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USS Flambeau (I)

Brigantine:
  • Built, date and location unknown
  • Purchased, 3 December 1814, as Leader, and fitted out for duty, LT. J. B. Nicholson in command
  • Flambeau sailed from New York, 20 May 1815, in Commodore Stephen Decatur's squadron, bound for the Mediterranean and the war with Algiers
  • The Brigantine participated in the capture of the Algerian flagship, the frigate Mashuda and the 22-gun brig Estedio
  • Arriving off Algiers 28 June, Commodore Decatur and the American Consul for the Barbary States negotiated an honorable peace treaty with the Dey within 2 days
  • The squadron sailed on to Tunis and Tripoli to receive indemnity for prizes given up to the British during the war of 1812
  • Flambeau sailed from Gibraltar for home 6 October 1815
  • On the 24th, in a heavy gale, Flambeau became separated from the squadron, and pushed on alone to reach Newport, R.I., 9 November 1815
  • Three weeks later she arrived at New York, where she was placed in ordinary until sold 3 April 1816
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 310 t.
    Length 103'
    Beam 25' 4"
    Draft unknown
    Depth of Hold 12' 8"
    Speed unknown
    Complement 90
    Armament
    ten 18-pdr carronades
    two long 18-pdrs
    Propulsion sail
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    Guerriere 111k COMO.. Stephen Decatur squadron off Algiers comprised of the frigates;
    USF Guerriere, the flagship with 44 guns, commanded by Captain William Lewis,
    USF Constellation with 36 guns, commanded by Captain Charles Gordon;
    USF Macedonia with 38 guns, under the command of Captain Jacob Jones;
    the sloops-of-war USS Eperyie, commanded by Captain John Downes,
    and USS Ontario with 16 guns, commanded by Captain Jesse D. Elliott;
    the brigs USS Firefly,
    USS Spark and
    USS Flambeau, each with 14 guns, commanded by Lieutenants George W. Kodgers, Thomas Gamble, and John B. Nicholson;
    and the schooners USS Torch
    and USS Spitfire, both with 12 guns, commanded by Lieutenants Wolcott Chauncey and Alexander J. Dallas.
    Gardner Weld Allen (1856-1944) - "Our Navy and the Barbary Corsairs".    		 Tommy Trampp
    Macedonian
    098654913    		 112k Print by George G.Smith (1795-1878) engraver George Girdler Smith of the United States squadron under Com. Bainbridge returning triumphant from the Mediterranean in 1815, The print shows the American squadron at sea, includes, on the left;
    USS Macedonian (I),
    USS Firefly (I),
    USS Torch,
    USS Boxer (I), at center,
    USS Independence,
    USS USS Spark (I),
    USS Saranac (I),
    USS Enterprise (III),
    USS Lynx (I),     and on the right,
    USS Congress (III),
    USS Chippewa (II),
    USS Spitfire (III) and
    USS Flambeau.
    United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID cph.3a47975    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Flambeau (I)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
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