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Quatre frères (1796 ship)

May 01, 2024

For other ships with the same name, see USS Scourge.

Quatre frères was either an American or Bermudian-built vessel. She was commissioned in 1796 at Bordeaux as a French privateer. The Royal Navy captured her in April 1797 and took her into service as HMS Transfer. The Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802 to Ottoman Tripolitania. The U.S. Navy captured her in 1804 and took her into service as USS Scourge. The U.S. Navy sold her in 1812.

History
France
NameQuatre frères
OwnerJouguet[1]
BuilderAmerica or Bermuda[2]
Commissioned1796
CapturedMarch 1797
Great Britain
AcquiredApril 1797 by capture
RenamedHMS Transfer
FateSold 1802
Ottoman Tripolitania
Acquired1802 by purchase at Malta
Captured18 or 21 March 1804
United States
NameUSS Scourge
NamesakeScourge
CostSpanish $5,000 purchased
Acquired21 March 1804 by capture
Out of service1812
FateSold 1813
General characteristics [3][4]
Tons burthen150 (French; "of load"); 18113⁄94 (bm)
Length80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) (overall); 63 ft 0 in (19.2 m) (keel)
Beam23 ft 3 in (7.1 m)
Depth of hold14 ft 6 in (4.4 m)
Sail plan
Complement
  • Quatre frères:38
  • Transfer:70
  • Tripoli:80[5]
  • Scourge:36-67[6]
Armament
  • Quatre frères:6 guns + 10 swivel guns + 1 × 6-barrel volley gun
  • Transfer:12 × 6-pounder guns
  • Tripoli:10 guns[5]
  • Scourge:16 × 6-pounder guns[5]

Quatre frères edit

Quatre frères was commissioned in 1796 in Bordeaux under Martial Dupeyrat. Under his command she captured two prizes: Résolution and Frascara, that she sent into Rochfort. Résolution, of Lisbon and of 500 tons (French, "of load"), Dos Santos (or Roze de Sautort), master, was a Portuguese vessel carrying wheat and almonds from the Barbary Coast.[7][8] Frascara was a Danish vessel carrying oranges and lemons.[7]

The 74-gun HMS Irresistible captured Quatre frères in March 1797 in the Mediterranean.[9]

HMS Transfer edit

The Royal Navy registered Transfer on 30 June 1797, and commissioned her in October under Commander George Bowen.[4] Transfer, brig of 14 guns, is listed as being in Earl St Vincent's fleet in 1798. Commander George Mundy (or Munday), was promoted to command of Transfer on 24 December 1798. She was listed in Lord Viscount Keith's fleet in 1799.

On 11 February 1799, Transfer, under the command of Lieutenant George Miller (acting), captured the French privateer Escamoteur off Ayamonte. Escamoteur was armed with three 6-pounder guns and had a crew of 34 men.[10]

On 4 April Transfer was under Mundy's command when she and the 74-gun Majestic destroyed a French privateer of 14 guns and of unknown name. The two British ships were patrolling between Malaga and Cape de Gatt when they encountered the privateer, which they chased into a small bay where their quarry took refuge under the three guns of a circular fortress. Head money was paid in 1828, almost 30 years later.[a]

Transfer was present at the surrender of the French garrison at Civitavecchia on 21 September. She shared the prize money for the capture of the town and fortress with Culloden, Mutine, Minotaur, and the bomb vessel Perseus.[12] The British also captured the French polacca Il Reconniscento.[13]

In October 1800 Commander Edward O'Brien took command of Transfer.[4] She shared with Lutine, Strombolo and Bonne Citoyenne in the proceeds of unclaimed property found on the ship Fowler on 31 October 1800.[14] In 1801 O'Brien received promotion to post captain and command of Kent.[15]

Next, under the command of Lieutenant John Nicholas, she served in Admiral Viscount Keith's Egyptian campaign of 1801. Prize money was paid in April 1823.[b] In 1850 the Admiralty awarded the Medal for Egypt to the crews of any vessel that had served in the campaign between 8 March and 2 September 1801. Transfer is listed among the vessels whose crews qualified.[17]

