 Painting The Gallant Defense of Cutter Surveyor | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Unknown |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Acquired | 1813 |
| Out of service | By or before 1814 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| History | |
.png){kind=small} United States | |
| Name | USRC Surveyor |
| Operator | United States Revenue Marine |
| Laid down | 1807 |
| Commissioned | 1807 |
| Homeport | Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Captured | 1813, by United Kingdom |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Length | 68 ft (21 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Complement | 25 personnel |
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USRC Surveyor was a ship of the United States Revenue Marine captured by the United Kingdom during the War of 1812. Despite the vessel's loss, the "gallant and desperate" defense of her crew against a superior force of the Royal Navy and the Corps of Royal Marines is commemorated by the United States Coast Guard. Along with the Royal Navy frigate which bested her in battle, HMS Narcissus, Surveyor is among six legendary ships memorialized in the lyrics of the Coast Guard march "Semper Paratus".