Details | ||
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Nationality | American | |
Launched | 1799/09/30 | W012 |
Shipyard | Salem | W012 |
Designer | William Hackett | W012 |
Constructor | Enos Briggs | B064 |
Rate | Frigate | |
Type | Frigate | |
Out Service | 1814/03/28 | W012 |
Fate | Captured | W012 |
Becomes | Essex |
Dimensions | |||
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B064 | Type | Metric | |
Length of Gundeck | 138' 7" | Imperial Feet | 42.24 |
Length of Keel | 117' 27/8" | Imperial Feet | 35.73 |
Breadth | 37' 31/2" | Imperial Feet | 11.37 |
Depth in Hold | 11' 9" | Imperial Feet | 3.58 |
Burthen | 86722/94 | Tons BM | |
W012 | Type | Metric | |
Length of Gundeck | 140' 0" | Imperial Feet | 42.67 |
Breadth | 31' 0" | Imperial Feet | 9.45 |
Depth in Hold | 12' 3" | Imperial Feet | 3.73 |
Burthen | 850 | Tons BM |
Armament | ||
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1800 | W012 | Broadside Weight = 348 |
Upper Gun Deck | 26 | American 12-Pounder |
Spardeck | 16 | American 24-Pound Carronade |
1810 | W012 | Broadside Weight = 676 |
Upper Gun Deck | 24 | American 32-Pound Columbiad |
Upper Gun Deck | 2 | American 12-Pounder |
Spardeck | 16 | American 32-Pound Columbiad |
Spardeck | 4 | American 12-Pounder |
Crew Complement | |||
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Date | Men | Notes | Source |
1800 | 300 | W012 |
Commanders | ||||
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Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1799/07 | 1800 | Captain | Edward Preble | B171 |
1801 | 1801 | Captain | Edward Preble | B171 |
1801/05/02 | 1802 | Captain | William Bainbridge | W012 |
1803/12/01 | 1807 | Captain | James Barron | DB009 |
1810/10/29 | 1811/09 | Captain | John Smith | |
1811 | 1814/03/28 | Captain | David Porter | W012 |
Commissioned Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1799/11/08 | Unknown | First Lieutenant | Richard C Beale | DB009 |
1799/11/28 | 1801 | Second Lieutenant | David Phipps | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | Unknown | Lieutenant | George Gardiner Lee | DB009 |
1800/01 | 1800/04/01 | Acting Lieutenant | George Washington Tew | |
1800/04/01 | 1801/04 | Lieutenant | George Washington Tew | DB009 |
1811 | 1812 | Lieutenant | Lewis Warrington | W053 |
1812 | 1813/01/04 | Acting Lieutenant | William Bolton Finch | W055 |
1812 | 1813/07/24 | Acting Lieutenant | Stephen D McKnight | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Lieutenant | James P Wilmer | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | First Lieutenant | John Downes | W055 |
1812/05/19 | 1814/03/28 | Lieutenant | James Wilson | W055 |
1813/01/04 | 1814/03/28 | Lieutenant | William Bolton Finch | W055 |
1813/07/24 | 1814/03/28 | Lieutenant | Stephen D McKnight | W055 |
1814/03/28 | 1814/03/28 | Lieutenant | John G Powell | |
Warrant Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1799/03/02 | 1801/06/10 | Surgeon | Hector Orr | DB009 |
1799/11/13 | 1801/09/10 | Purser | William Mumford | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | Unknown | Boatswain | Joseph Martin | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | 1803/01/22 | Gunner | Samuel Masury | DB009 |
1799/12/06 | Unknown | Master | Rufus Low | DB009 |
1801/04/28 | 1803/06/04 | Master | Richard Butler | DB009 |
1802 | Unknown | Loblolly Boy | Alexander Wood | W056 |
1811/05/10 | 1814/03/28 | Chaplain | David P Adams | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Purser | John R Shaw | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Master | John G Cowell | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Boatswain | Edward Linscott | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Gunner | Lawrence Miller | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Carpenter | John S Waters | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Sailmaker | David Navarro | W055 |
1812/05/22 | 1814/03/28 | Surgeon | Robert Miller | W055 |
Petty Officers | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1799/09/23 | 1801/06/22 | Midshipman | Thomas Randall | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Boatswain's Mate | John Howard | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Sailmaker | George Perkins | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Master's Mate | William B Reed | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Master's Mate | Francis Benson | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Captain's Clerk | Samuel Curren Ward | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Cooper | John Douglass | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Coxswain | Eli Dill | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Boatswain's Mate | William Fisher | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Gunner's Mate | William Patterson | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Gunner's Yeoman | John Smith | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Carpenter's Mate | Stephen Stimson | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Carpenter's Mate | Samuel Hazleton | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Surgeon's Mate | John Hancock Perkins | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Cook | Andrew Knowland | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Master-at-Arms | James Wallace | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Armourer | Joseph Newell | DB009 |
