Squadron, also known as the Preventative Squadron, was a squadron of the British Royal Navy whose goal was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. Formed in 1808 after the British Parliame ...

* , , 6 April 1830
a British East India

captured by pirates but retaken by her crew. * ''Daspegado'' – Spanish pirate vessel, captor of ''St Helena'', captured by .

War of the Confederation The War of the Confederation ( es, Guerra de la Confederación) was a military confrontation waged by Chile, along with Peruvian dissidents, and the Argentine Confederation against the Peru–Bolivian Confederation between 1836 and 1839. As ...

* ,

Confederation A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...

, 4 August 1836
Crew handed the ship over to the Chilean government

Texas Revolution

* , , 1 September 1835
A

warship captured by the merchant ships ''San Felipe'' and ''Laura'' after a bloody exchange of cannon fire off the coast of Texas known as the San Felipe Incident. On board ''San Felipe'' was

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. * , , 3 March 1836
A Mexican merchantman captured by Captain W. Brown in the ''Liberty'', later ran aground on a sandbar and was wrecked. * ''

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

'' ,

, 17 April 1837
Former cutter , captured by the Mexican Navy in the Battle of the Brazos River. In service under Mexican flag as ''La Independencia''.

1839

* , , 1839
A two- masted

built in

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and owned by a Spaniard living in

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. Was used to transport Africans into slavery, who took control of the ship in 1839. Ship was captured off the coast of

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by . Du Bois, 1904 p.293 * , , , November 1839 * , , , November 1839 * , , , November 1839 * , , , November 1839
Above four slaver ships seized together off the coast of Africa using American and Spanish flags to suit the occasion along with fraudulent papers. Captured by British cruiser and brought to United States. * , , 23 September 1839
Fitted as a slaver, and captured by a British cruiser on the coast of Africa. Du Bois, 1904 p.294 * , , October 1839
Captured on the African coast by a British cruiser, and brought by her to New York. * , , 1839
With American papers, seized by British cruisers as Spanish property. Before this she had been boarded fifteen times. * , , September 1839
Seized by a British cruiser, and condemned at

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...

1840–1849

* SS Sarah Ann, SS ''Sarah Ann'' , , March 1840
Captured with fraudulent papers. * SS ''Tigris'' , , 1840
Captured by British cruisers and sent to

for kidnapping. * SS ''Jones'' , , 1840
Seized by the British. * SS ''Shakespeare'' , , 7 November 1842
Shakespeare, of

, with 430 slaves, captured by British cruisers. Du Bois, 1904 p.295 * SS ''Cyrus'' , , 1844
Cyrus, of

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

, suspected slaver, captured by the British cruiser ''Alert''. * SS ''Spitfire'' , , 14 May 1845
Spitfire, of New Orleans, captured on the coast of Africa, under American flag and the captain indicted in Boston. * SS ''Casco'' , , 1849
Slaver, with no papers; searched, and captured with 420 slaves, by a British cruiser. Du Bois, 1904 p.296

Mexican–American War

At the onset of the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

on 12 May 1846, Commodore

John D. Sloat John Drake Sloat (July 26, 1781 – November 28, 1867) was a commodore in the United States Navy who, in 1846, claimed California for the United States. Life He was born at the family home of Sloat House in Sloatsburg, New York, of Dutch ancestr ...

was in command of the Pacific fleet. The Pacific war against Mexico lasted only eight months with few casualties. The Pacific fleet consisted mainly of ten ships: two ships of the line, two frigates, two sloops-of-war, and four sloops. As the Mexican navy was very small few vessels were ever captured. * '' Malek Adhel'' , , 21 August 1846
Mexican merchant

captured by

sloop of war In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...

USS ''Warren'' under the command Lieutenant

William Radford William Radford (September 9, 1809 – January 8, 1890) was a rear admiral of the United States Navy who served during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, in which he remained loyal to the Union, despite his Virginia birth. Ra ...

. * ''

Alerta Alerta is a city in the Madre de Dios Region of Peru. It is located very close to the border with the Madre de Dios Region. It is located 696 km (435 mi) from the region's capital, Pucallpa. It is served by the Alerta Airport Alerta ...

