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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 1659273, member: 19250"][ATTACH]244012.vB[/ATTACH]The Pride of Baltimore ll Clipper ship </p><p>The <i>Pride</i> was originally built as an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Baltimore clipper schooner. She was not patterned after any particular vessel, but rather she was designed as a typical Baltimore Clipper as they were in their heyday. She was named, in a round-about way, for the legendary Baltimore-built topsail schooner <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chasseur_(ship)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chasseur_(ship)"><i>Chasseur</i></a> sailed by the privateer <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Thomas_Boyle" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Thomas_Boyle">Thomas Boyle</a>: The <i>Chasseur</i> was known as the "Pride of Baltimore" and participated in the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/War_of_1812" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/War_of_1812">War of 1812</a>.</p><p>One of the most famous of the American <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Privateer" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Privateer">privateers</a>, Captain Thomas Boyle sailed his Baltimore clipper, <i>Chasseur</i>, out of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Fells_Point" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Fells_Point">Fells Point</a>, where she had been launched from <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Kemp_(shipbuilder)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Kemp_(shipbuilder)&action=edit&redlink=1">Thomas Kemp</a>'s shipyard in 1812. On his first voyage as master of <i>Chasseur</i> in 1814, Boyle sailed east to the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/British_Isles" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/British_Isles">British Isles</a>, where he harassed the British <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Merchant_fleet" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Merchant_fleet">merchant fleet</a> and sent a notice to <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom">George III</a>, by way of a captured merchant vessel, declaring that the entire British Isles were under naval blockade by <i>Chasseur</i> alone! Despite its implausibility, this caused the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/British_Admiralty">British Admiralty</a> to call vessels home from the American war to guard merchant ships sailing in convoys. <i>Chasseur</i> captured or sank 17 vessels before returning home to Baltimore on 25 March 1815. Perhaps her most famous accomplishment was the capture of the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Schooner" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Schooner">schooner</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/HMS_St_Lawrence_(1813)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/HMS_St_Lawrence_(1813)">HMS <i>St Lawrence</i></a>. On her return to Baltimore, the <i><a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Niles_Weekly_Register" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Niles_Weekly_Register">Niles Weekly Register</a></i> dubbed the <i>Chasseur</i>, her captain, and crew the "pride of Baltimore" for their achievement.</p><p><br /></p><p>*** note on The first Pride Of Baltimore </p><p><br /></p><p>Sinking</p><p>On May 14, 1986, returning from the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Caribbean" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Caribbean">Caribbean</a>, what the <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard">United States Coast Guard</a> later described as a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Microburst" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Microburst">microburst</a> <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Squall" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Squall">squall</a>, possibly a <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/White_squall" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/White_squall">white squall</a>, 250 nautical miles (463 km) north of <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Puerto_Rico" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Puerto_Rico">Puerto Rico</a> struck the <i>Pride</i>. Winds of 80 <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Knot_(unit)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Knot_(unit)">knots</a> (150 km/h; 92 mph) hit the vessel, capsizing and sinking her. Her captain and three crew were lost; the remaining eight crewmembers floated in a partially inflated life-raft for four days and seven hours with little food or water until the Norwegian <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tanker_(ship)" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tanker_(ship)">tanker</a> <i>Toro</i> came upon them and rescued them.</p><p>A memorial on Rash Field in Baltimore's <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Inner_Harbor" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Inner_Harbor">Inner Harbor</a> memorializes the <i>Pride's</i> lost captain and crewmembers (Armin Elsaesser 42, Captain; Vincent Lazarro, 27, Engineer; Barry Duckworth, 29, Carpenter; and Nina Schack, 23, Seaman).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 1659273, member: 19250"][ATTACH]244012.vB[/ATTACH]The Pride of Baltimore ll Clipper ship The [I]Pride[/I] was originally built as an authentic reproduction of a 19th-century Baltimore clipper schooner. She was not patterned after any particular vessel, but rather she was designed as a typical Baltimore Clipper as they were in their heyday. She was named, in a round-about way, for the legendary Baltimore-built topsail schooner [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Chasseur_(ship)"][I]Chasseur[/I][/URL] sailed by the privateer [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Thomas_Boyle"]Thomas Boyle[/URL]: The [I]Chasseur[/I] was known as the "Pride of Baltimore" and participated in the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/War_of_1812"]War of 1812[/URL]. One of the most famous of the American [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Privateer"]privateers[/URL], Captain Thomas Boyle sailed his Baltimore clipper, [I]Chasseur[/I], out of [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Fells_Point"]Fells Point[/URL], where she had been launched from [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Kemp_(shipbuilder)&action=edit&redlink=1"]Thomas Kemp[/URL]'s shipyard in 1812. On his first voyage as master of [I]Chasseur[/I] in 1814, Boyle sailed east to the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/British_Isles"]British Isles[/URL], where he harassed the British [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Merchant_fleet"]merchant fleet[/URL] and sent a notice to [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom"]George III[/URL], by way of a captured merchant vessel, declaring that the entire British Isles were under naval blockade by [I]Chasseur[/I] alone! Despite its implausibility, this caused the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/British_Admiralty"]British Admiralty[/URL] to call vessels home from the American war to guard merchant ships sailing in convoys. [I]Chasseur[/I] captured or sank 17 vessels before returning home to Baltimore on 25 March 1815. Perhaps her most famous accomplishment was the capture of the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Schooner"]schooner[/URL] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/HMS_St_Lawrence_(1813)"]HMS [I]St Lawrence[/I][/URL]. On her return to Baltimore, the [I][URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Niles_Weekly_Register"]Niles Weekly Register[/URL][/I] dubbed the [I]Chasseur[/I], her captain, and crew the "pride of Baltimore" for their achievement. *** note on The first Pride Of Baltimore Sinking On May 14, 1986, returning from the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Caribbean"]Caribbean[/URL], what the [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard"]United States Coast Guard[/URL] later described as a [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Microburst"]microburst[/URL] [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Squall"]squall[/URL], possibly a [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/White_squall"]white squall[/URL], 250 nautical miles (463 km) north of [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Puerto_Rico"]Puerto Rico[/URL] struck the [I]Pride[/I]. Winds of 80 [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Knot_(unit)"]knots[/URL] (150 km/h; 92 mph) hit the vessel, capsizing and sinking her. Her captain and three crew were lost; the remaining eight crewmembers floated in a partially inflated life-raft for four days and seven hours with little food or water until the Norwegian [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Tanker_(ship)"]tanker[/URL] [I]Toro[/I] came upon them and rescued them. A memorial on Rash Field in Baltimore's [URL="http://www.cointalk.com/wiki/Inner_Harbor"]Inner Harbor[/URL] memorializes the [I]Pride's[/I] lost captain and crewmembers (Armin Elsaesser 42, Captain; Vincent Lazarro, 27, Engineer; Barry Duckworth, 29, Carpenter; and Nina Schack, 23, Seaman).[/QUOTE]
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