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Revenge (III)

Schooner:

Laid down as the schooner Ranger in 1805 at William Price’s shipyard, Fell’s Point, Baltimore, MD.

Purchased in December 1806 by the US Navy, Master Commandant John Shaw, at New Orleans, LA.

Renamed, christened, and commissioned USS Revenge, LCDR. Benjamin F. Read in command, December 1806

Revenge remained stationed at New Orleans until June 1807 when she weighed anchor and set sail for Baltimore

On 11 July 1807, LCDR. Read notified Secretary of the Navy Robert Smith that Revenge was ready for sea and soon thereafter weighed anchor carrying diplomatic papers demanding that the Britain both disavow the transgression and pay reparations for their conduct during the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair on 22 June 1807 in Hampton Roads where 3 Chesapeake crew members were killed, 18 wounded and 4 seized as British deserters

Revenge arrived in England, 27 August 1807 and departed there, 10 October for Cherboug, France to retrieve dispatches from Paris related to ongoing events on the continent an d sailed for New York, arriving 12 December 1807

Revenge was ordered to join Commodore John Robert's New Yok Flotilla which was charged with blockading the U.S. coast to prevent foreign commerce

In April 1810, the schooner was ordered to the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., for some extensive repair work.

Revenge departed Washington Navy Yard, repairs completed, 20 May 1810 charting a course for Charleston, S.C.

Revenge put to sea, 22 June 1810, to protect the nearby coast from encroachments by ships of the Royal Navy

In mid-July Revenge, LCDR. Oliver Hazard Perry, in command, retrieved the captured American vessel Diana located at Amelia Island, Spanish-Florida Diana was being sailed under British colors and by the false name Angel owing to her seizure in Spanish waters the month prior the British Despite the presence of several British warships, Perry manned Diana with a prize crew and sailed out of Spanish waters unmolested. Revenge weighed anchor and set sail from Charleston, 10 August 1810, to return to New York, to resume her duties as part of Rodgers’ squadron in New England

Upon her arrival, Revenge took up her station cruising between Montauk Point and the south shoal of Nantucket; with Newport as her point of rendezvous

In December 1810, Revenge sailed to her winter quarters in New London, CT., however not long after her arrival, Rodgers’ ordered Revenge to survey the harbors of New London, Newport, R.I, and Gardiner’s Bay, Long Island, N.Y.

Newport was given the first priority and Perry quickly set about his work, during the survey he encountered bad weather and was forced to request an extension to complete the task.

Final Disposition, at midnight, 9 January 1811, the schooner was able depart Newport with a light northeast wind. The late hour was chosen so that the vessel could navigate the dangerous strait between Fisher’s Island and Watch Hill by daylight. Mr. Peter Daggett was that day serving as the acting sailing master and pilot. Despite the hazardous weather and season Daggett assured Perry the voyage would be uneventful. In a heavy fog Revenge passed through the western extent of Block Island Sound and while Perry was below decks, the ship ran aground on a reef in the vicinity of Watch Hill Point where she was destroyed by high seas and pounding surf. Perry managed to remove much of the ship's material and guns but could not save the ship. A. Naval Court of Inquiry found Peter Daggett responsible for the lose of the ship

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 70'
Beam unknown
Depth of Hold unknown
Draft unknown
Speed unknown
Complement 43

Armament

twelve 6-pdrs-pdr

Propulsion sail

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Revenge (III)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Commanding Officers
01	LCDR. Read, Benjamin F.	December 1806 - January 1808
02	LCDR. Jones, Jacob	January 1808 - April 1808
02	LCDR. Perry, Oliver Hazard	April 1808 - January 1811

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