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HBMUS Epervier (1812)

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**Epervier, 18 Gun Cruizer class Brig**

Length	Keel	Beam	Depth	Draught	Burthen	Displacement	Source
100' 0"		30' 6"		12' 9"	447		W012

Date	Crew	Guns	Deck	B/S Weight	Source
1814	128	18	2 x 18C, 16 x 32C	274	W012

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
1813-Feb	1814-Apr-29	Richard Wales	W004/B045

Date From	Date To	Rank/Position	Name	Source

1813-Aug-20	Took the American schooner Lively	W004
1813-Sep-20	Took the American ship Active	W004
1813-Dec	Damaged in a hurricane	W004
1814-Feb-23	Took the privateer brig Alfred of Salem, (16)	W004/B045
1814-Apr-29	Captured by the Peacock	W012/B045

Date		Source
1814-Apr-29	Action against Peacock	W012/B045

The Alfred mounted 14 long 6pdr, 2 18pdr carronades and had a crew of 110.

In the Action against the Peacock, the Epervier took "9 killed and mortally wounded, and 14 severely and slightly wounded".

W004	Ships of the Old Navy	Michael Phillips
W012	Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels
B045	The Naval War of 1812 - Vol II	Theodore Roosevelt

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