1799/12 | 1800/01 | Sailmaker | Samuel York Nowel | DB009 |
1799/12 | 1800/07/04 | Steward | Simeon F Stewart | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | Unknown | Midshipman | William Scallon | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | Unknown | Midshipman | John Shattuck | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | Unknown | Midshipman | John Rowe | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | 1800/01 | Midshipman | Fitch Tarbell | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | 1801/02/09 | Midshipman | Samuel Stubbs | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | 1801/02/25 | Midshipman | Royal Gurley | DB009 |
1799/12/02 | 1801/08/06 | Midshipman | Samuel Conant | DB009 |
1799/12/11 | 1801/04/30 | Midshipman | Samuel Allen | DB009 |
1799/12/11 | 1801/05/20 | Midshipman | James Henry Adams | DB009 |
1800 | Unknown | Midshipman | John Brown | DB009 |
1800/03/25 | Unknown | Master's Mate | Richard Butler | DB009 |
1800/03/25 | Unknown | Master's Mate | Richard Butter | DB009 |
1801 | 1802 | Midshipman | Thomas Swarthout | |
1801/01 | 1800/05/30 | Midshipman | William H Williams | DB009 |
1801/01 | 1801/05/26 | Midshipman | J B Hitchborn | DB009 |
1801/04/28 | Unknown | Midshipman | Benjamin B Smith | DB009 |
1801/04/28 | Unknown | Midshipman | Simon Smith | DB009 |
1801/04/28 | Unknown | Midshipman | George Merrill | DB009 |
1801/04/28 | 1803/03/03 | Midshipman | Abner Woodruff | DB009 |
1811/08/09 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | David G Farragut | DB009 |
1811/08/09 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | David Tittermary | DB009 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Mate | William P Piercy | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | John Cowan | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | William Odenheimer | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | William W Feltus | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | Henry Gray | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Surgeon's Mate | Richard K Hoffman | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Surgeon's Mate | Alexander M Montgomery | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | William H Haddiway | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | Richard Dashiell | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | Charles T Clark | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | George W Isaac | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | Henry W Ogden | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Midshipman | Thomas Anderson Conover | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Captain's Clerk | W W Bostwick | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Master's Mate | James Terry | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Boatswain's Mate | Thomas Belcher | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Boatswain's Mate | Joseph Hawley | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Boatswain's Mate | William Kingsbury | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Gunner's Mate | George Martin | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Gunner's Mate | James Spafford | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Carpenter's Mate | John Langley | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Armourer | Field Bennet | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Master-at-Arms | George Kensinger | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Cooper | John Adams | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Coxswain | John Francis | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Steward | Thomas Coleman | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Cook | John Haden | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quartermaster | James Rynard | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quartermaster | Francis Bland | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quartermaster | William Gardner | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quartermaster | John Mallett | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quartermaster | Robert Dunn | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quartermaster | John Thompson | W055 |
Crew | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | James Orr | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | James Converse | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | John Lessell | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | John Robinson | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | William Trafford | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | John West | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | Jacob Benson | DB009 |
1799/12 | Unknown | Quarter Gunner | Hans Olsen | DB009 |