Commander Richard Cribb took command in April 1802, but the Navy paid-off Transfer in June 1802. It then sold her at Malta that same year for £700.[4]

Tripolitanian Navy edit

Gaetano Andrea Schembri, consul for Ottoman Tripolitania, purchased Transfer at Malta. Tripoli then used her in blockade running during the Barbary Wars. Syren, commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart, captured her off Tripoli on 18[2] or 21[18] March 1804.[5] The Americans captured her for violating the conditions for the pass under which she had permission to pass through the blockade of the port of Tripoli.[19]

USS Scourge edit

Commodore Edward Preble renamed the ship Scourge. On 17 April 1804, she joined Preble's squadron and participated in the blockade of Tripoli and also in the attacks on Tripoli. She was commanded by Lieutenants John H. Dent, John Rowe, Henry Wadsworth (acting lieutenant),[20] and Ralph Izard in succession. On 30 November 1804, Izard sailed Scourge for the United States. She carried as a passenger Midshipman Frederick C. de Kraft, under arrest for having killed Midshipman William R. Nicholson in a duel on 19 November at Syracuse.[21]

Once in the U.S., Scourge saw coastal service.[5]

Fate edit

In 1812, the United States Navy declared Scourge unfit for further service and sold her at auction in Norfolk, Virginia.[5]

Notes edit

  1. ^ A first-class share of the head money was worth £94 2s 9+3⁄4d; a fifth-class share, that of seaman, was worth 4s 11+2⁄3d.[11]
  2. ^ A first-class share was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share was worth 3s 11+1⁄2d.[16]

Citations edit

  1. ^ Corsairs - Jean Jacques Salien.
  2. ^ a b Chapelle (1949), p. 217.
  3. ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 268, n°2359.
  4. ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), pp. 336–7.
  5. ^ a b c d e f DANFS.
  6. ^ Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute (1878), Vol. 5, p.86.
  7. ^ a b Bulletin de la Société des sciences & arts de Bayonne (1998), p.39.
  8. ^ Gazette nationale, ou le moniteur universel, Vol. 18, No. 113, p.451.
  9. ^ "No. 15339". The London Gazette. 21 February 1801. p. 222.
  10. ^ "No. 15138". The London Gazette. 25 May 1799. p. 507.
  11. ^ "No. 18518". The London Gazette. 28 October 1828. p. 1957.
  12. ^ "No. 15685". The London Gazette. 20 March 1804. p. 352.
  13. ^ "No. 15714". The London Gazette. 26 June 1804. p. 800.
  14. ^ "No. 15534". The London Gazette. 20 November 1802. p. 1228.
  15. ^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 6, p.259.
  16. ^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 19 April 1823. p. 633.
  17. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. p. 792.
  18. ^ Cooney (1965), p. 26.
  19. ^ McKee (2014), p. 210.
  20. ^ McKee (2014), p. 245.
  21. ^ Paullin (1909), p. 1165.

