USS Nautilus (1799)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States
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| Name: | USS Nautilus |
| Builder: | Spencer |
| Cost: | $18,763 |
| Laid down: | 1799 |
| Acquired: | Purchased, May 1803 |
| Commissioned: | 24 June 1803 |
| Fate: | Captured by Royal Navy, 6 July 1812 |
 UK
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| Name: | HMS Emulous |
| Acquired: | By capture 6 July 1812 |
| Fate: | Sold or broken up 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Rerigged as Brig 1810 |
| Displacement: | 185 long tons (188 t) |
| Tons burthen: | 213 (bm} |
| Length: |
87 ft 6 in (26.67 m) (overall) 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 8 in (7.21 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 103 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: |
+ 2 x long-pounder guns
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87 ft 6 in (26.67 m) (overall)
+ 2 x long-pounder guns
Nautilus was a schooner launched in 1799. The United States Navy purchased her in May 1803, renaming her the USS Nautilus; she thus became the first ship to bear that name. She served in the First Barbary War. She was altered to a brigantine. The British captured Nautilus early in the War of 1812 and renamed her HMS Emulous. After her service with the Royal Navy, the Admiralty sold her in 1817.
Henry Spencer built Nautilus in 1799 as a merchant vessel on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. The Navy purchased her at Baltimore, Maryland, from Thomas Tennant. She was commissioned 24 June 1803, under Lieutenant Richard Somers.
Nautilus sailed to Hampton Roads, whence she got underway on 30 June for the Mediterranean, carrying dispatches for the U.S. Mediterranean Squadron stationed there assigned to protect the interests of the United States and its citizens residing or trading in that area, and threatened at that time by the Barbary States.
Nautilus arrived at Gibraltar on 27 July and departed again on the 31st to deliver dispatches to Captain John Rodgers in John Adams, then returned to Gibraltar to await the arrival of Commodore Edward Preble, in Constitution, and join his squadron. Constitution arrived at Gibraltar on 12 September, and after provisioning, the squadron, less Philadelphia, sailed 6 October with vessels of Capt. Rodgers's squadron to Tangier. This display of naval strength induced the Emperor of Morocco to renew the treaty of 1786.
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