Comet (1810 schooner)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Comet, USNS Comet, Comet (ship), and Comet (clipper).
Hibernia engaging Comet, 1814
History
United States
NameComet
OwnerWilliam Furlong and Thorndike Chase
BuilderThomas Kemp
Completed1810
Acquired1812
In service29 June 1812[1]
General characteristics
TypeSchooner
Tonnage187
Length
  • 90 ft 6 in (27.58 m)
  • 68 ft 0 in (20.73 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 6 in (7.16 m)
Depth of hold10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Sail planSchooner-rigged
Complement120
Armament
  • 2 × 9-pounder guns + 10 × 12-pounder carronades in 1810
  • 2 × 9-pounder guns + 12 × 12-pounder carronades in 1812

Comet, an American schooner, was built in 1810 at Baltimore, Maryland. She was owned by "a group of wealthy Baltimore investors."[1] Under Captain Thomas Boyle, who was a part owner of the schooner, Comet sailed from July 1812[2] to March 1814 as a privateer, which was a type of ships licensed by the United States during the War of 1812 to harass the British merchant vessels and divest their cargoes.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Tabarrok, Alexander (Winter 2007). "The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Privateers" (PDF). The Independent Review. v., XI, n. 3: 565–577. ISSN 1086-1653.
  2. ^ White, Frank Jr. (Winter 1958). "The COMET Harasses the British". Maryland Historical Magazine: 295–315.