USS Syren (later Siren) was a brig of the United States Navy built at Philadelphia in 1803. She served during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812...
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clipper ship HMS Syren, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy USS Syren (1803), a brig of the United States Navy during the First Barbary War and...
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Tripolitan coast with USS Argus, USS Constitution, USS Syren, USS Nautilus, USS Enterprise and USS Scourge. Later in August USS John Adams and USS Intrepid joined...
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USS Siren is a name used more than once by the United States Navy: USS Syren (1803) was a brig that the British Royal Navy captured in 1814; she was last...
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mate and transferred the next day to the brig USS Syren. He also served on the frigates USS Essex and USS Constitution. On 16 February 1804 Metcalf was...
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List of United States Navy ships: S (redirect from USS Somerset (1917))
(ID-2150) USS Sylvania (AFS-2, AKA-44) USS Sylvia (1882, SP-471) USS Symbol (AM-123) USS Syncline (YO-63) USS Syren (1803) USS Syrma (AK-134) navy.mil: List of...
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and later in the War of 1812. He commanded USS Vixen, USS Syren, USS Wasp, USS Essex, USS Congress, and USS Franklin. He was born in England on 1 or 2...
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on 31 October 1803 after the American frigate had run fast aground on uncharted Kaliusa reef some five miles (8 km) east of Tripoli. USS Enterprise, a...
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USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned...
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brigs, revenue cutters, and Baltimore Clipper model. Benjamin Hutton 1803 brig Syren, schooners Vixen (DANFS) and Skjoldebrand (DANFS), Enterprise, and...
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Charles Stewart (United States Navy officer) (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
command of USS Chesapeake in 1801 and service in USS Constellation in 1802, Stewart sailed to the Mediterranean in command of the brig USS Syren. He was...
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Stephen Decatur (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
set ablaze the frigate Philadelphia, denying its use to the corsairs. USS Syren, commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart, accompanied Intrepid to provide...
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which then forced the Tripolitans back into harbor. In June 1803, USS John Adams and USS Enterprise defeated nine enemy gunboats and a polacre near Tripoli...
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the brigs USS Syren, USS Viper, and USS Enterprise; Shaw also purchased the commercial vessel Remittance on behalf of the Navy to become USS Louisiana...
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– HMS Leander captures USS Rattlesnake 1814, June 28 – USS Wasp captures HMS Reindeer 1814, July 12 – American privateer Syren captures HMS Landrail 1814...
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had been lost. USS Essex had captured two: New Zealander, and Montezuma. "On the coast" is off the coast of Japan. In April 1820 Syren had voyaged to...
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Barbary Wars. Captured off Tripoli, by Syren commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart. She was renamed the USS Scourge. The French Revolutionary Wars and...
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Nautilus, Scourge, Syren, and Hornet (joined in 1805) all saw service during the war, under the overall command of Preble. Throughout 1803, Preble set up...
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Thomas Macdonough (category Commanders of the USS Constitution)
in the raid on Philadelphia, Macdonough served aboard the 18-gun brig USS Syren, the same vessel assisting Intrepid at Tripoli. Assisting Isaac Hull,...
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through the Atlantic Medway came across the 16-gun USS Syren, bound for the United States. The Syren mistook the Medway for a large merchant vessel and...
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1811 HMS Syren (or Siren) 1782 – hulked as lazaretto at Pembroke in 1805, broken up 1822 HMS Iris 1783 – on lease to Trinity House between 1803 and 1805...
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Lloyd's Register for 1814 confirms the change of ownership and trade. USS Syren captured and burnt Barton, Hassler, master, on 28 May 1814. Barton was...
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were involved in the Easton Massacre when she visited Portland in April 1803 to press recruits. Her captain and three other officers stood trial for murder...
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the renewal of hostilites in 1803, the Barton ship Irlam made further captures including Adolphus from Mauritius (1803); the brig Batavia (1809, but...
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List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars (section Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815))
in the Royal Navy on HMS Medway. Participated in the 1814 capture of USS Syren. Also a Napoleonic Wars veteran. Jacob C. Marsh (c. 1818–1917) – United...
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in the Royal Navy on HMS Medway. Participated in the 1814 capture of USS Syren. Also a Napoleonic Wars veteran. John W. Stainer (1808–1907) – United...
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Clasps issued Awarded to Action 15 Mar. Boat Service 1793 1793, 15 March 1 Syren Attack on fortifications at Willemstadt. 17 Mar. Boat Service 1794 1794...
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Snow Squall Sovereign of the Seas Stag Hound Stornoway Surprise Swordfish Syren Westward Ho! Witch of the Wave Witchcraft 1853 - 1859 Andrew Jackson Belle...
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day off Barfleur, Manche, France by the Royal Navy's HMS Druid and HMS Syren and taken to Portsmouth, Hampshire. Thomas and Sarah ( Great Britain): The...
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