'' , , 10 November 1847
A sloop captured by the chartered ''Libertad'' with its crew of eleven in the

Gulf of California The Gulf of California ( es, Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (''Mar de Cortés'') or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (''Mar Bermejo''), is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja Ca ...

, about twenty-five miles north of

Mulegé Mulegé is a city in Mulegé Municipality, Baja California Sur, situated on the Gulf of California. Located on the Gulf of California, the population was 3,821 according to the Mexican census of 2010. History Indigenous peoples had lived in t ...

First Schleswig War

During the

First Schleswig War The First Schleswig War (german: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg) was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig-Holstein Question, contesting the issue of who should control the Duchies of Schleswig, ...

(18481850) the

Royal Danish Navy The Royal Danish Navy ( da, Søværnet) is the Naval warfare, sea-based branch of the Danish Defence force. The RDN is mainly responsible for maritime defence and maintaining the sovereignty of Denmark, Danish territorial waters (incl. Faroe Isla ...

first supported the

Danish Army The Royal Danish Army ( da, Hæren, fo, Herurin, kl, Sakkutuut) is the land-based branch of the Danish Defence, together with the Danish Home Guard. For the last decade, the Royal Danish Army has undergone a massive transformation of structures ...

's advance south against the rebels in Schleswig-Holstein, and later blockaded the German ports. * '' Christian der achte'' , Private ship , 31 March 1848
A civilian steamship, captured by the Danish naval steamer ''Hekla'' and the brig ''St. Thomas'' at

Aabenraa Aabenraa (; , ; Sønderjysk: ''Affenråe'') is a town in Southern Denmark, at the head of the Aabenraa Fjord, an arm of the Little Belt, north of the Denmark–Germany border and north of German town of Flensburg. It was the seat of Sønder ...

. Used as a transport by the Royal Danish Navy. * '' Gefion'' , , 5 April 1849
A frigate, captured by

Prussian Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an e ...

forces during the

Battle of Eckernförde The Battle of Eckernförde was a Danish naval assault on Schleswig. The Danes were defeated and two of their ships were lost with the surviving crew being detained. Carsen Jensen: ''Vi, de druknede'' (oversatt av Mie Hidle), Forlaget Press, (2 ...

. * , , 1853
A gunboat, surrendered to the Royal Danish Navy after the end of the First Schleswig War. Commissioned into Danish service as

1850–1859

* SS ''Martha'' , , , 7 June 1850
Martha, of New York, captured by USS ''Perry'' when about to embark from southern coast of Africa with 1800 slaves. The captain was admitted to bail, and escaped. * ''

Volusia Volusia County (, ) is located in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Florida, stretching between the St. Johns River and the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2020 census, the county was home to 553,543 people, an increase of 11.9% from the 2 ...

'' , , 2 July 1850
A

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

ian

outfitted as a ''slaver'' with a Brazilian crew, carrying false papers under the American flag, captured near

Kabinda Kabinda is the capital city of Lomami Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Projected to be the second fastest growing African continent city between 2020 and 2025, with a 6.37% growth. Geography Kabinda is served by Tunta Airpor ...

off the

Congo River The Congo River ( kg, Nzâdi Kôngo, french: Fleuve Congo, pt, Rio Congo), formerly also known as the Zaire River, is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge ...

by British steam-sloop HMS ''Rattler'', commanded by Arthur Cumming. * SS ''Lucy Ann'' , , 1850
Lucy Ann, of

, captured with 547 slaves by the British. * SS ''Navarre'' , Country of origin unknown , 1850
Slaver, trading to Brazil, boarded, searched and seized by the commander of H. M. steam-sloop HMS ''Firefly''. * SS ''Glamorgan'' , , 1853
Glamorgan, of New York, captured when about to depart with approximately 700 slaves. * SS ''Grey Eagle'' , , 1854
Grey Eagle, of

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

, captured off Cuba by British. * SS ''William Clark'' , , 1857
Ship from

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

, seized after prolonged surveillance by HMS ''Firefly''. U.S. Congress, 1858 p.13 * SS ''Jupiter'' , , 1857
Fitted out at New Orleans, captured by HMS ''Antelope'' with 70 slaves aboard. * SS ''Eliza Jane'' , , 22 August 1857
Fitted out at New York, captured by HMS ''Alecto'' without papers or colors. * SS ''Jos. H. Record'' , , , 1857
A schooner from

