USS Peacock (1813)
The Peacock in Antarctic ice, by Alfred Thomas Agate, while she was on the United States Exploring Expedition
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| Namesake: | Peacock |
| Ordered: | 3 March 1813 |
| Builder: | Adam and Noah Brown, New York Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 9 July 1813 |
| Launched: | 19 September 1813 |
| Decommissioned: | October 1827 |
| Refit: | Rebuilt as exploring ship, 1828 |
| Recommissioned: | 1829 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 17–19 July 1841 |
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| Type: | Sloop-of-war |
| Tons burthen: | 509 (bm) |
| Length: | 119 ft (36 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 6 in (9.60 m) |
| Draft: | 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Complement: | 140 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 20 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder bow chasers |
USS Peacock was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the War of 1812.
Peacock was authorized by Act of Congress 3 March 1813, laid down 9 July 1813 by Adam and Noah Brown at the New York Navy Yard, and launched 19 September 1813. She served in the War of 1812, capturing twenty ships. Subsequently, she served in the Mediterranean Squadron, and in the "Mosquito Fleet" suppressing Caribbean piracy. She patrolled the South American coast during the colonial wars of independence. She was decommissioned in 1827 and broken up in 1828 to be rebuilt as USS Peacock (1828), intended as an exploration ship. She sailed as part of the United States Exploring Expedition in 1838. Peacock ran aground and broke up on the Columbia Bar without loss of life in 1841.
During the War of 1812, Peacock made three cruises under the command of Master Commandant Lewis Warrington. Departing New York 12 March 1814, she sailed with supplies to the naval station at St. Mary's, Georgia. Off Cape Canaveral, Florida 29 April, she captured her an enemy warship, the British brig HMS Epervier, which Peacock sent to Savannah, and which the United States Navy took into service as the USS Epervier.
Peacock departed Savannah on 4 June on her second cruise; proceeding to the Grand Banks and along the coasts of Ireland and Spain, she returned via the West Indies to New York. She captured 14 enemy vessels of various sizes during this journey. On 14 August Peacock captured the William, Whiteway, master, of Bristol, and scuttled her.
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