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Throughout naval history during times of war battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize efforts would sometimes be made to capture the vessel while inflicting the least amount of damage as was practically possible. Both military and merchant ships were captured, often renamed, and then used in the service of the capturing country's navy, or in many cases sold to private individuals who would break them up for salvage, or use them as merchant vessels,

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s, or the like. As an incentive to search far and wide for enemy ships, the proceeds of the sale of the vessels and their cargoes were divided up as

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among the officers and crew of capturing crew members with the distribution governed by regulations the captor vessel's government had established. Throughout the 1800s war prize laws were established to help opposing countries settle claims amicably. Private ships were also authorized by various countries at war through a Letter of marque, legally allowing a ship and commander to engage and capture vessels belonging to enemy countries. In these cases contracts between the owners of the vessels on the one hand, and the captains and the crews on the other, established the distribution of the proceeds from captures.

Legend

* Dates of capture are listed chronologically and appear in bold * Names of commanders are those in command when ships were captured. * The symbol ' ' following a commander's name denotes he was killed in action. * Name of ship and flag of country listed are those in use at time of ship's capture and will sometimes link to a page with name and flag used after capture. *This list does not include ships captured by pirates.

1800–1809

Quasi-War

The

Quasi-War The Quasi-War (french: Quasi-guerre) was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic, primarily in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States. The ability of Congress ...

was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the

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and

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from 1798 to 1800. France, plagued by massive crop failures and desperately in need of grain and other supplies, commissioned numerous French privateers who both legally and illegally captured cargo from merchant vessels of every flag engaged in foreign trade with Britain. Approximately 300 American ships were captured by the

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and

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under a Letter of marque issued by the government of France. International law mandated that a ship captured during wartime by a belligerent was lost to the owner, and that no compensation was to be made by the country who seized a vessel unless provided for by a treaty that ended that war. * '' Deux Anges'' , , 27 January 1800
A 20-gun French

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Letter of marque captured by USS ''Boston'' commanded by George Little serving in the squadron of

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. ''Deux Anges'' (sometimes ''Two Angels'' in contemporary American accounts) was sent to Boston under Lieutenant

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to be condemned by a prize court. * '' Mercator'' , , May 1800
A Danish

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captured by USS ''Experiment'' commanded by Lieutenant Maley entering the

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an port of Jacmel during the

. Maley suspected it to be a French vessel and ordered it to Cape Francois where it was recaptured by the British. * ''

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'' , , 31 May 1800
English registered schooner commanded by H. Atkinson, captured by a French privateer and recaptured by American sloop of war USS ''Merrimack''. * '' Flambeau'' , , 23 July 1800
A French Letter of marque of 12 guns, captured by USS ''Enterprise'', commanded by Captain John Shaw. * '' Berceau'' , , 12 October 1800
A 24-gun French corvette commanded by Capitain de frégate Senez, captured by USS ''Boston'', commanded by Capt. George Little, unbeknown that the Quasi-War had ended several days earlier. She was towed to the United States, repaired and returned to France September 1801. * '' Good Friends'' , , September 1809
An American ship out of Baltimore, commanded by Captain Robert Thompson, captured by the Danes.The Green Mountain Patriot, Peacham, VT, 16 Sep 1809John Bach McMaster, ''The Life and Times of Stephen Girard, mariner and merchant'', pp. 47, 85–91. * '' Helvetius'' , , September 1809
An American ship out of Baltimore, commanded by Captain Ezra Bowen, captured by the Danes.

First Barbary War

The First Barbary War (1801–5), was the first of the First Barbary War and the

Second Barbary War The Second Barbary War (1815) or the U.S.–Algerian War was fought between the United States and the North African Barbary Coast states of Tripoli, Tunis, and Algiers. The war ended when the United States Senate ratified Commodore Stephen ...

fought between the

and the

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states known collectively as the Barbary States. For years the

Barbary Corsairs The Barbary pirates, or Barbary corsairs or Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim pirates and privateers who operated from North Africa, based primarily in the ports of Salé, Rabat, Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli. This area was known in Europe a ...

had harassed and captured British, French and American shipping, often capturing vessels seizing cargoes and holding crews for large ransoms or enslaving them. Refusing to pay tribute President Thomas Jefferson sent a fleet of ships to the Mediterranean shores of North Africa to deal with the constant threats to U.S. and other ships. * '' Meshboha'' , , 26 August 1803
A brig cruiser belonging to the Emperor of Morocco. Captured by , commanded by William Bainbridge. * , () , 31 October 1803 , ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) , 16 February 1804
A

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that ran aground in the

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leaving it at the mercy of the

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of Tripoli. She was recaptured and burned in Tripoli harbor three and a half months later by Lieutenant

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. * '' Mastico'' , ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) , 23 December 1803
A ketch built in France in 1798 for Napoleon's Egyptian expedition, later sold to Tripoli and renamed ''Mastico''. Captured by USS ''Enterprise'' and USS ''Constitution'' under the commands of

and William Bainbridge respectively. Renamed USS ''Intrepid'', was one of several vessels under the command of

which recaptured and destroyed the 16 February 1804. * '' Transfer'' , ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) , 21 March 1804
Former British privateer, ''Transfer'' out of

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, later sold to Tripoli and used in blockade running during the Barbary Wars. Captured off Tripoli, by '' Syren'' commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart. She was renamed the USS ''Scourge''.

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

The

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and the

Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a series of major global conflicts pitting the French Empire and its allies, led by Napoleon I, against a fluctuating array of European states formed into various coalitions. It produced a period of Fre ...

were a series of wars declared against the

and

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's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1792 to 1815 involving many often large scale naval battles resulting in the capture of numerous ships. Among the most notable of such battles were the

Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) was a naval engagement between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French and Spanish Navies during the War of the Third Coalition (August–December 1805) of the Napoleonic Wars (1 ...

and the Battle of Copenhagen involving hundreds of ships and many thousands of seamen and officers. * , , 11 June 1794
A brig originally purchased into Royal Navy service in 1787, she was captured by the . She was then recaptured by on 15 October 1797. She was then captured by the French privateer ''Vengeance'' on 2 November 1797 before being captured a fourth time, this time by , four days later. She was renamed HMS ''Venturer'' due to ''Ranger'' having been reused in her absence. Possibly the most captured warship in history. * , , 24 June 1800
A 74-gun ship of the line commanded by Captain Hallowell, captured by the French fleet, commanded by Admiral Ganteaume. She was later recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar. * , , 25 August 1800
A of 40 guns, commanded by ''Capitain de Vaisseau'' Citizen F. M. Pitot, attacked and captured in the

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during the

by of the

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, commanded by Captain David Milne. Renamed HMS ''Vengeance.'' * , , 10 February 1801
A 16-gun British

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and fireship, commanded by Captain Richard Dun, captured by the French Navy at Cape de Gat. Brenton, 1824 p.82 * , , 10 February 1801
A 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1781, captured by the French and recaptured by the British the same year. * , , 10 February 1801
Captured by the French Navy.

