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Peacock

USS Peacock

Survived

United States Navy

TypeSloop
Guns22
WarWar of 1812

Ship-sloop built in 1813 and named for the British brig Hornet had sunk. Under Lewis Warrington she took the brig-sloop Epervier, with $118,000 in coin aboard, off Florida in April 1814.

The US Navy sloop USS Peacock was stuck in the ice in January 1840, shortly after the first confirmed sighting of the Antarctic continent by a US Navy ship. She was lost on the Columbia river in July 1841. Photo: Alfred Agate, although in pencil "Charles Guillou|Guillou appears, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 20 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder bow chasers
BuilderAdam and Noah Brown, New York Navy Yard
Laid down9 July 1813
Launched19 September 1813
Length119 ft (36 m)
Complement140 officers and enlisted

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

19 September 1813

29 April 1814

Lewis Warrington

Fate

Survived

Wrecked, 17–19 July 1841