HMS St Lawrence (1813)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS St Lawrence.

Chasseur capturing HMS St Lawrence, by Adam Weingartner
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS St Lawrence
Acquired13 June 1813
Captured26 February 1815
General characteristics
Class and type14-gun schooner
Tons burthen244 bm[1]
Complement60 in British service
Armament
  • American service: 12 × short 9-pounder guns + 1 × long 9-pounder gun
  • British service: 12 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS St Lawrence was a 14-gun schooner of the Royal Navy. She had been built in 1808 in St. Michaels, Talbot County, Maryland for Thomas Tennant and sold to Philadelphians in 1810.[2] During the War of 1812 she was the US privateer Atlas. The UK captured her in 1813 and renamed her St Lawrence. The US privateer Chasseur recaptured her in 1815, and then HMS Acasta re-recaptured her.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 368.
  2. ^ Footner (1998), p. 111.