Battle of Copenhagen

The Battle of Copenhagen was a naval battle involving a large British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, defeating and capturing many of the Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored just off

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on 2 April 1801. Vice-Admiral

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led the main attack. * HDMS ''Holsteen'' , , 2 April 1801
A 60-gun

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in the

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. She was commissioned in 1775, captured at the Battle of Copenhagen. * HDMS ''Indfødsretten'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured, burnt * HDMS ''Prøvesteenen'' , , 2 April 1801
Abandoned, captured, burnt * HDMS ''Valkyrien'' , , 2 April 1801
Abandoned, captured, burnt * HDMS ''Rendsborg'' , , 2 April 1801
Driven ashore, captured, burnt * HDMS ''Jylland'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Sværdfisken'' , , 2 April 1801
captured and burnt * HDMS ''Kronborg'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Haien'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Charlotte Amalie'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * HDMS ''Søehesten'' , , 2 April 1801
Captured and burnt * See also List of Danish sail frigates and List of ships of the line of Denmark

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* , , 6 July 1801
A 74-gun

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of the British

, launched on 15 April 1786, named after

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of Carthage. Ran aground and captured during the first part of the Battle of Algeciras Bay. * , (Franco-Spanish fleet) , 6–12 July 1801
Captured by British at the Battle of Algeciras Bay. * , , 1803 captured by the privateer slaver ''Kitty''; became ''Kitty's Amelia'', the last vessel to legally undergo a slave trading voyage (27 July 1807) before the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807. * '' Embuscade'' , , 28 May 1803
A 32-gun fifth-rate frigate captured by , commanded by Captain

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in the Atlantic. She was restored to the Royal Navy in her old name, the existing ''Ambuscade'' being renamed HMS ''Seine''. First captured by the British during the

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in 1797, recaptured by the corvette in 1798 to be recaptured by the British again in 1803. Brenton, 1824 p.208 * , , 25 June 1803
A ''Serpente''-class corvette bearing 18 guns. Captured by , off the

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. * , , 25 June 1803
A bearing 20 guns. Captured by , commanded by Captain James Wallis in the

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. * HMS ''Minerve'' , , 3 July 1803
A 40-gun frigate under the command of Captain Jahleel Brenton, (re)captured by the French navy after it ran aground chasing other ships. Originally a French ship, captured by British in 1792. * , , 24 July 1803
A 74-gun

, commanded by Commodore Quérangal. Captured by British squadron, commanded by Commodore Loring. Vessel was stranded in 1804, broken up 1805. Lavery, 1983 p.189 * , , 25 November 1803
An 18-gun schooner, captured by the Royal Navy after a chase. Later renamed ''Crafty'', and captured by the Spanish in 1807. * , Flag of the British East India Company (1801)

Flag of the British East India Company (1801)

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, 15 September 1804
A 24-gun

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, captured by the French Navy in the Battle of Vizagapatam. * , , 25 November 1804
A 42-gun Spanish frigate, captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 25 November 1804 off

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. * , , 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line, broken up in 1816. * , , 18 February 1805
A 32-gun ''Amazon''-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, commanded by Sir Robert Laurie. Captured by '' Ville de Milan'', commanded by Captain Jean-Marie Renaud. * , , 25 September 1805
An East Indiaman converted to a 56-gun

. Captured by 74-gun , later ran aground and recaptured by British and set ablaze 12 April 1809 at the Battle of the Basque Roads.

Battle of Trafalgar

The

was fought on 21 October 1805 off the Spanish coast near

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involving the allied fleets of Spain and France against the

of Britain. Britain's answer to

's threat, it proved to be the turning point of the Napoleonic era and is regarded as the last great sea battle of the period. The battle involved dozens of sailing warships and vessels many of which fell to capture while many were also met with what is considered a worse fate in the storm that followed. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun

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. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Louis Alexis Baudoin who was killed in the battle, fired the first shot of the battle. After its capture by British it was wrecked in the storm of 23 October that followed the battle and sunk, taking with her all hands on board. Thiers, 1850 p.45 * , , 21 October 1805
A ''Téméraire''-class 74-gun ship of the line. Commanded by Captain Lucas ''Redoutable'' is known for her fiercely fought duel with during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral

, incurring the highest losses of the battle. Captured by British, she foundered during the storm the next day and sunk, taking with her all hands. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. It was the

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of the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain

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. Surrendered to Captain James Atcherly of the Marines from , later wrecked in storm of 23 October 1805. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun French ship of the line, present at the Battle of Trafalgar, under Rear Admiral Charles Magon who was killed during the boarding attempt when engaged by . Escaped after capture making her way to Cadiz. * , () , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured at the Battle of Trafalgar and scuttled by British. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun French ship of the line. took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, captured during the battle. On the following day, her crew rose up turned against her captors and recaptured their ship, however, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the

. After engaging the British , and she was finally captured. During the storm of 23 October she broke her anchor chains and was wrecked with only about 150 out of 1200 men aboard surviving. * , , , 21 October 1805
The British HMS ''Berwick'', a 74-gun ship of the line, was captured by the French in 1795. She was recaptured by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar. While in tow her captives cut her cables, she struck a shoal and sank with approximately 200 perishing in the storm. * , , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line, originally the British ''Swiftsure'', commanded by Captain Hallowell, captured by the French fleet, commanded by Admiral Ganteaume, on 24 June 1800. Under the command of Captain l'Hôpitalier-Villemadrin she was recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar and was one of the few captured ships to survive the storm. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, noted for being the oldest vessel present. ''Rayo'' escaped from the battle but was intercepted by fresh out of Gibraltar and then was wrecked 26 October 1805 in the storm that followed. * , , 21 October 1805
A 112-gun three-decker ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured by British at Battle of Trafalgar. two days later, a squadron under the command of Commodore Cosmao-Kerjulien recaptured her and took her back to Cadiz. * , , 21 October 1805
An 80-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured at the Battle of Trafalgar, later ran aground and set fire by the British. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line. Present at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. * , , 21 October 1805
A first-rate ship of the line, launched in 1769, bearing 112 guns, increased to 130 guns in 1795–96. Commanded by Francisco Javier Uriarte and

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, present at Battle of Trafalgar, the largest ship in the allied fleet. Captured by British, wrecked in storm following day. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line, commanded by Captain Don Teodoro de Argumosa, present at Battle of Trafalgar. After its capture it was burnt on 26 October 1805. Thiers, 1850 pp.43–45 * , , 21 October 1805
A 74 gun ship of the line, commanded by Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano who lost his life from cannon fire. Captured by , broken up in 1814. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1765, commanded by Commodore Don Cosmé Damián Churruca y Elorza who was killed in action, present at Battle of Trafalgar, with half its crew dead or wounded. * , , 21 October 1805
A 74-gun ship that saw service in French, British and American waters in the late 18th century. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Don Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez; captured by the British and renamed HMS ''Ildefonso'', it was one of the few captured vessels that survived the storm following the battle.