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, captured by HMS ''Antelope'' with 191 slaves aboard. Crew members from Spain and USA. * SS ''Onward'' , , 1857
Slaver vessel out of

, suspected of several smuggling attempts under American colors. Captured by HMS ''Alecto''. * SS ''Echo'' , , , 21 August 1858
The ''Echo'' was commanded by Captain Edward Townsend and financed by foreign nationals from Brazil and was captured by USS ''Dolphin'' off the northern coast of

near the Santaren Channel with 306 slaves.

1860–1869

* SS ''Erie'' , , 1860
Erie, transporting 897 Africans from African coast, captured by a United States ship. Du Bois, 1904 p.297 * ''

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'' , , 21 April 1861
Originally the

tea clipper A clipper was a type of mid-19th-century merchant sailing vessel, designed for speed. Clippers were generally narrow for their length, small by later 19th century standards, could carry limited bulk freight, and had a large total sail area. "C ...

and

''Nightingale'', launched in 1851, captured in

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in 1861 by , taken as a prize and purchased by the

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American Civil War

During the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...

the Union

naval blockade A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It includ ...

at first proved to be ineffective at keeping ships from entering or leaving southern ports but towards the end of the war it played a significant role in its victory over the

Confederate states The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States or the Confederacy was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865. The Confeder ...

. By the end of the war the

Union Navy ), (official) , colors = Blue and gold , colors_label = Colors , march = , mascot = , equipment = , equipment_label ...

had captured many Confederate ships, moreover had also captured more than 1,100 blockade runners while destroying or running aground another 355 vessels. Using specially designed blockade runners, private business interests from Europe also supplied the

Confederate Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...

. The Confederacy came into the war with no Navy to speak of but in little time were producing the now famous ironclad vessels in response to the

Union blockade The Union blockade in the American Civil War was a naval strategy by the United States to prevent the Confederacy from trading. The blockade was proclaimed by President Abraham Lincoln in April 1861, and required the monitoring of of Atlanti ...

, however these were being destroyed or captured as fast as they were being produced and ultimately did little to alleviate the strangle hold the Union blockade had on the Confederacy. * USMS ''Nashville'' , , 13 April 1861
A brig-rigged, side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer originally built as a United States Mail Service ship. Captured 13 April 1861 at Charleston harbor after the fall of

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and renamed CSS ''Nashville''. * USS ''Merrimack'' , , 21 April 1861
A steam-driven

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frigate, was burned to the waterline and sunk 20 April 1861 in preparation for the surrender of the

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the next day. Floated and rebuilt as

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CSS ''Virginia'', she participated in the Battle of Hampton Roads but was scuttled 11 May 1862 to avoid recapture. * '' Enchantress'' , Private ship, 6 July 1861 , , 20 July 1861
A civilian schooner, captured by the Confederate privateer ''Jefferson Davis'', later recaptured by off

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, North Carolina, on 20 July 1861. * CSS ''A. J. View'' , , 28 November 1861
A collier while cruising in

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28 November 1861, the Union screw steamer USS ''R. R. Cuyler'' seized ''A. J. View'' off

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, when the schooner attempted to slip out to sea. * SS ''Arizona'' , Private ship, 15 January 1862 , , 28 October 1862
A civilian side-wheel steamer, captured by Confederate forces at

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. Pressed into Confederate naval service, she was recaptured by USS ''Montgomery'' off

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, Alabama, on 28 October 1862. * SS ''Magnolia'' , Private ship, 15 January 1862 , , 19 February 1862
A civilian side-wheel steamer, captured by Confederate forces at

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

. Pressed into service as a blockade runner, she was recaptured by USS ''Brooklyn'' and USS ''South Carolina'' off

, Alabama, on 19 February 1862, then pressed into service with the US Navy blockade fleet as USS ''Magnolia''. * CSS ''Calhoun'' , , 23 January 1862
A 508-ton side-wheel steamer and gunboat, built in 1851 at