1799/12/17 | 1799/12/31 | Able Seaman | John Williamson | DB009 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Boatswain's Yeoman | Thomas Bailey | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Gunner's Yeoman | Thomas Edwards | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Carpenter's Yeoman | Benjamin Wadden | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | Isaac Valance | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | Benjamin Geers | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | Adam Roach | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | James Steady | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | Leonard Green | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | James Marshall | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | Edward Sellman | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Quarter Gunner | Henry Stone | W055 |
Marines | ||||
Date From | Date to | Rank/Position | Name | Source |
1799/12 | 1800/01 | Marine First Lieutenant | S W Geddis | DB009 |
1800/01 | 1800/01 | Sergeant | Elisha Chapin | DB009 |
1800/01 | 1800/01 | Sergeant | Winthrop Brabury | DB009 |
1800/01 | 1800/01 | Corporal | Joel Russell | DB009 |
1800/01 | 1800/01 | Corporal | John Alverson | DB009 |
1800/01 | 1800/01 | Corporal | Stephen Dickenson | DB009 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Marine Lieutenant | John M Gamble | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Sergeant | Abraham van Deezer | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Sergeant | Pierce G Small | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Corporal | Absalom Krewson | W055 |
1812 | 1814/03/28 | Corporal | Andrew Mahon | W055 |
Service Record | ||
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Date | Notes | Source |
1800/01/06 | Left New York in company with Congress | |
1800/03/28 | Doubled the Cape of Good Hope, the first US vessel to do so | DB009 |
1800/08/27 | Passed the Cape of Good Hope | DB009 |
1800/09/10 | Arrived at St Helena | DB009 |
1800/11/29 | Arrived at New York | DB009 |
1801/07/01 | Arrived at Gibraltar | |
1802/06/17 | Sailed from the Mediterranean for home | DB009 |
1802/07/22 | Arrived in New York | DB009 |
1802/08 | Arrived at the Washington Navy Yard for repairs | DB009 |
1803/04/01 | Placed in ordinary | DB009 |
1804/08 | Returned to the Mediterranean | |
1805/04/27 | Present in the attack on the town of Derne, losing 14 killed | DB009 |
1806/07 | Returned to Washington and placed in Ordinary | |
1807/05/01 | Placed in ordinary | DB009 |
1809/02 | Recommissioned | |
1811/12/03 | At Newport | DB009 |
1812/07/03 | Sailed from New York | DB009 |
1812/07/11 | Took British Transport #299 with 197 soldiers on board from a convoy of seven escorted by Minerva (32) | |
1812/07/13 | Took the Lamprey brig from a merchant fleet convoyed by the Nimrod | DB009 |
1812/07/26 | Took the Leander brig with a crew of 5 | DB009 |
1812/08/02 | Took the brig Hero with a crew of 8 and the ship Nancy with a crew of 11 | DB009 |
1812/08/03 | Took the brig Brothers with a crew of 10 and used it as a cartel for prisoners | DB009 |
1812/08/08 | Took the brig King George with a crew of 10 loaded with coal and salt | DB009 |
1812/08/09 | Took the brig Mary with a crew of 9 | DB009 |
1812/08/13 | Took the sloop Alert (16) mounting 20 x 18C | |
1812/09 | Returned to New York | |
1812/10/27 | Left for a cruise to the south | |
1812/12/12 | Took the British Packet Norton (10) with 31 men on board | DB009 |
1812/12/29 | Took the schooner Elizabeth | DB009 |
1812/12/29 | Took the Peruvian schooner Nereyda (15) | DB009 |
1813/03/14 | Arrived at Valparaiso, Chile | |
1813/03/20 | Captured the Peruvian Corsair Nereyda (16) | |
1813/04/29 | Took the British Whaling ships Barclay, Montezuma, Georgiana and Policy | DB009 |
1813/05/28 | Took the British Whaling ship Atlantic and converted her to a cruiser as Essex Junior (20) | DB009 |
1813/05/28 | Took the British Whaling ships Greenwich, Catherine, Rose and Hector off the Gallapagos islands. Actually taken by the Whaler Georgina acting as an armed cruiser. | DB009 |
1813/05/28 | Took the British Whaling ship Charlton (10) | DB009 |
1813/07/13 | Took the British Whaling ships Charlton (10), Seringapatam and New Zealander | DB009 |
1813/09/13 | Took the British Whaling ship Sir Andrew Hammond | DB009 |
1814/01 | Blockaded in Valparaiso Harbour by RN Frigates Phoebe and Cherub | |
1814/03/28 | Taken in Valparaiso Harbour by Phoebe and Cherub |
Fleets | ||||
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Fleet Title | Commander | Date From | Date To | Source |
No Fleets Listed |
Actions & Battles | ||
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Date | Source | |
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Notes on Ship | |
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Sources | ||
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Id | Link or Description | Author |
W012 | Dictionary of American Fighting Vessels | Unknown |
B064 | British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 | Rif Winfield |
B171 | A genealogical Sketch of the First Three Generations of Prebles in America | George Henry Preble |
DB009 | Essex Institute Historical Collections Vol X | |
Officers of the Navy of the United States and of the Marine Corps, from 1775 to 1900 | Edward W Callahan | |
W053 | Virtual American Biographies | Various |
W055 | Journal of a Cruise Made to the Pacific Ocean | David Porter |
Last Updated :2009/06/24 at 12:52:07 by Cy