USS Trumbull (1800)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Trumbull |
Laid down | 1799 |
Launched | 1800 |
Commissioned | March, 1800 |
Fate | Sold, 1801 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Sloop-of-war |
Tonnage | 400 |
Propulsion | Sails |
Complement | 220 officers and enlisted |
Armament | 18 × 12-pounder guns |
Service record | |
Commanders: | Capt. David Jewett |
USS Trumbull, the third United States Navy ship to bear the name, was an 18-gun sloop-of-war that took part of the so-called Quasi-War between the United States and France, between 1800 and 1801.
Construction
US Congress authorized the construction of naval ships and expansion of the US Navy in response to large losses of merchant ships to French
Service history
Following fitting out, it departed New London in March 1800 under the command of
Trumbull joined the American Squadron commanded by Silas Talbot[2] in the USS Constitution. Trumbull's main duties in the area were protection of American shipping and the interception of French privateers and merchantmen.
In early May 1800, she captured the armed French schooner Peggie. This may have been the schooner of six guns, that had been sailing from Port Republican to Bordeaux with 70,000wt. of coffee.[3]
In August 1800 Trumbull,
On 3 (or 14) August, while off
Trumbull then returned to patrol off
Disposal: Trumbull was sold at auction in New York in May or June 1801 for $26,500 to Messrs. Robinson and Harthorne, local merchants.[10]
Notes
- ^ This was not, as is sometimes found, the 38-gun frigate HMS Vengeance that tangled with the USS Constellation and was later taken into the Royal Navy.[6][7]
References
- ISBN 950-899-070-8.
- ^ Silas Talbot Collection (Coll. 18)
- ^ "The Department of State, has published the following official notice". Raleigh Register, and North-Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Raleigh, North Carolina), 10 June 1800; Issue 34.
- ^ "The expertness of the Malays at diving, appears from the following curious circumstance, related by a gentleman lately from India". Maryland Gazette (Annapolis, Maryland), 4 September 1800; Issue 2799.
- ^ "Raleigh, Tuesday, 30 Sept. 1800". Raleigh Register, and North-Carolina Weekly Advertiser (Raleigh, North Carolina), 30 September 1800; Issue 50.
- DANFS
- ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 294, N°2706.
- ^ Manwaring Caulkins, Frances (1874). History of Norwich, Connecticut: From Its Possession by the Indians to the Year 1866. Hartford, CT: H.P. Haven. pp. 525–526.
Frances Manwaring Caulkins.
- ^ Allen, 1909 p. 190
- ^ "Multiple News Items". National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser (Washington, District of Columbia), 5 June 1801; Issue XCIII.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Bibliography
- Allen, Gardner Weld (1909). Our naval war with France.
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, New york. p. 323. - Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. OCLC 492783890.