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as the civilian steamer ''Calhoun''. Served as a Confederate privateer and used as a blockade runner in May 1861. * CSS ''Eastport'' , , 7 February 1862
A steamer and ironclad, at

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, captured by three Union gunboats. Renamed USS ''Eastport'', later destroyed on Red River 15 April 1864 to prevent recapture. * CSS ''Ellis'' , , 10 February 1862;
a

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in the

Confederate States Navy The Confederate States Navy (CSN) was the Navy, naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861. It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the Amer ...

and the

during, later lost during a raid while under command of Lieutenant

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. * CSS ''Teaser'' , , 10 February 1862;
After capture was taken into the United States Navy and assigned to the

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. * ''

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'' , , 3 March 1862
A Confederate sidewheel steamer, commanded by J.W. Godfrey, captured by USS ''Pawnee'' at Cumberland Sound, Florida. * ''

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'' , , 27 April 1862
A large iron-hulled screw steamer of 1,238 tons built in 1861 at Stockton-on-Tees as a blockade runner for transporting military supplies to the Confederacy, commanded by Charles W. Westendorff. Captured by USS ''Mercedita'', commanded by Henry S. Stellwagen. * CSS ''Victoria'' , , 6 June 1862
A side-wheel steamer acquired by the Confederate Government for service as a troop transport on the waters of the

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. Captured by Union forces at

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and renamed USS ''Abraham''. * SS ''Mexico'' , Private ship , , 6 June 1862
Originally the 1043-ton side-wheel river steamer, built 1851 at NY, owned by Southern Steamship Co. Pressed into service by the Confederacy at

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Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

15 January 1862. She ran aground during the

, captured, renamed USS ''General Bragg''. * CSS ''General Sumter'' , , 6 June 1862
A side wheel steamer, Capt. W. W. Lamb. Built as Junius Beebe, in 1853 at Algiers, Louisiana. Captured during the

by Union forces, renamed USS ''Sumter''. * '' Napier'' , , 29 July 1862
Blockade runner captured by USS ''Chippewa'' * ''

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'' , , 31 July 1862
A 7-gun

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, built by

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, in Scotland in 1861, serving as a blockade runner before being captured by USS ''Magnolia'' and taken into the

Union Navy ), (official) , colors = Blue and gold , colors_label = Colors , march = , mascot = , equipment = , equipment_label ...

. * CSS ''De Soto'' , Private ship , , 30 September 1862
A

sidewheel steamer A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses we ...

, taken over by the Confederate forces for use on the

. Carrying Confederate officers, she was surrendered to Union forces and taken into the

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as transport, then transferred to the Navy as USS ''De Soto'' and later renamed USS ''General Lyon''. * CSS ''Emily Murray'' , , 9 February 1863
Confederate schooner captured by USS ''Coeur de Lion'' while enforcing the blockade off

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, Virginia. Wyllie, 2007 pp.141, 165 * CSS ''Robert Knowles'' , , 9 February 1863
Confederate schooner captured by USS ''Coeur de Lion'' while enforcing the blockade off Machodoc Creek, Virginia. * , , , 14 February 1863
A

Paddle steamer A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses wer ...

converted into a ram for the

United States Ram Fleet The United States Ram Fleet was a Union Army unit of steam powered ram ships during the American Civil War. The unit was independent of the Union Army and Navy and reported directly to the Secretary of War, Edwin M. Stanton. The ram fleet oper ...

, she ran aground after taking heavy fire from the Fort DeRussy shore batteries, and was captured by the

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...

. * '' Peterhoff'' , ~ , 25 February 1863
A specially built blockade-running steamer, captured leaving St. Thomas by the USS ''Vanderbilt'', commanded by Commodore

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. * USS ''Cherokee'' , ~ , 8 May 1863
A former blockade runner she was captured by USS ''Canandaigua'' leaving

Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint o ...

