Baltimore (1810 ship)

US cargo ship launched in 1810

History
United States
Name| Baltimore
Owner| Peter Arnold Karthaus
Builder| Talbot County, Maryland
Launched| 1810
Captured| 1812
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen| 226, or 240[2] (bm)
Length| 97 ft (30 m)
Beam| 24 ft 6 in (7.5 m)
Sail plan| Schooner
Complement| 33, or 48[2]
Armament| 4 × 4-pounder guns + 4 × 4-pounder carronades

Baltimore was launched in Maryland in 1810. She was commissioned at Baltimore as a letter of marque on 26 August 1812. Captain Edward Veasey sailed on 12 September with a cargo for Bordeaux.[a]

Then on 28 September Baltimore captured Point Share, which had been sailing from Barbados to Newfoundland with a cargo of dried codfish. Veasey took Point Share's master and crew on board Baltimore and sent his prize into Baltimore with a prize crew.[5] Point Shares arrived at Baltimore on 20 October.[6] By then, Baltimore herself had already fallen prey to the Royal Navy.

In early October Baltimore was in the Bay of Biscay, near Santander when on 7 October she encountered a British naval squadron, which captured her. The report of her capture noted that she was carrying coffee, sugar, and hides.[2] Lloyd's List reported that she had arrived at Portsmouth on 1 November. It also reported that she was a prize to HMS Diadem.[7]

In 1813 Edward Veasey became captain of the even more unfortunate privateer Tartar. Then in 1814 he became captain of the privateer schooner Lawrence, which captured 22 vessels.

## Notes

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1. ^ By one report, on her way Baltimore detained the schooner Dorcas. Veasey removed the drygoods on Dorcas and released her.[3] However, other reports attribute the incident to Liberty.[4]

## Citations

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1. ^ Cranwell & Crane (1940), p. 374.
2. ^ a b c "No. 16715". The London Gazette. 27 March 1813. p. 627.
3. ^ Maclay (1900), p. 476.
4. ^ Scharf (1881), p. 108.
5. ^ Cranwell & Crane (1940), p. 271.
6. ^ Lloyd's List (LL) 25 December 1812, №4731.
7. ^ LL 3 November 1812, №4716.

## References

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* Cranwell, John Philips; Crane, William Bowers (1940). Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
* Maclay, E.S. (1900). A History of American Privateers, by Edgar Stanton Maclay ... S. Low, Marston and Company.
* Scharf, John Thomas (1881). History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Their Representative Men. L.H. Everts.