Cossack (1812 ship) explained

Cossack was launched in 1812 in Sunderland and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813.^[1]

Cossack, Black, master, a brig of Greenock, had been sailing from Alicante to Newfoundland when on 16 October 1814, the privateer Grand Turk captured her. Grand Turk transferred a considerable quantity of raisins from Cossack before sending her for the United States.^[2]

recaptured Cossack, only to have Cossack fall prey to the US privateer .^[3] Cossack arrived at Salem, Massachusetts on 16 November.^[4] Cossack was carrying a cargo of wine. She was sold at Salem for $12,500.^[5]

When Captain Green, of Grand Turk reached Salem he was delighted to see Cossack anchored there. He was then chagrined to discover that she had become a prize to a rival privateer.

The Register of Shipping (RS) carried the annotation "CAPTURED" by Cossacks name in its volume for 1815.^[6]

References

• Book: Fairburn, William Armstrong . Merchant Sail . 2 . 1955 . Fairburn Marine Educational Foundation.
• Book: Good . Timothy S. . American privateers in the war of 1812: the vessels and their prizes as recorded in Niles' weekly register . 2012 . McFarland . 978-0786466955.

Notes and References

1. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005689347?urlappend=%3Bseq=660 LR (1813) Supple. page s"C", Seq.No.C29.
2. "GRAND TURK'S CRUIZE" 26 November 1814,Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, RI, United States) Volume: 12, Issue: [46].
3. News: The Marine List . Lloyd's List . 4934 . 27 December 1814 . 2027/uc1.c2735026?urlappend=%3Bseq=453 .
4. News: The Marine List . Lloyd's List . 4934 . 10 March 1815 . 2027/uc1.c2735027?urlappend=%3Bseq=49 .
5. 18 March 1815, Providence Patriot, Columbian Phenix (Providence, RI, United States) Volume: 13, Issue: 10.
6. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015024214275?urlappend=%3Bseq=155 RS (1815), Seq.No.C935.