82 Naval War of 1812 



The first 5 small vessels that are bracketed were 

 to cruise under Commodore Porter; the next 4 un 

 der Commodore Perry; but the news of peace ar 

 rived before either squadron put to sea. Some of 

 the vessels under this catalogue were really almost 

 ready for sea at the end of 1813; and some that I 

 have included in the catalogue of 1815 were almost 

 completely fitted at the end of 1814, but this ar 

 rangement is practically the best. 



LIST OF VESSELS LOST TO THE BRITISH. 



I. DESTROYED BY BRITISH ARMIES. 



Name. Tons. Guns. 



Columbia, 1,508 52 ) Destroyed to prevent 



Adams, 760 28 > them falling into hands 



Argus, 509 22) of enemy. 



Carolina, 230 14 Destroyed by battery. 



3,007 116 



2. CAPTURED, ETC., BY BRITISH NAVY ON OCEAN. 



Name. Tons. Guns. 



Essex, 860 46 Captured by frigate and corvette. 



Frolic, 509 22 " by frigate and schooner. 



Rattlesnake,* 258 16 " by frigate. 



Syren, 250 16 " by seventy-four. 



1,877 loo 

 Total, 4,884 tons. 216 guns. 



There were also a good many gunboats, which I 

 do not count, because, as already said, they were 

 often not as large as the barges that were sunk 

 and taken in attacking them, as at Craney Island, 

 etc. 