. * CSS ''Atlanta'' , , 17 June 1863
A 1006-ton

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ironclad Built in

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, originally named ''Fingal''. She ran the blockade into

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, in November 1861 with a large cargo of weapons and military supplies. Later ran aground and captured by

in command of USS ''Weehawken'' in

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. * CSS ''Archer'' , , 25 June 1863
originally a fishing

captured by the

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cruiser CSS ''Tacony'' and converted into a Confederate

for

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. * SS ''Britannia'' , Private ship , 25 June 1863
An iron-hulled, side-wheel steamer laid down and built in 1862 to run through the Union Navy's blockade. Captured by USS ''Santiago de Cuba''. * CSS ''Merrimac'' , , 24 July 1863
A sidewheel steamer commanded by William P. Rogers used as a blockade runner. Captured by USS ''Iroquois'' commanded by J. S. Palmer off the coast of

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. * SS ''Emma'' , Private ship , 24 July 1863
A

, Maryland-built vessel which was operating out of

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, under a Bahamian register, captured by USS ''Adirondack'' while trying to evade the Union blockade. * CSS ''Robert E. Lee'' , , 9 November 1863
A schooner-rigged, iron-hulled, paddle-steamer used as a blockade runner commanded by Lieutenant Richard H. Gayle. Captured off the coast of North Carolina by USS ''James Adger'' and USS ''Iron Age''. * CSS ''Annie Thompson'' , , 16 January 1864
A sloop and blockade runner, run aground and captured by USS ''Fernandina'' at St. Cathrine's Sound. * USRC ''Dodge'' , , , 4 April 1864
Seized by the Confederates at

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, at the war's outbreak and renamed ''Mary Sorly''. Recaptured by USS ''Sciota'' trying to run the blockade. * CSS ''Bombshell'' , , 5 May 1864
An

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steamer – was a

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transport, later sunk by the

batteries on 18 April 1864, then raised and taken into the

under the command of

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Albert Gallatin Hudgins, CSN. * SS ''Tristram Shandy'' 15 May 1864
An iron-hulled

completed in 1864 at

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, used as a blockade runner, captured by the USS ''Kansas''. * USS ''Water Witch'' , , 3 June 1864
A wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboat used in Gulf blockading squadron, captured by CSN gunboat fleet in Ossabaw Sound, 1st Lt. Thomas P. Pelot in command. * CSS ''Selma'' , , 5 August 1864
Captured at

Battle of Mobile Bay The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was a naval and land engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fle ...

. * CSS ''Tennessee'' , , 5 August 1864
An ironclad ram, commissioned 16 February 1864,

James D. Johnston in command. Later became the flagship of Admiral

Franklin Buchanan Franklin Buchanan (September 17, 1800 – May 11, 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy who became the only full admiral in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. He also commanded the ironclad CSS ''Virginia''. Early lif ...

who surrendered at the

. * CSS ''Advance'' , , 10 September 1864
A side-wheel steamer, built at

, Scotland, in 1862, purchased by the CSA (North Carolina) under the name ''Lord Clyde'' in 1863, renamed ''Advance'' for running Union blockade. Vessel made 20 blockade runs before its capture by '' USS ''Santiago de Cuba'''' off

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. Renamed USS ''Frolic'' in 1865. * , , 27 October 1864
A steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second ''Albemarle'' of the United States Navy), commanded by

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, sunk by spar torpedo, captured, raised, and sold. * CSS ''Lady Sterling'' , , 28 October 1864

blockade runner CSS ''Lady Stirling'', built by James Ash at

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, in 1864. She was badly damaged and captured by the

on 28 October 1864 off

. * ''

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'' , , 5 November 1864
A schooner and cargo ship out of Boston, commanded by Samuel J. Gilman, used in the American Civil War, captured by CSS ''Shenandoah'', commanded by Captain

James Iredell Waddell James Iredell Waddell (July 3, 1824 – March 15, 1886) was an officer in the United States Navy and later in the Confederate States Navy. During the American Civil War, Waddell took command of the ''CSS Shenandoah'', which he used to sail aroun ...

and burned in 1864. * '' D. Godfrey'' , , 8 November 1864
A cargo bark from Boston, captured by CSS ''Shenandoah'', commanded by Captain

, sunk southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. See also: Vessels captured by CSS ''Shenandoah'' * CSS ''Florida'' , , 28 November 1864
A

in the

, commanded by John Newland Maffitt (a privateer), captured by , commanded by Rear Admiral

