Capture of the Young Teazer

Young Teazer
History
United States
NameYoung Teazer
OwnerSamuel Adams
Launched1813
Commissioned3 May 1813
HomeportNew York City
FateDestroyed in explosion 27 June 1813 after HMS Hogue and HMS Orpheus trapped her
General characteristics
TypePrivateer
Tons burthen120 or 124 [1]
Length60 ft (18 m) (overall)
Sail planSchooner
Complement65,[1] or 73
Armament5 guns plus 3 wooden dummy guns
NotesSource for info box dimensions[2]

Young Teazer was a United States privateer schooner that captured 12 British vessels, five of which made it to American ports. A member of her crew blew her up at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia during the War of 1812 after a series of British warships chased her and after HMS Hogue trapped her.[3] The schooner became famous for this deadly explosion, which killed most of her crew, and for the folklore about the ghostly "Teazer Light."