Английская Википедия:Battle of La Guaira (1812)
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The Battle of La Guaira was a naval engagement fought in the Caribbean Sea on 11 December 1812 during the war between Britain and the United States. An American privateer captured a British letter of marque at the Spanish port of La Guaira in Venezuela.Шаблон:Sfnp[1]
Battle
On 10 December while on a commerce raiding cruise, the American schooner Шаблон:Ship, of 16 guns and 140 men under Captain Charles Whiting Wooster anchored off La Guaira. After Wooster arrived the American consul warned Wooster that if he remained in port, the Spanish garrison would sink his ship with their shore batteries. The Americans withdrew out of range but remained off the city. That same day Saratoga captured a British schooner and sent her as a prize back to the United States.Шаблон:Fact
On the following morning as a heavy fog cleared, the Americans spotted an incoming brig. After the engagement it turned out that she was the letter of marque Шаблон:Ship, originally commanded by Captain N. Dalmahoy (or Dalmarhoy), of 237Шаблон:Small tons burthen, mounting fourteen long 9-pounders with a crew of thirty-six men. She had been at sea for 57 days.Шаблон:Sfnp Dalmahoy had died two weeks before the battle so her first mate, named Alexander, was captain.Шаблон:Sfnp
Immediately after spotting the British, Saratoga sailed to intercept but it took two hours for her to close to firing range.Шаблон:Sfnp[1] The Spanish colonists expected the arrival of Rachel and so hundreds of the colonists rushed to the beaches to observe the engagement. When the range closed the two vessels began tacking towards land, Saratoga opened fire while Шаблон:Convert off the port, firing her starboard bow gun. The British answered with shots from their port quarter guns until both ships were side by side. For over half an hour the two vessels dueled but the fighting ended when RachelШаблон:'s fire weakened. After volleys of small arms fire had driven the British sailors below decks, the Americans closed in and boarded.Шаблон:Sfnp The British had two men killed, including Alexander, and two men wounded, one of whom died shortly thereafter; only two men from Saratoga were wounded.Шаблон:Sfnp
The next day, being short of water, Wooster released twenty-seven of the prisoners and sent them into La Guaira in a longboat. He kept four of the prisoners on Rachel and two on Saratoga.Шаблон:Sfnp
Aftermath
The next day Шаблон:HMS, under the command of Captain Thomas Fellowes, encountered Rachel and captured her,[2] together with the 12-man prize crew of Americans. The British took the Americans on board Fawn and put a six-man prize crew on board Rachel, which they sent her into Jamaica, where the Vice admiralty court condemned her as a prize. Fawn went into La Guaira and picked up RachelШаблон:'s crew, all of whom agreed to serve on Fawn, though some apparently deserted shortly thereafter.[3]
Citations
References
Шаблон:Battles of the War of 1812
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ 1812 Privateers [1] Шаблон:Webarchive - accessed 19 December 2013.
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