Napoleonic Wars (continued ii)

* '' Le Duguay-Trouin'' , , 4 November 1805
74-gun ''Le Téméraire'' class. Captured by British, renamed HMS ''Implacable''; training ship 1805, scuttled 1949 * '' Le Duguay'' , , 4 November 1805
A

, 74 guns, launched in 1800, survived the

but was later captured by the British at the Battle of Cape Ortegal. * '' Mont Blanc'' , , 4 November 1805
A French Ship of the line, 74 guns, she was used by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar after her capture at the Battle of Cape Ortegal. Hulked 1811, sold 1819 * '' Scipion'' , , 4 November 1805
A 74 gun ship of the line, present at the Battle of Cape Finisterre, and the

. Captured by the British at the Battle of Cape Ortegal, later broken up 1819. * '' Le Formidable'' , , 1805
80-gun ship of ''Le Tonnant'' class, broken up 1816. * , () , 6 February 1806
''Viala'' was a 74-gun launched in 1795. She was captured by the

in 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. * '' Marengo'' , , 13 March 1806
A ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line bearing 80 guns, commanded by Admiral Charles Linois. Captured by of 98 guns, commanded by Admiral John B. Warren, following with , bearing 80 guns, commanded by Vice-Admiral

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. Norie, 1827, p.65 James, 1837 p.222 See also: Action of 13 March 1806 * '' Belle Poule'' , , 13 March 1806
A 40-gun . Captured by HMS ''Foudroyant'' bearing 80 guns, commanded by Admiral John B. Warren. See also: Action of 13 March 1806 * '' Néarque'' , , 28 March 1806
A French brig, 16 guns, she was captured by the British off France. * '' La Bellone'' , , 12 July 1806
A 34-gun privateer captured off the coast of

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by HMS ''Rattlesnake'' and HMS ''Powerful'' under the command of Sir Edward Pellew. See also: Action of 9 July 1806 * '' Armide'' , , 25 September 1806
A

of 40 guns under the command of

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Sir Samuel Hood Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (12 December 1724 – 27 January 1816) was an admiral in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he saw action during the War of the Austrian Succession. While in temporary command of , he drove a French ship ashore in ...

. Was present at Allemand's expedition of 1805, captured by British forces during the

action of 25 September 1806 The action of 25 September 1806 was a naval battle fought during the Napoleonic Wars off the French Biscay port of Rochefort. A French squadron comprising five frigates and two corvettes, sailing to the French West Indies with supplies and rein ...

by, HMS ''Centaur''. * '' Alceste'' , , 25 September 1806
A 38-gun of the

. Captured along with '' Armide'', '' Gloire'' and '' Infatigable'' by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood. * '' L'Alexandre'' , , 1806
80-gun ship of ''Le Tonnant'' class, sold 1822. * '' Brave'' , , 6 Feb 1806
74 gun, captured by British, foundered 1806. * ''

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'' , , 74 (1795) 6 Feb 1806
– ex-French ''Le Jupiter'', captured by British, sold 1814. * HMS ''Crafty'' , , 9 March 1807
A 14-gun schooner, boarded and captured by three Spanish warship north of

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. Formerly a French warship, captured in 1803. * HDMS ''Sarpen'' , , 7 September 1807
A

brig A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the latter part ...

of the

, which she served from 1791 to 1807 until the British capture, taking possession under terms of capitulation following the Second Battle of Copenhagen. * '' Little Belt'' , () , 7 September 1807
Originally a Danish 22-gun warship launched in 1801, captured by the British at the Second Battle of Copenhagen, renamed HMS ''Little Belt'', commanded by

Arthur Bingham Arthur Batt Bingham (1784–1830) was an officer in the Royal Navy, rising to the rank of post captain. He is remembered chiefly for his command of HMS Little Belt (1807), HMS ''Little Belt'', when the Little Belt affair occurred, just prior to ...

. Captured second time by USS ''President'', commanded by John Rodgers. * , , 1807
A

whaler A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japa ...

, she was first captured by a Spanish privateer, then by a British warship, then by another Spanish privateer. Brought to

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...

, then released. * '' Piémontaise'' , , 8 March 1808
a 40-gun that served as a commerce raider in the

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, commanded by Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles Moreau . Captured by HMS ''St Fiorenzo'' of 38 guns, commanded by Captain George Nicholas Hardinge off the coast of

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. She was renamed HMS ''Piedmontaise'' served in the British

, until broken up in 1813. * '' ''Griffon'''' , , 11 May 1808
16-gun French ''Palinure''-class brig, captured by HMS ''Bachante'' off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. * HMS ''Tickler'' , , 4 June 1808
A 14-gun ''Archer''-class

built in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats in the Great Belt. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1815. * HMS ''Turbulent'' , , 9 June 1808
A 16-gun launched in 1805. Captured by Danish gunboats off Saltholm. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1814. * '' ''Neptune'''' , , 14 June 1808
80-gun French , captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Héros'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Pluton'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Algesiras'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ''Téméraire''-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Argonaute'''' , , 14 June 1808
74-gun French ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * '' ''Cornélie'''' , , 14 June 1808
44-gun French frigate, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. * HMS ''Seagull'' , , 19 June 1808
A 16-gun ''Seagull''-class

built in 1805. Captured by the sloop '' Lougen'' off Christiansand. Operated under the same name by the

until transferred to the fledgling

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in 1814. Decommissioned in 1817. * HMS ''Tigress'' , , 2 August 1808
A 14-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats in the Great Belt. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1815. * HMS ''Carnation'' , , 3 October 1808
An 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1807, commanded by Charles Mars Gregory. Captured by the French brig ''Palinure'', commanded by Captain de frègate Jance. Burnt in 1809 to avoid recapture. *''Santo Domingo'' , , Captured by the British in 1809. * Le Colibri , , 16 January 1809
A French 16-carronade brig, launched in 1808, commanded by Lieutenant de Vaisseau Deslandes, captured by . Taken into British service as HMS Colibri, wrecked on 23 August 1813 in Port Royal Sound. * '' Junon'' , , 10 February 1809
A 40-gun

commanded by capitaine de frégate Rousseau, was the lead ship of the . While commanded by John Shortland she was recaptured on 13 December 1809 by '' Clorinde'' and '' Renommée'' and renamed HMS ''Junon''. * '' D'Hautpoul'' , , 17 April 1809
A ''Téméraire''-class 74-gun ship of the line., captured by British, renamed HMS ''Abercrombie'', sold 1817. Lavery, 1983, p190, ''The Volume I'' * '' Felicite'' , , 17 June 1809
French 36-gun frigate, 900 tons, Captured by HMS ''Latona'', a 38-gun frigate commanded by Captain Hugh Pigot. * HMS ''Alert'' , , 10 August 1809
An 18-gun

built in 1807 for the

under the name ''Allart'', captured by the British following the Second Battle of Copenhagen. Recaptured by Danish gunboats off Fredriksvern. Operated under the same name by the

until transferred to the fledgling

in 1815. Decommissioned in 1817. * HMS ''Minx'' , , 2 September 1809
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1801. Captured by Danish gunboats off Skagen. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1811. * , , 13 December 1809
The was captured by , , and ''Seine'' (all ) off

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with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was set afire and scuttled the next day. * ''Amelia Wilson'' , , 1809
French merchantman captured by the British Navy in 1809. *See also: **

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** List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy ** List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy ** List of early warships of the English navy

1810–1819

Napoleonic Wars (continued) * HMS ''Grinder'' , , 13 April 1810
A gunboat launched in 1809. Captured by Danish gunboats off Anholt. * '' Nereide'' , , 23 August 1810
A 36-gun, copper-hulled, frigate of the

. Captured by the British at Isle of France at the

Battle of Grand Port The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Ma ...

. * HMS ''Alban'' , , 12 September 1810 , 11 May 1811
A schooner launched in 1806. Captured by Danish gunboats off Skagen. Operated by the

Dano-Norwegian Navy The history of the Danish navy began with the founding of a joint Dano-Norwegian navy on 10 August 1510, when King John appointed his vassal Henrik Krummedige to become "chief captain and head of all our captains, men and servants whom we now h ...

under the same name until recaptured by the British in 1811. * '' Corona'' , () , 13 March 1811
A 40-gun

of the

. Built her in 1807 for the Venetian Navy Captured by British at the Battle of Lissa. * , () , 16 May 1811
A post ship captured by John Rodgers in command of USS ''President''. The engagement came to be known as the

Little Belt affair The ''Little Belt'' affair was a naval battle on the night of 16 May 1811. It involved the United States frigate and the British sixth-rate , a sloop-of-war, which had originally been the Danish ship ''Lillebælt'', before being captured by t ...

