Young Teazer was a United States privateer schooner that captured 12 British vessels, five of which made it to American ports. A member of her crew blew...

The capture of USS Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between the Royal Navy frigate HMS Shannon and the...

control of the Great Lakes they were unable to receive supplies, resulting in the British failure to capture Plattsburgh in the Second Battle of Lake Champlain...

to capture Constitution. When the two ships encountered each other on August 19th, Guerriere's Captain James Richard Dacres engaged, confident of victory...

on the western lakeshore and captured the provincial capital after defeating an outnumbered force of regulars, militia and Ojibwe natives under the command...

Orleans] ... but by the failure of his fleet to pass fort St. Philip." Despite news of capture of the American battery on the west bank of the Mississippi River...

territory they held at the end of hostilities. The Treaty of Ghent, in which captured or occupied territories were restored on the basis of status quo ante bellum...

brought news of the Treaty of Ghent the next day and the British abandoned the Gulf Coast. This ending of the war prevented the capture of Mobile, and...

War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of the British Royal Navy. This ensured American control of the lake...

The Battle of Valparaíso, also called the Capture of USS Essex, was a naval action fought during the War of 1812. It took place off Valparaíso, Chile...

command of the naval party. The bomb vessels Aetna and Meteor were present during the siege of Fort Bowyer in February 1815. When the British captured the fort...

The capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant was an action which took place at the end of the Anglo-US portion of the War of 1812. The two British warships...

250752; -79.061111 The Battle of Fort George was fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured Fort George in...

to capture the town, which was the principal dockyard and base for the American naval squadron on the lake. Twelve warships were built here. The British...

Teazer was an American privateer schooner in the War of 1812 that the British captured and destroyed in January 1813. She is best known as the predecessor...

The capture of HMS Macedonian was a naval action fought near Madeira on 25 October 1812 between the heavy frigate USS United States, commanded by Stephen...

trifling a skirmish" Porter later said, Alert became the first American capture of the war. The duel itself lasted a mere eight minutes, during which...

The capture of East India Company brig Nautilus took place on 30 June 1815. Although part of the Anglo-American War of 1812, it took place long after the...

The capture of HMS Boxer in 1813 was a sea fight off the coast of Maine in the War of 1812. The United States Navy brig USS Enterprise, commanded by Lieutenant...

sailors of the Royal Navy and soldiers from the garrison of Mackinac captured both gunboats by surprise in the first week of September, leaving the British...

cruised the South Seas and they captured several British whalers that they placed under navy command. By October 1813, Essex was in serious need of repairs...

Ultimately the British were victorious and the American ships were captured. On April 1, 1813, a British squadron consisting of the ships-of-the-line San...

The capture of USS President was one of many naval actions fought at the end of the War of 1812. The frigate USS President tried to break out of New York...

Lake Erie (this capture contributed to the later American victory at the Battle of Lake Erie). The British themselves set fire to the part-completed corvette...

dump at Bay St. Louis in order to prevent its capture by British forces. The schooner, with the protection of two land-based 6 pounder cannon, saw off three...

USS Hornet captured HMS Penguin in a short battle off Tristan da Cunha. It was one of several engagements that took place after the War of 1812 had ended...

and hasten a successful end to the war. The Royal Navy had begun the Louisiana Campaign to capture New Orleans. The shallow coastal waters around New...

Prince Regent (22 guns), Earl of Moira (20 guns), Governor Simcoe (10 guns), and Seneca (2 guns). The British captured a merchant ship carrying flour...

destruction of the town, the Council agreed to hand over all merchant ships, even those which had been scuttled to prevent them being captured, and merchandise...

The capture of HMS Frolic was a naval action fought in the Atlantic on 18 October 1812, between the sloop-of-war USS Wasp, commanded by Master Commandant...