Nautilus, 14 Gun Schooner
Nationality | United States of America | |
Launched | 1799 | W012 |
Authorised | 1803-Feb-28 | B052 |
Purchased | 1803-May | W012 |
Shipyard | Maryland | W012 |
Constructor | Henry Spencer | W012 |
Rate | Schooner | |
In Service | 1803-Jun-24 | W012 |
Out Service | 1812-Jul-16 | W012 |
Fate | Captured | W012 |
Gun Deck | Keel | Beam | Depth | Draught | Burthen | Displacement | Source |
87' 6" | | 23' 8" | | | | 185 | W012 |
Date | Crew | Guns | Deck | B/S Weight | Source |
1803 | 103 | 12 | 12 x 6 | 36 | W012 |
1811 | | 12 | 12 x 18C | 108 | W012 |
1814-Jul-16 | 95 | | | | B044 |
Service record
1799 | Built as a merchantman the Eastern Shore of Maryland | W012 |
1803-May | Purchased from Thomas Tennant in Baltimore | W012 |
1803-Jun-24 | Commissioned | W012 |
1803-Jun-30 | Left Hampton Roads bound for the Mediterranean | W012 |
1803-Jul-27 | Arrived in Gibraltar | W012 |
1803-Jul-31 | Left Gibraltar | W012 |
1803-Jul | Returned to Gibraltar | W012 |
1803-Oct-06 | Sailed for Tangier as part of Commodore John Rodger's squadron | W012 |
1804-Feb | Cruising off Tunis | W012 |
1804-Feb | Entered Syracuse | W012 |
1804-Mar | Off Tripoli | W012 |
1804-May | Entered Messina harbour for repairs | W012 |
1804-Jul-05 | Left Messina | W012 |
1805-Jul-25 | Joined the Constitution off Tripoli | W012 |
1805-Aug-03 | Start of period of seige and attacks on Tripoli | W012 |
1805-Sep-03 | Attacks end | W012 |
1805-Feb | Left Malta for Leghorn to have a new mainmast fitted | W012 |
1805-Apr-27 | Arrived off Derne to participate in an attack on that place | W012 |
1805-May-17 | Left the area of Derne and retired to Malta | W012 |
1805-May | Returned to Tripoli | W012 |
1806-Jun | Left the Mediterranean | W012 |
1806-Jul | Arrived in Washington DC and was placed in ordinary | W012 |
1808 | Recommissioned for service on the east coast | W012 |
1810 | Placed in ordinary at Wshington Naval Yard | W012 |
1811 | Recommissioned after conversion to a brig and was rearmed with carronades | W012 |
1812-Jul-16 | Taken by a British squadron including Africa (64), Shannon (38) and Aeolus (32) | W012 |
Notes
Nautilus was purchased for $18,763 (B044)
Lieutenant James Decatur was killed on August 3rd 1804 while commanding Gunboat #2 in an attack on Tripoli, three of the Nautilus' seamen and a marine were wounded. (B052)
Lieutenant Commander Richard Somers was killed on September 4th 1804 while commanding the schooner Intrepid in an attack on Tripoli. Four seamen from the Nautilus were also killed. (B052)
Nautilus was the first vessel lost by either side in the War of 1812.
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