, one of many incidents that led to the War of 1812. * HMS ''Safeguard'' , , 29 June 1811
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats off

Jutland Jutland ( da, Jylland ; german: Jütland ; ang, Ēota land ), known anciently as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula ( la, Cimbricus Chersonesus; da, den Kimbriske Halvø, links=no or ; german: Kimbrische Halbinsel, links=no), is a peninsula of ...

. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1813. * HMS ''Manly'' , , 2 September 1811
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish brigs ''

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'', '' Alsen'' and '' Samsø'' off

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. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1813. * '' Rivoli'' , , 22 Feb 1812
74-gun ''Le Pluton'' class, broken up 1819. * HMS ''Attack'' , , 19 August 1812
A 13-gun ''Archer''-class

launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats. Operated under the same name by the

until sold off in 1813. * , , 8 September 1812 * ''San Antonio'' , , 13 October 1812. Captured by the British sloop ''Merope'', commanded by John Charles Gawen. * '' Trave'' , , 23 October 1813
A 40-gun ''Pallas''-class

, captured by British, broken up 1821. * '' Le Brillant'' , , 1814
74-gun ship of the line, captured by British, renamed ''Genoa'', broken up 1838.

War of 1812

The

War of 1812 The War of 1812 (18 June 1812 – 17 February 1815) was fought by the United States of America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in Florida. It be ...

was fought between Great Britain and the United States whose young navy made a notable stand at sea against the largest and most formidable navy in the world at the time. The causes of the war were regarded differently between the two countries. The U.S. was appalled at Britain for seizing their ships and impressing American citizens into its navy, while Britain maintained that it had the right to search neutral vessels for property or persons of its foes. The ships of the two countries were involved in many engagements along the Atlantic coast, the

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, the

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and the

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with numerous vessels being destroyed or captured on both sides. * ''Alexander'' (brig) , , Unknown date
A civilian brig. Taken as a prize by the British * ''Lord Nelson'' , , 5 June 1812 , 24 December 1815
A schooner commanded by Robert Percy, captured by USS ''Oneida'', commanded by Commodore M.T. Woolsey, while enforcing the Embargo Law. * , , 8 July 1812
A

of 75 tons and 4 guns, launched in 1805, Lieutenant Lewis Maxey. Present at the Battle of Copenhagen, Captured at

Hampton Roads Hampton Roads is the name of both a body of water in the United States that serves as a wide channel for the James, Nansemond and Elizabeth rivers between Old Point Comfort and Sewell's Point where the Chesapeake Bay flows into the Atlantic ...

by American privateer ''Dash'' commanded by Captain Garroway. * , , 16 July 1812
Built in 1799 as a merchant vessel it was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1803 and converted into a 16-gun

. Commanded by Lieutenant W. Crane, it was captured off the coast of

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delawa ...

by a blockading British fleet: ''Shannon, Belvidera, Africa, Eolus'' and ''Guerriere'' – the last vessel of these itself defeated by USS ''Constitution'' only a month later. Taken into possession for use in the

and renamed HMS ''Emulous''. * Ulysses , , 20 July 1812
A British brig bound for Halifax from the West Indies captured by American privateer ''Paul Jones''. *''Henry'' , , 26 July 1812
A new merchant ship, captured after a 15-minute fight, carrying sugar and old

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from St Croix to London by the American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle. Valued at $150,000-170,00, sent to Baltimore. * ''Hopewell'' , , July 1812
The American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, captured the merchant ship ''Hopewell'', of 400 tons, as ''Hopewell'' was on her way to London from Surinam, carrying sugar, molasses, cotton, coffee and cocoa by. One of ''Hopewell''s men was killed. The ship was sent to Baltimore where the cargo was valued at $150,000,. *''John'' , , 18 September 1812
A merchant ship, 400 tons, captured on her passage from

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by the American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle. The prize was valued at $150,000-200,000 and sent to

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. One of over thirty other merchant vessels captured by Boyle. * , , 8 October 1812
''Caledonia'' was a brig, formerly HMS ''Caledonia'', captured by the U.S. Navy, during the War of 1812 and taken into American service. Commanded by Lieutenant D. Turner the brig played an important role with the American squadron on

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; sold at the end of the war. * , , 8 October 1812
An 18-gun , launched on 9 February 1806, commanded by Thomas Whinyates. Captured by , commanded by Jacob Jones. * USS ''Adams'' , , 9 October 1812
''Adams'' was in drydock at

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for repairs when war broke out, captured by the British and renamed . Roosevelt, 1883 p.283 * , / , 15 October 1812
Commanded by Jacob Jones. ''Wasp'' was a sailing sloop of war captured by the British in the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806 at the Washington Navy Yard. Captured twice. * , , 18 October 1812
A British packet with eighty one boxes of gold and silver aboard, captured by commanded by Commodore John Rodgers with Matthew C. Perry aboard * , , 25 October 1812
A 38-gun fifth rate in the

, captured by the commanded by

during the

. * , , 1 November 1812
A British

of 10 guns and 26 men, carrying a cargo of oil and whalebone, bound for London was captured by under the command of Captain John Smith. The ship was ordered to the United States. She was one of the five prizes Smith took during the war. * , , 26 December 1812
A , commanded by Henry Lambert , taken as a prize off coast of Brazil after its engagement with , commanded by William Bainbridge. * HMS ''Duke of Gloucester'' or ''Gloucester'' , , 27 April 1813
A 10-gun

launched on

in 1807, captured American squadron under the command of Commodore Isaac Chauncey's and taken back to

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. Destroyed by the British a few weeks later. * , , 1 June 1813
A frigate, commanded by Captain

James Lawrence James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an officer of the United States Navy. During the War of 1812, he commanded in a single-ship action against , commanded by Philip Broke. He is probably best known today for his last words, ...

that was pounded by 362 shots from before its surrender.
See: Capture of USS ''Chesapeake'' * , , 3 June 1813
Part of Thomas Macdonough's fleet overtaken by British while on blockade patrol at the Battle of Lake Champlain. Renamed HMS ''Finch'' * , , 3 July 1813
An American Letter of marque schooner bearing only two guns, captured by off the coast of

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. * , , 14 August 1813
A

commanded by William Henry Allen surrendered to British after engagement with HMS ''Pelican'' in

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.
See: Capture of USS ''Argus'' * , , 5 September 1813
A 12-gun launched in July 1812, commanded by Samuel Blyth, captured by , commanded by Lieutenant William Burrows. See also: Capture of HMS ''Boxer'' * , , 5 October 1813
A 37-gun fifth-rate

captured on

by , commanded by Thomas Macdonough at the

Battle of Plattsburgh The Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final British invasion of the northern states of the United States during the War of 1812. An army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadr ...

