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The ''Mashouda'' or ''Meshuda'' was the Algerian fleet
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The ''Mashouda'' or ''Meshuda'' was the Algerian fleet flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of navy, naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically ...
of admiral Raïs Hamidou
Hamidou ben Ali, known as Raïs Hamidou (), or Amidon in American literature (c. 1770 – June 17, 1815), was an Algerian Barbary corsair, corsair. He captured up to 200 ships during his career. Hamidou ensured the prosperity of the Deylik o ...
during the Second Barbary War
The Second Barbary War, also known as the U.S.–Algerian War and the Algerine War, was a brief military conflict between the United States and the North African state of Algiers in 1815.
Piracy had been rampant along the North African "Barb ...
. Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr.
Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. (; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Contin ...
of the United States Navy
The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...
captured her in June 1815 at the Battle off Cape Gata
The Battle off Cape Gata, which took place June 17, 1815, off the south-east coast of Spain, was the first battle of the Second Barbary War. A squadron of U.S. vessels, under the command of Stephen Decatur, Jr., met and engaged the flagship of ...
. This created a favorable American position from which to bargain with the Dey of Algiers
This is a list of the Beylerbeys, Pashas and Deys of the Regency of Algiers:
Beylerbeys of the Regency of Algiers (1517–1588)
Pashas (1577–1659)
* Dely Ahmed 1586–1589
* Hızır Pasha 1589–1591
* Hadji Shaban Pasha 1591–1593
* Mu ...
. ''Lloyd's List'' reported that the Algerian frigate ''Mezoura'', which had been under the command of the Algerine admiral, had arrived at Carthagena on 20 June 1815 as a prize to Decatur's squadron. The newspaper also reported that Decatur's squadron had run another Spanish frigate onshore near Carthagena.
The Spanish government interned ''Mashouda'' and returned her to Algiers at the end of the war. However, on 18 July 1815 the Algerines declared war on Spain so the Spanish government seized both her and the brig Estedio, which Decatur had captured at the Battle of Cape Palos.''Lloyd's List
''Lloyd's List'' is one of the world's oldest continuously running journals, having provided weekly shipping news in London as early as 1734. It was published daily until 2013 (when the final print issue, number 60,850, was published), and i ...
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See also
*List of ships captured in the 19th century
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 ...
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