Essex Junior

For ships with a similar name, see USS Essex and Atlantic (ship).
History
United Kingdom
NameAtlantic, or Atalanta or Atlanta
OwnerSamuel Enderby & Sons, London
Captured29 April 1813
United States
NameEssex Junior
NamesakeUSS Essex
Acquired29 April 1813 by capture
Captured12 January 1814
FateSold on 26 August 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen355 (bm)[1]
Complement
  • Atlantic: 24 men[1]
  • Essex Junior: 60 officers and men
Armament
  • Atlantic: 8 × 18-pounder carronades[1]
  • Essex Junior: 10 × 6-pounder guns + 10 × 18-pounder carronades
Notes

The sloop Essex Junior was a French prize that the British whaling firm of Samuel Enderby and Sons purchased and used as a whaler under the name Atlantic. In 1813, on her second whaling voyage, the frigate USS Essex captured her off the Galapagos Islands. The Americans named her Essex Junior. The British recaptured her on 28 March 1814 when they captured Essex. They then sent Essex Junior to New York as a cartel. There the Americans seized her and sold her.

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