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, later sunk in collision with USAT Alliance, a troop ferry, 28 November 1864. * SS ''Syren'' , , 18 February 1865
The Syren was a sidewheel steamer built at Greenwich, Kent, England in 1863 and designed for outrunning and evading the vessels on Union blockade patrol. Owned by the Charleston Importing and Exporting Company, the ''Syren'' made her first run on 5 November 1863, running supplies from

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to Wilmington. The ''Syren'' completed a record 33 runs through the blockade, the most of any blockade runner. Abandoned and set fire the Union Army captured her in Charleston harbor where she had successfully run in through the blockade the night before.
See also: Wilmington, North Carolina in the American Civil War * CSS ''Columbia'' , , 18 February 1865
An ironclad ram. Found by Union forces near

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when they took possession of Charleston in 1865. * CSS ''Texas'' , , 4 April 1865
A twin propeller casement ironclad

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, captured at Richmond navy yard by union forces after city was evacuated. * See also: **

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Blockade runners of the American Civil War The blockade runners of the American Civil War were seagoing steam ships that were used to get through the Union blockade that extended some along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coastlines and the lower Mississippi River. The Confederate stat ...

List of ships of the Confederate States Navy This is a list of ships of the Confederate States Navy (CSN), used by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865. Included are some types of civilian vessels, such as blockade runners, steamboats, and pr ...

Second Schleswig War

During the

Second Schleswig War The Second Schleswig War ( da, Krigen i 1864; german: Deutsch-Dänischer Krieg) also sometimes known as the Dano-Prussian War or Prusso-Danish War was the second military conflict over the Schleswig-Holstein Question of the nineteenth century. T ...

in 1864 the

blockaded the German ports. While the Danes suffered military defeat on land during the conflict, their navy succeeded in maintaining the blockade throughout the war. * ''

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'' , Private ship , 8 March 1864
A civilian ship, captured by the Danish frigate ''

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'' off

Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...

. * '' Eudora'' , Private ship , 2 April 1864
A civilian barque, captured by the Danish corvette ''Dagmar'' off

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Chincha Islands War

The

Chincha Islands War The Chincha Islands War, also known as Spanish–South American War ( es, Guerra hispano-sudamericana), was a series of coastal and naval battles between Spain and its former colonies of Peru, Chile, Ecuador, and Bolivia from 1865 to 1879. The ...

(18641866) was a mostly naval conflict between Spain and her former South American colonies Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia. * '' Virgen de Covadonga'' , , 26 November 1865
The naval schooner was captured in the

Battle of Papudo The Naval Battle of Papudo was a naval engagement fought between Spanish and Chilean forces on November 26, 1865, during the Chincha Islands War. It was fought 55 miles north of Valparaiso, Chile, near the coastal town of Papudo. Background U ...

by the Chilean corvette '' Esmeralda''. Pressed into Chilean service, she was sunk by a

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during the

War of the Pacific The War of the Pacific ( es, link=no, Guerra del Pacífico), also known as the Saltpeter War ( es, link=no, Guerra del salitre) and by multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought ...

in 1880. * '' Paquete de Maule'' , , 6 March 1866
The sidewheel steamer was captured by Spanish frigates. She was burned and destroyed by the Spanish on 10 May 1866. * '' Pampero'' , , 22 August 1866
The naval steamer was captured by the Spanish frigate ''Gerona'' in the action of 22 August 1866 off

. She was pressed into Spanish naval service and remained so until sunk by Nationalist aircraft at

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during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...

in 1938.

1870–1879

Ten Years' War

The

Ten Years' War The Ten Years' War ( es, Guerra de los Diez Años; 1868–1878), also known as the Great War () and the War of '68, was part of Cuba's fight for independence from Spain. The uprising was led by Cuban-born planters and other wealthy natives. O ...

was fought between Cuban revolutionaries and Spain. Breaking out in 1868, the war was won by Spain by 1878. * '' Virginius'' , () , 30 October 1873
The blockade runner, carrying 103 Cuban soldiers, was captured by the Spanish corvette . After initially executing 53 crew members as pirates, the Spanish authorities were pressured by the US and British governments to release the ship and the 91 surviving crew in December 1873.