. * , , 1813
American merchantman launched in 1810, captured by the Royal Navy, in 1813. * , , 14 February 1814
A 16-gun schooner built as the American privateer ''Syren'' and commissioned as Letter of marque, captured by Royal Navy 20 April 1813, renamed ''Pictou''. Commanded by Lieutenant

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''Pictou'' was recaptured at

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during the

by the American frigate commanded by Charles Stewart. * , , 28 March 1814
A

sailing frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

commanded by David Porter that served in the

, the First Barbary War and the

. Captured off

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by and under the command of Admiral James Hillyar and was renamed HMS ''Essex''. Roosevelt, 1883 pp.346-349 * , , 29 April 1814
An 18-gun commanded by Richard Walter Wales, captured off

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, Florida by with 22 guns commanded by Lewis Warrington
See also: Capture of HMS ''Epervier'' * , , 20 April 1814
Forced to surrender to superior British force off

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, Cuba. * HMS ''Ballahou'' , , 29 April 1814
A schooner of four guns, commanded by Norfolk King, was the name ship of the

's s. Captured by 5-gun American privateer ''Perry'' off the coast of

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. * , , 28 June 1814
An 18-gun , launched in 1804. She was under the command of Commander Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall() when , under the command of Johnston Blakely, captured her approximately west of

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. Peterson, 1857 p.40
See also: Sinking of HMS Reindeer * , , 12 July 1814
A

, served in First Barbary War and

. Captured in 1814 by

. * , , 12 July 1814
A 4-gun , commanded by Lieutenant Robert Daniel Lancaster. Captured near

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by an American privateer ''Syren'', a

sporting one heavy long gun, under Captain J.D. Daniels. * , , 22 June 1814
A brig under the command of Lt. James Renshaw, was captured by the 50-gun, British

. * , , 27 August 1814
built by Symons at Falmouth and launched on 31 January 1805, commanded by James Arbuthnot at time of capture; Captured by , commanded by Commodore Johnston Blakeley. * (sloop) , , 11 September 1814
A 12-gun sloop and the second US Navy ship to carry the name. Captured by British and renamed ''Icicle''. * , , 14 December 1814
A

lost to the British at the

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. * , , 14 December 1814
A

sloop-of-war In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' en ...

lost to the British at the

. * (frigate) , , 15 January 1815
A

that was named by

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, commanded by

, fell into British hands when encountered by .
See: Capture of USS ''President'' * Chasseur vs St Lawrence

, , 20 February 1815
A 22-gun

sixth-rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works a ...

post ship built in 1806, commanded by Captain Gordon Thomas Falcon; Captured along with HMS ''Levant'' approximately 100 miles east of

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by , commanded by Charles Stewart Toll, 2006 pp.472–474 Hill, 1905 pp.171–172 Phillips HMS Cyane page article * , , 20 February 1815
A 20-gun sixth-rate ship, commanded by Hon. George Douglas; captured along with HMS ''Cyane'', by , commanded by Charles Stewart. * , , 26 February 1815
This 14-gun

was captured just off

Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.

by the American privateer , commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, who claimed over thirty prizes as a privateer during the war. * , , 23 March 1815
A 19-gun commanded by James Dickenson; captured by 20-gun

, commanded by

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, following a gunnery duel off the American

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base of

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. Set ablaze after the removal of its stores due to irreparable damage. Final battle of the war between British and American forces.
See: Capture of HMS ''Penguin'' *See also: :War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom

Second Barbary War

* '' Mashouda'' , Ottoman Algeria Navy , 17 June 1815
An Algerian frigate and

in the Algerian fleet during the

, commanded by Rais Hammida . Captured by USS ''Guerriere'', commanded by

. * '' Estedio'' , Ottoman Algeria Navy , 19 June 1815
An Algerian

captured by American fleet under the command of

. * '' Eugene'' , , 17 January 1817
An armed

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attempting to smuggle slaves into the United States. * '' General Ramirez'' , , 1819

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privateer A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...

, captured with 280 slaves by United States ship. Du Bois, 1904 p.291

Chilean war of independence

The Navy of Chile website lists 26 Spanish prizes during the War of Independence. The most famous are probably: * ''Águila'' (1796) , , 26 February 1817
first naval vessel of the Chilean Navy * ''María Isabel'' (1816) , , 20 October 1818
captured by Manuel Blanco Encalada off Santa María Island, Chile * '' Moctezuma'' , , 24 March 1819
captured by

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in El Callao * ''Esmeralda'' (1791) , , 5 to 6 November 1820
captured by

in El Callao * '' Las Caldas'' , , 24 July 1824
captured by

in El Callao. (later renamed ''Monteagudo'') * '' Aquiles'' , , 23 June 1825
Ship handed over to the Chilean authorities For vessels captured by Chilean Letter of marque ships, see list of prizes

1820–1829

* '' La Jeune Eugene'' , , 1821 * '' La Daphnee'' , , 1821 * '' La Mathilde'' , , 1821 * '' L'Elize'' , , 1821
Above four ships captured together by USS ''Alligator''. All except the ''La Jeune Eugene'' escaped while being escorted to

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. France protests. * '' Teresa'' , , 9 April 1824
A Spanish

outfitted as a ''slaver'', captured at

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by '' El Vincendor'', commanded by Captain Cottrell. *'' San Buenaventura'' , , 9 January 1827 A Spanish

captured off Yucatán by

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Congreso Mexicano (former Spanish Asia (ship)) with 214 men to

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1830–1839

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* , , 6 April 1830
a British East India packet

captured by pirates but retaken by her crew. * ''Daspegado'' – Spanish pirate vessel, captor of ''St Helena'', captured by .

War of the Confederation

* ,

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, 4 August 1836
Crew handed the ship over to the Chilean government

Texas Revolution

* , , 1 September 1835
A

warship captured by the merchant ships ''San Felipe'' and ''Laura'' after a bloody exchange of cannon fire off the coast of Texas known as the San Felipe Incident. On board ''San Felipe'' was Stephen F. Austin. * , , 3 March 1836
A Mexican merchantman captured by Captain W. Brown in the ''Liberty'', later ran aground on a sandbar and was wrecked. * ''

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'' ,

, 17 April 1837
Former cutter , captured by the Mexican Navy in the Battle of the Brazos River. In service under Mexican flag as ''La Independencia''.

1839

* , , 1839
A two- masted

built in

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and owned by a Spaniard living in

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. Was used to transport Africans into slavery, who took control of the ship in 1839. Ship was captured off the coast of

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by . Du Bois, 1904 p.293 * , , , November 1839 * , , , November 1839 * , , , November 1839 * , , , November 1839
Above four slaver ships seized together off the coast of Africa using American and Spanish flags to suit the occasion along with fraudulent papers. Captured by British cruiser and brought to United States. * , , 23 September 1839
Fitted as a slaver, and captured by a British cruiser on the coast of Africa. Du Bois, 1904 p.294 * , , October 1839
Captured on the African coast by a British cruiser, and brought by her to

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. * , , 1839
With American papers, seized by British cruisers as Spanish property. Before this she had been boarded fifteen times. * , , September 1839
Seized by a British cruiser, and condemned at

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1840–1849

* SS Sarah Ann, SS ''Sarah Ann'' , , March 1840
Captured with fraudulent papers. * SS ''Tigris'' , , 1840
Captured by British cruisers and sent to

for kidnapping. * SS ''Jones'' , , 1840
Seized by the British. * SS ''Shakespeare'' , , 7 November 1842
Shakespeare, of

, with 430 slaves, captured by British cruisers. Du Bois, 1904 p.295 * SS ''Cyrus'' , , 1844
Cyrus, of

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

, suspected slaver, captured by the British cruiser ''Alert''. * SS ''Spitfire'' , , 14 May 1845
Spitfire, of New Orleans, captured on the coast of Africa, under American flag and the captain indicted in Boston. * SS ''Casco'' , , 1849
Slaver, with no papers; searched, and captured with 420 slaves, by a British cruiser. Du Bois, 1904 p.296

Mexican–American War

At the onset of the

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the ...

on 12 May 1846, Commodore John D. Sloat was in command of the Pacific fleet. The Pacific war against Mexico lasted only eight months with few casualties. The Pacific fleet consisted mainly of ten ships: two ships of the line, two frigates, two sloops-of-war, and four sloops. As the Mexican navy was very small few vessels were ever captured. * '' Malek Adhel'' , , 21 August 1846
Mexican merchant

captured by

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USS ''Warren'' under the command Lieutenant William Radford. * '' Alerta'' , , 10 November 1847
A sloop captured by the chartered ''Libertad'' with its crew of eleven in the

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, about twenty-five miles north of Mulegé.

