Porcupine (Schooner), captured, 1 Sep 1814
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Lieut. General Drummond congratulates the army on the brilliant achievement executed last night by Capt. Dobbs of the Royal Navy and a party of Seamen and Marines, who in the most gallant style, boarded and after a short struggle, carried two of the enemy's armed schooners, anchored clore to Fort Erie. - Accident alone prevented the capture of a third schooner; those captured are the SOMERS and PORCUPINE; the former mounts two long I2 pounders; the latter one I2.- Lieut. Radcliffe Commander of his Majesty's schooner NETLEY, has fallen on this occasion, he was killed in the act of boarding
Kingston GAZETTE
September 9, I8I4
- Media Type:
- Text
- Newspaper
- Item Type:
- Clippings
- Notes:
- Reason: captured
Remarks: Becomes British prize
- Date of Original:
- 1814
- Subject(s):
- Local identifier:
- McN.W.24722
- Language of Item:
- English
- Geographic Coverage:
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 42.90012
Longitude: -78.93286
- Donor:
- William R. McNeil
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- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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