War of the Pacific

The

(18791883) was fought between

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and

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on one side, with

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

on the other. Chile emerged victorious. * ''

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'' , , 23 July 1879
The troopship was captured by the Peruvian ironclad ''

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'' and the Peruvian corvette '' Unión'' off

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. The ship was taken into service with the Peruvian Navy. * ''

'' , , 8 October 1879
The ironclad was captured by Chilean naval forces in the

Battle of Angamos The Battle of Angamos ( es, Combate de Angamos) was a naval encounter of the War of the Pacific fought between the navies of Chile and Perú at Punta Angamos, on 8 October 1879. The battle was the culminating point of a naval campaign that las ...

. The ship was taken into service with the Chilean Navy under the same name and is still afloat as a museum and historical memorial ship at the port of Talcahuano, Chile * '' Pilcomayo'' , , 18 November 1879
captured by Chilean '' Blanco Encalada''. * ''

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'' , , 22 December 1879
captured by Chilean transporter ''Amazonas'' between Panama and

.Chilean Navy website
Guacolda (1879)

1880–1889

(Ship names / Information forthcoming)

1890–1899

First Sino-Japanese War

The 1894–95

First Sino-Japanese War The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was a conflict between China and Japan primarily over influence in Korea. After more than six months of unbroken successes by Japanese land and naval forces and the loss of the po ...

was fought between

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and Meiji

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

over dominance of

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. The war ended in Japanese victory and great Chinese loss of territory and prestige. * '' Tsao-kiang'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

Beiyang Navy The Beiyang Fleet (Pei-yang Fleet; , alternatively Northern Seas Fleet) was one of the four modernized Chinese navies in the late Qing dynasty. Among the four, the Beiyang Fleet was particularly sponsored by Li Hongzhang, one of the most trust ...

, 27 July 1894
The gunboat was captured by the Japanese cruiser during the

Battle of Pungdo The Battle of Pungdo or Feng-tao (Japanese: ) was the first naval battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 25 July 1894 off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, between cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy and components of the Chines ...

. She served in the Japanese Navy and government service under the name ''Sōkō'' until 1924. Sold to civilian interests, she sailed as a transport until scrapped in 1964. * '' Fulong'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

, 7 February 1895
The

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was captured by Japanese forces during the

Battle of Weihaiwei The Battle of Weihaiwei (Japanese: was a battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place between 20 January and 12 February 1895, in Weihai, Shandong Province, China, between the forces of Japan and Qing China. In early January 1895, the ...

on 7 February 1895. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name ''Fukuryū'' until sold for scrap in 1908. * ''

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'' ,

, 17 February 1895
The cruiser was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895

. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name ''Saien'' until mined and sunk off Port Arthur on 30 November 1904, during the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...

. * '' Pingyuan'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

, 17 February 1895
The

armored cruiser The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a battleship and fast eno ...

was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895

. She served in the Japanese Navy first under the name ''Ping Yuen Go'' and later as ''Heien'' until mined and sunk west of Port Arthur on 18 September 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War. * '' Zhenyuan'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

, 17 February 1895
The

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was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895

. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name ''Chin'en'' until scrapped in 1914.

Spanish–American War

The

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lasted only ten weeks and was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific theaters. American naval power proved decisive, allowing U.S. expeditionary forces to disembark in Spanish controlled Cuba which was already under constant pressure from frequent insurgent attacks. It is the only American war that was prompted by the fate of a single ship, the USS ''Maine'', then berthed in a Cuban harbor, which exploded while its crew lay asleep. * ''Saranac'' , () , 26 February 1898
The bark ''Saranac''—under Captain Bartaby—was captured in the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

by the Spanish gunboat '' Elcano'' carrying 1,640 short tons (1,490 t) of coal from Newcastle,

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, to

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, for

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's fleet. * '' Elcano'' , , 1 May 1898
The gunboat was captured by US naval forces during the

Battle of Manila Bay The Battle of Manila Bay ( fil, Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; es, Batalla de Bahía de Manila), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore ...

on 1 May 1898. She was officially turned over to the US Navy on 9 November 1898. * '' Reina Mercedes'' , , 17 July 1898
The scuttled cruiser was captured by US naval forces at

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. The ship was raised in 1899 and taken into service with the US Navy.

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