First Schleswig War

During the First Schleswig War (18481850) the

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first supported the

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's advance south against the rebels in Schleswig-Holstein, and later blockaded the German ports. * '' Christian der achte'' , Private ship , 31 March 1848
A civilian steamship, captured by the Danish naval steamer ''Hekla'' and the brig ''St. Thomas'' at Aabenraa. Used as a transport by the Royal Danish Navy. * '' Gefion'' , , 5 April 1849
A frigate, captured by Prussian forces during the Battle of Eckernförde. * , , 1853
A gunboat, surrendered to the Royal Danish Navy after the end of the First Schleswig War. Commissioned into Danish service as

1850–1859

* SS ''Martha'' , , , 7 June 1850
Martha, of

, captured by USS ''Perry'' when about to embark from southern coast of Africa with 1800 slaves. The captain was admitted to bail, and escaped. * '' Volusia'' , , 2 July 1850
A

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ian

outfitted as a ''slaver'' with a Brazilian crew, carrying false papers under the American flag, captured near Kabinda off the

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by British steam-sloop HMS ''Rattler'', commanded by Arthur Cumming. * SS ''Lucy Ann'' , , 1850
Lucy Ann, of

, captured with 547 slaves by the British. * SS ''Navarre'' , Country of origin unknown , 1850
Slaver, trading to Brazil, boarded, searched and seized by the commander of H. M. steam-sloop HMS ''Firefly''. * SS ''Glamorgan'' , , 1853
Glamorgan, of New York, captured when about to depart with approximately 700 slaves. * SS ''Grey Eagle'' , , 1854
Grey Eagle, of

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, captured off Cuba by British. * SS ''William Clark'' , , 1857
Ship from

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

, seized after prolonged surveillance by HMS ''Firefly''. U.S. Congress, 1858 p.13 * SS ''Jupiter'' , , 1857
Fitted out at New Orleans, captured by HMS ''Antelope'' with 70 slaves aboard. * SS ''Eliza Jane'' , , 22 August 1857
Fitted out at

, captured by HMS ''Alecto'' without papers or colors. * SS ''Jos. H. Record'' , , , 1857
A schooner from

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, captured by HMS ''Antelope'' with 191 slaves aboard. Crew members from Spain and USA. * SS ''Onward'' , , 1857
Slaver vessel out of

, suspected of several smuggling attempts under American colors. Captured by HMS ''Alecto''. * SS ''Echo'' , , , 21 August 1858
The ''Echo'' was commanded by Captain Edward Townsend and financed by foreign nationals from Brazil and was captured by USS ''Dolphin'' off the northern coast of

near the Santaren Channel with 306 slaves.

1860–1869

* SS ''Erie'' , , 1860
Erie, transporting 897 Africans from African coast, captured by a United States ship. Du Bois, 1904 p.297 * '' Nightingale'' , , 21 April 1861
Originally the

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and

''Nightingale'', launched in 1851, captured in

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in 1861 by , taken as a prize and purchased by the

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American Civil War

During the

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the Union

naval blockade A navy, naval force, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake-borne, riverine, littoral, or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions. It include ...

at first proved to be ineffective at keeping ships from entering or leaving southern ports but towards the end of the war it played a significant role in its victory over the Confederate states. By the end of the war the

Union Navy The Union Navy was the United States Navy (USN) during the American Civil War, when it fought the Confederate States Navy (CSN). The term is sometimes used carelessly to include vessels of war used on the rivers of the interior while they were un ...

had captured many Confederate ships, moreover had also captured more than 1,100

blockade runners A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait. It is usually light and fast, using stealth and speed rather than confronting the blockaders in order to break the blockade. Blockade runners usuall ...

while destroying or running aground another 355 vessels. Using specially designed blockade runners, private business interests from Europe also supplied the

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. The Confederacy came into the war with no Navy to speak of but in little time were producing the now famous ironclad vessels in response to the

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, however these were being destroyed or captured as fast as they were being produced and ultimately did little to alleviate the strangle hold the Union blockade had on the Confederacy. * USMS ''Nashville'' , , 13 April 1861
A brig-rigged, side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer originally built as a United States Mail Service ship. Captured 13 April 1861 at Charleston harbor after the fall of Fort Sumter and renamed CSS ''Nashville''. * USS ''Merrimack'' , , 21 April 1861
A steam-driven

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frigate, was burned to the waterline and sunk 20 April 1861 in preparation for the surrender of the Gosport Shipyard the next day. Floated and rebuilt as casemate ironclad CSS ''Virginia'', she participated in the

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but was scuttled 11 May 1862 to avoid recapture. * '' Enchantress'' , Private ship, 6 July 1861 , , 20 July 1861
A civilian schooner, captured by the Confederate privateer ''Jefferson Davis'', later recaptured by off Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, on 20 July 1861. * CSS ''A. J. View'' , , 28 November 1861
A collier while cruising in Mississippi Sound 28 November 1861, the Union screw steamer USS ''R. R. Cuyler'' seized ''A. J. View'' off

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, when the schooner attempted to slip out to sea. * SS ''Arizona'' , Private ship, 15 January 1862 , , 28 October 1862
A civilian side-wheel steamer, captured by Confederate forces at

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. Pressed into Confederate naval service, she was recaptured by USS ''Montgomery'' off Mobile, Alabama, on 28 October 1862. * SS ''Magnolia'' , Private ship, 15 January 1862 , , 19 February 1862
A civilian side-wheel steamer, captured by Confederate forces at

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

. Pressed into service as a blockade runner, she was recaptured by USS ''Brooklyn'' and USS ''South Carolina'' off Mobile, Alabama, on 19 February 1862, then pressed into service with the US Navy blockade fleet as USS ''Magnolia''. * CSS ''Calhoun'' , , 23 January 1862
A 508-ton side-wheel steamer and gunboat, built in 1851 at

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as the civilian steamer ''Calhoun''. Served as a Confederate privateer and used as a blockade runner in May 1861. * CSS ''Eastport'' , , 7 February 1862
A steamer and

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, at Cerro Gordo, Tennessee, captured by three Union gunboats. Renamed USS ''Eastport'', later destroyed on Red River 15 April 1864 to prevent recapture. * CSS ''Ellis'' , , 10 February 1862;
a

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in the Confederate States Navy and the

during, later lost during a raid while under command of Lieutenant

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. * CSS ''Teaser'' , , 10 February 1862;
After capture was taken into the United States Navy and assigned to the

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. * ''

