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    HMS Pelican was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in August 1812. She is perhaps best known for her capture in August 1813...
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  • Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pelican, after the bird, while another was planned: Pelican was an 18-gun privateer. She was part of Sir...
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  • subsequently refloated. Argus (1803) versus HMS Pelican (1812) (August 14, 1813): A battle between the British brig Pelican and the American sloop Argus in St...
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    USS Argus (1803) (category War of 1812 ships of the United States)
    waters for a month, when the heavier British Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Pelican intercepted her. After a sharp fight during which Argus's captain, Master...
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     93. ISBN 0-911329-00-5. Breverton, Terry (2004). The Pirate Dictionary. Pelican Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 1-589-80243-8. Kosanke, K.L.; Sturman, Barry T...
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    HMS Terror was a specialised warship and a newly developed bomb vessel constructed for the Royal Navy in 1813. She participated in several battles of...
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    in 1804. The British captured her in 1806 and renamed her HMS Pelican. She was sold in 1812. In late 1805, the sister ships Phaeton and Voltigeur, both...
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    Privateer Decatur captures HMS Dominica 1813, August 14 – HMS Pelican captures USS Argus 1813, September 5 – USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer 1813, September...
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  • HMS Atalanta was the American letter of marque schooner Siro, launched in 1812, that the British captured in 1814. There is no evidence that she actually...
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    HMS Epervier was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Ross at Rochester, England, and launched on 2 December 1812. USS Peacock...
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