HMS Epervier (1812)
The Peacock and Epervier, 1814. Engraving by Abel Bowen
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Epervier |
| Ordered: | 6 May 1812 |
| Builder: | Mrs. Mary Ross, Rochester, England |
| Launched: | 2 December 1812 |
| Captured: | by U.S. Navy on 29 April 1814 |
 United States
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| Name: | USS Epervier |
| Acquired: | Captured by USS Peacock 29 April 1814 |
| Fate: | Disappeared in July or August 1815 |
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| Class and type: | Cruizer-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 389 68⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: | 100 ft 5 in (30.61 m) (overall); 77 ft 8.375 in (23.68233 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 8.5 in (9.360 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
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HMS Epervier was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy built by Ross at Rochester, England, and launched on 2 December 1812. USS Peacock captured her in 1814 and took her into service. USS Epervier disappeared in 1815 while carrying dispatches reporting the signing of a treaty with the Dey of Algiers.
Epervier was commissioned in January 1813 under Commander Richard Walter Wales. On 20 August 1813, Epervier captured the schooner Lively, which was sailing from St. Thomas to Halifax. Then one month later, on 20 September, she captured Active. Under her master, E. Altberg, Active, of 390 tons (bm), was sailing from Gottenburg to Boston with a cargo of iron. Three days later, Epervier, Majestic and Wasp captured Resolution.
On 5 October Epervier and Fantome captured the American privateer, Portsmouth Packet. She had previously been Liverpool Packet, a noted Nova Scotian privateer, and returned to successful privateering under the Liverpool Packet name after the British recaptured her. At the time of her capture, Portsmouth Packet was armed with five guns, carried a crew of 45, and had sailed from Portsmouth the previous day. Almost a month later, on 3 November, Epervier and Fantome captured Peggy of 91 tons (bm), W. O. Fuller, master, which was sailing from George's River to Boston with a cargo of timber and wood.
On 23 February 1814 Epervier was cruising off Cape Sable, when she captured the American privateer-brig Alfred, of Salem.Alfred, which mounted 16 long 9-pounders and had a crew, variously described, as being of 94 or 108 men, surrendered without a fight. (The British 38-gun frigate Junon, under the command of Captain Clotworthy Upton, was in sight about 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) to leeward.)
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