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'' , , 3 March 1862
A Confederate sidewheel steamer, commanded by J.W. Godfrey, captured by USS ''Pawnee'' at Cumberland Sound, Florida. * ''

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'' , , 27 April 1862
A large iron-hulled screw steamer of 1,238 tons built in 1861 at Stockton-on-Tees as a blockade runner for transporting military supplies to the Confederacy, commanded by Charles W. Westendorff. Captured by USS ''Mercedita'', commanded by Henry S. Stellwagen. * CSS ''Victoria'' , , 6 June 1862
A side-wheel steamer acquired by the Confederate Government for service as a troop transport on the waters of the

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. Captured by Union forces at Battle of Memphis and renamed USS ''Abraham''. * SS ''Mexico'' , Private ship , , 6 June 1862
Originally the 1043-ton side-wheel river steamer, built 1851 at NY, owned by Southern Steamship Co. Pressed into service by the Confederacy at

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

15 January 1862. She ran aground during the Battle of Memphis, captured, renamed USS ''General Bragg''. * CSS ''General Sumter'' , , 6 June 1862
A side wheel steamer, Capt. W. W. Lamb. Built as Junius Beebe, in 1853 at Algiers, Louisiana. Captured during the Battle of Memphis by Union forces, renamed USS ''Sumter''. * '' Napier'' , , 29 July 1862
Blockade runner captured by USS ''Chippewa'' * '' Memphis'' , , 31 July 1862
A 7-gun screw steamer, built by

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, in Scotland in 1861, serving as a

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before being captured by USS ''Magnolia'' and taken into the

. * CSS ''De Soto'' , Private ship , , 30 September 1862
A

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, taken over by the Confederate forces for use on the

. Carrying Confederate officers, she was surrendered to Union forces and taken into the

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as transport, then transferred to the Navy as USS ''De Soto'' and later renamed USS ''General Lyon''. * CSS ''Emily Murray'' , , 9 February 1863
Confederate schooner captured by USS ''Coeur de Lion'' while enforcing the blockade off Machodoc Creek, Virginia. Wyllie, 2007 pp.141, 165 * CSS ''Robert Knowles'' , , 9 February 1863
Confederate schooner captured by USS ''Coeur de Lion'' while enforcing the blockade off Machodoc Creek, Virginia. * , , , 14 February 1863
A

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converted into a ram for the United States Ram Fleet, she ran aground after taking heavy fire from the Fort DeRussy shore batteries, and was captured by the

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. * '' Peterhoff'' , ~ , 25 February 1863
A specially built blockade-running steamer, captured leaving St. Thomas by the USS ''Vanderbilt'', commanded by Commodore

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. * USS ''Cherokee'' , ~ , 8 May 1863
A former

she was captured by USS ''Canandaigua'' leaving

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. * CSS ''Atlanta'' , , 17 June 1863
A 1006-ton

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Built in

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, originally named ''Fingal''. She ran the blockade into Savannah, Georgia, in November 1861 with a large cargo of weapons and military supplies. Later ran aground and captured by John Rodgers (American Civil War naval officer), John Rodgers in command of USS Weehawken (1862), USS ''Weehawken'' in Wassaw Sound. * CSS Archer, CSS ''Archer'' , , 25 June 1863
originally a fishing

captured by the Confederate States of America, Confederate cruiser CSS Tacony, CSS ''Tacony'' and converted into a Confederate

for commerce raiding. * USS Britannia (1862), SS ''Britannia'' , Private ship , 25 June 1863
An iron-hulled, side-wheel steamer laid down and built in 1862 to run through the Union Navy's blockade. Captured by USS Santiago de Cuba (1861), USS ''Santiago de Cuba''. * USS Merrimac (1864), CSS ''Merrimac'' , , 24 July 1863
A sidewheel steamer commanded by William P. Rogers used as a

. Captured by USS Iroquois (1859), USS ''Iroquois'' commanded by J. S. Palmer off the coast of Cape Fear River, North Carolina. * USS Emma (1863), SS ''Emma'' , Private ship , 24 July 1863
A

, Maryland-built vessel which was operating out of Nassau, Bahamas, under a Bahamian register, captured by USS Adirondack (1862), USS ''Adirondack'' while trying to evade the Union blockade. * CSS Robert E. Lee, CSS ''Robert E. Lee'' , , 9 November 1863
A schooner-rigged, iron-hulled, paddle-steamer used as a

commanded by Lieutenant Richard H. Gayle. Captured off the coast of North Carolina by USS James Adger, USS ''James Adger'' and USS Iron Age, USS ''Iron Age''. * CSS Annie Thompson, CSS ''Annie Thompson'' , , 16 January 1864
A sloop and

, run aground and captured by USS Fernandina (1861), USS ''Fernandina'' at St. Cathrine's Sound. * United States Revenue Cutter, Dodge, USRC ''Dodge'' , , , 4 April 1864
Seized by the Confederates at Galveston, Texas, at the war's outbreak and renamed ''Mary Sorly''. Recaptured by USS Sciota (1861), USS ''Sciota'' trying to run the blockade. * CSS ''Bombshell'' , , 5 May 1864
An Erie Canal steamer – was a U.S. Army transport, later sunk by the Confederate States, Confederate batteries on 18 April 1864, then raised and taken into the Confederate States Navy under the command of Lieutenant Albert Gallatin Hudgins, CSN. * USS Tristram Shandy (1864), SS ''Tristram Shandy'' 15 May 1864
An iron-hulled

completed in 1864 at Greenock, used as a blockade runner, captured by the USS Kansas (1863), USS ''Kansas''. *USS Water Witch (1851), USS ''Water Witch'' , , 3 June 1864
A wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboat used in Gulf blockading squadron, captured by CSN gunboat fleet in Ossabaw Sound, 1st Lt. Thomas P. Pelot in command. * CSS Selma (1856), CSS ''Selma'' , , 5 August 1864
Captured at Battle of Mobile Bay. * CSS Tennessee (1863), CSS ''Tennessee'' , , 5 August 1864
An

ram, commissioned 16 February 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston in command. Later became the flagship of Admiral Franklin Buchanan who surrendered at the Battle of Mobile Bay. * USS Advance (1862), CSS ''Advance'' , , 10 September 1864
A Paddle steamer, side-wheel steamer, built at Greenock, Scotland, in 1862, purchased by the CSA (North Carolina) under the name ''Lord Clyde'' in 1863, renamed ''Advance'' for Blockade runner, running Union blockade. Vessel made 20 blockade runs before its capture by ''USS Santiago de Cuba, USS ''Santiago de Cuba'''' off Wilmington, North Carolina. Renamed USS ''Frolic'' in 1865. * , , 27 October 1864
A steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second ''Albemarle'' of the United States Navy), commanded by Captain (naval), Captain James W. Cooke, sunk by spar torpedo, captured, raised, and sold. *USS Hornet (1865), CSS ''Lady Sterling'' , , 28 October 1864
Confederate States Navy, Confederate

CSS ''Lady Stirling'', built by James Ash at Cubitt Town, London, in 1864. She was badly damaged and captured by the

on 28 October 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina. * ''American schooner Charter Oak, Charter Oak'' , , 5 November 1864
A schooner and cargo ship out of Boston, commanded by Samuel J. Gilman, used in the American Civil War, captured by CSS Shenandoah, CSS ''Shenandoah'', commanded by Captain James Iredell Waddell and burned in 1864. * ''Cargo bark D. Godfrey, D. Godfrey'' , , 8 November 1864
A cargo Barque, bark from Boston, captured by CSS Shenandoah, CSS ''Shenandoah'', commanded by Captain James Iredell Waddell, sunk southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. See also: CSS Shenandoah#Vessels captured, Vessels captured by CSS ''Shenandoah'' * CSS Florida (cruiser), CSS ''Florida'' , , 28 November 1864
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in the Confederate States Navy, commanded by John Newland Maffitt (privateer), John Newland Maffitt (a privateer), captured by , commanded by Rear Admiral Napoleon Collins, later sunk in collision with USAT Alliance, a troop ferry, 28 November 1864. *SS Syren, SS ''Syren'' , , 18 February 1865
The Syren was a sidewheel steamer built at Greenwich, Kent, England in 1863 and designed for outrunning and evading the vessels on Union blockade patrol. Owned by the Charleston Importing and Exporting Company, the ''Syren'' made her first run on 5 November 1863, running supplies from Nassau, Bahamas, Nassau to Wilmington, North Carolina, Wilmington. The ''Syren'' completed a record 33 runs through the blockade, the most of any blockade runner. Abandoned and set fire the Union Army captured her in Charleston harbor where she had successfully run in through the blockade the night before.
See also: Wilmington, North Carolina in the American Civil War * CSS Columbia, CSS ''Columbia'' , , 18 February 1865
An

ram. Found by Union forces near Fort Moultrie when they took possession of Charleston in 1865. * CSS Texas, CSS ''Texas'' , , 4 April 1865
A twin propeller casement

Naval ram, ram, captured at Richmond navy yard by union forces after city was evacuated. * See also: ** :Ships of the Union Navy, Ships of the Union Navy ** Blockade runners of the American Civil War ** List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

Second Schleswig War

During the Second Schleswig War in 1864 the

blockaded the German ports. While the Danes suffered military defeat on land during the conflict, their navy succeeded in maintaining the blockade throughout the war. * ''Neptunus (ship), Neptunus'' , Private ship , 8 March 1864
A civilian ship, captured by the Danish frigate ''Danish steam frigate Jylland, Jylland'' off Helsingør. * ''Eudora (barque), Eudora'' , Private ship , 2 April 1864
A civilian barque, captured by the Danish corvette ''Dagmar'' off Hamburg.

Chincha Islands War

The Chincha Islands War (18641866) was a mostly naval conflict between Spain and her former South American colonies Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia. * ''Spanish schooner Virgen de Covadonga, Virgen de Covadonga'' , , 26 November 1865
The naval schooner was captured in the Battle of Papudo by the Chilean corvette ''Esmeralda (1855), Esmeralda''. Pressed into Chilean service, she was sunk by a naval mine during the War of the Pacific in 1880. * ''Paquete de Maule'' , , 6 March 1866
The sidewheel steamer was Capture of the Paquete de Maule, captured by Spanish frigates. She was burned and destroyed by the Spanish on 10 May 1866. * ''Spanish corvette Tornado, Pampero'' , , 22 August 1866
The naval steamer was captured by the Spanish frigate ''Gerona'' in the action of 22 August 1866 off

. She was pressed into Spanish naval service and remained so until sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War in 1938.

1870–1879

Ten Years' War

The Ten Years' War was fought between Cuban revolutionaries and Spain. Breaking out in 1868, the war was won by Spain by 1878. * ''Virginius Affair, Virginius'' , () , 30 October 1873
The blockade runner, carrying 103 Cuban soldiers, was captured by the Spanish corvette . After initially executing 53 crew members as pirates, the Spanish authorities were pressured by the US and British governments to release the ship and the 91 surviving crew in December 1873.

War of the Pacific

The War of the Pacific (18791883) was fought between Peru and Bolivia on one side, with Chile on the other. Chile emerged victorious. * ''Chilean transporter Rímac (1872), Rimac'' , , 23 July 1879
The troopship was captured by the Peruvian ironclad ''Huáscar (ironclad), Huáscar'' and the Peruvian corvette ''Unión (ship), Unión'' off Antofagasta. The ship was taken into service with the Peruvian Navy. * ''Huáscar (ironclad), Huáscar'' , , 8 October 1879
The ironclad was captured by Chilean naval forces in the Battle of Angamos. The ship was taken into service with the Chilean Navy under the same name and is still afloat as a museum and historical memorial ship at the port of Talcahuano, Chile * ''Peruvian corvette Pilcomayo (1864), Pilcomayo'' , , 18 November 1879
captured by Chilean ''Chilean ironclad Blanco Encalada, Blanco Encalada''. * ''Chilean torpedo boats in the War of the Pacific, Alay'' , , 22 December 1879
captured by Chilean transporter ''Amazonas'' between Panama and El Callao.Chilean Navy website
Guacolda (1879)

1880–1889

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1890–1899

First Sino-Japanese War

The 1894–95 First Sino-Japanese War was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji period, Meiji Imperial Japan, Japan over dominance of Korea. The war ended in Japanese victory and great Chinese loss of territory and prestige. * ''Chinese gunboat Tsao-kiang, Tsao-kiang'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

Beiyang Navy , 27 July 1894
The gunboat was captured by the Japanese cruiser during the Battle of Pungdo. She served in the Japanese Navy and government service under the name ''Sōkō'' until 1924. Sold to civilian interests, she sailed as a transport until scrapped in 1964. * ''Chinese torpedo boat Fulong, Fulong'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

Beiyang Navy , 7 February 1895
The torpedo boat was captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Weihaiwei on 7 February 1895. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name ''Fukuryū'' until sold for scrap in 1908. * ''Chinese cruiser Jiyuan, Jiyuan'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

Beiyang Navy , 17 February 1895
The cruiser was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name ''Saien'' until mined and sunk off Lüshunkou District, Port Arthur on 30 November 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War. * ''Chinese gunboat Pingyuan, Pingyuan'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

Beiyang Navy , 17 February 1895
The armored cruiser was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei. She served in the Japanese Navy first under the name ''Ping Yuen Go'' and later as ''Heien'' until mined and sunk west of Port Arthur on 18 September 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War. * ''Chinese turret ship Zhenyuan, Zhenyuan'' , Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912)

Beiyang Navy , 17 February 1895
The turret ship was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name ''Chin'en'' until scrapped in 1914.

Spanish–American War

The Spanish–American War lasted only ten weeks and was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific theaters. American naval power proved decisive, allowing U.S. expeditionary forces to disembark in Spanish controlled Cuba which was already under constant pressure from frequent insurgent attacks. It is the only American war that was prompted by the fate of a single ship, the USS Maine (ACR-1), USS ''Maine'', then berthed in a Cuban harbor, which exploded while its crew lay asleep. * ''Saranac'' , () , 26 February 1898
The bark ''Saranac''—under Captain Bartaby—was captured in the Philippines by the Spanish gunboat ''USS Elcano (PG-38), Elcano'' carrying 1,640 short tons (1,490 t) of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Iloilo, for Admiral Dewey's fleet. * ''USS Elcano (PG-38), Elcano'' , , 1 May 1898
The gunboat was captured by US naval forces during the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898. She was officially turned over to the US Navy on 9 November 1898. * ''USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25), Reina Mercedes'' , , 17 July 1898
The scuttled cruiser was captured by US naval forces at Santiago de Cuba. The ship was raised in 1899 and taken into service with the US Navy.

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