References edit

  • Chapelle, Howard Irving (1949). The history of the American sailing navy : the ships and their development. Salamander. ISBN 1840650591. OCLC 49297578.
  • Cooney, David M. (1965). A chronology of the U.S. Navy, 1775-1965. F.Watts. ASIN B0007DNAHA.
  • Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 A 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-24-1.
  • McKee, Christopher (2014). Edward Preble: A Naval Biography 1761-1807. Naval Institute Press. ASIN B00H6UOHTM.
  • Paullin, Charles Oscar (1909). Dueling in the old Navy. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. Vol. 35. U.S. Naval Institute. pp. 1155–1197. OCLC 27861954.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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For other ships with the same name see USS Scourge Quatre freres was either an American or Bermudian built vessel She was commissioned in 1796 at Bordeaux as a French privateer The Royal Navy captured her in April 1797 and took her into service as HMS Transfer The Royal Navy sold her at Malta in 1802 to Ottoman Tripolitania The U S Navy captured her in 1804 and took her into service as USS Scourge The U S Navy sold her in 1812 History France NameQuatre freres OwnerJouguet 1 BuilderAmerica or Bermuda 2 Commissioned1796 CapturedMarch 1797 Great Britain AcquiredApril 1797 by capture RenamedHMS Transfer FateSold 1802 Ottoman Tripolitania Acquired1802 by purchase at Malta Captured18 or 21 March 1804 United States NameUSS Scourge NamesakeScourge CostSpanish 5 000 purchased Acquired21 March 1804 by capture Out of service1812 FateSold 1813 General characteristics 3 4 Tons burthen150 French of load 18113 94 bm Length80 ft 0 in 24 4 m overall 63 ft 0 in 19 2 m keel Beam23 ft 3 in 7 1 m Depth of hold14 ft 6 in 4 4 m Sail planQuatre freres polacca Transfer Brig ComplementQuatre freres 38 Transfer 70 Tripoli 80 5 Scourge 36 67 6 ArmamentQuatre freres 6 guns 10 swivel guns 1 6 barrel volley gun Transfer 12 6 pounder guns Tripoli 10 guns 5 Scourge 16 6 pounder guns 5 Contents 1 Quatre freres 2 HMS Transfer 3 Tripolitanian Navy 4 USS Scourge 5 Fate 6 Notes 7 Citations 8 ReferencesQuatre freres editQuatre freres was commissioned in 1796 in Bordeaux under Martial Dupeyrat Under his command she captured two prizes Resolution and Frascara that she sent into Rochfort Resolution of Lisbon and of 500 tons French of load Dos Santos or Roze de Sautort master was a Portuguese vessel carrying wheat and almonds from the Barbary Coast 7 8 Frascara was a Danish vessel carrying oranges and lemons 7 The 74 gun HMS Irresistible captured Quatre freres in March 1797 in the Mediterranean 9 HMS Transfer editThe Royal Navy registered Transfer on 30 June 1797 and commissioned her in October under Commander George Bowen 4 Transfer brig of 14 guns is listed as being in Earl St Vincent s fleet in 1798 Commander George Mundy or Munday was promoted to command of Transfer on 24 December 1798 She was listed in Lord Viscount Keith s fleet in 1799 On 11 February 1799 Transfer under the command of Lieutenant George Miller acting captured the French privateer Escamoteur off Ayamonte Escamoteur was armed with three 6 pounder guns and had a crew of 34 men 10 On 4 April Transfer was under Mundy s command when she and the 74 gun Majestic destroyed a French privateer of 14 guns and of unknown name The two British ships were patrolling between Malaga and Cape de Gatt when they encountered the privateer which they chased into a small bay where their quarry took refuge under the three guns of a circular fortress Head money was paid in 1828 almost 30 years later a Transfer was present at the surrender of the French garrison at Civitavecchia on 21 September She shared the prize money for the capture of the town and fortress with Culloden Mutine Minotaur and the bomb vessel Perseus 12 The British also captured the French polacca Il Reconniscento 13 In October 1800 Commander Edward O Brien took command of Transfer 4 She shared with Lutine Strombolo and Bonne Citoyenne in the proceeds of unclaimed property found on the ship Fowler on 31 October 1800 14 In 1801 O Brien received promotion to post captain and command of Kent 15 Next under the command of Lieutenant John Nicholas she served in Admiral Viscount Keith s Egyptian campaign of 1801 Prize money was paid in April 1823 b In 1850 the Admiralty awarded the Medal for Egypt to the crews of any vessel that had served in the campaign between 8 March and 2 September 1801 Transfer is listed among the vessels whose crews qualified 17 Commander Richard Cribb took command in April 1802 but the Navy paid off Transfer in June 1802 It then sold her at Malta that same year for 700 4 Tripolitanian Navy editGaetano Andrea Schembri consul for Ottoman Tripolitania purchased Transfer at Malta Tripoli then used her in blockade running during the Barbary Wars Syren commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart captured her off Tripoli on 18 2 or 21 18 March 1804 5 The Americans captured her for violating the conditions for the pass under which she had permission to pass through the blockade of the port of Tripoli 19 USS Scourge editCommodore Edward Preble renamed the ship Scourge On 17 April 1804 she joined Preble s squadron and participated in the blockade of Tripoli and also in the attacks on Tripoli She was commanded by Lieutenants John H Dent John Rowe Henry Wadsworth acting lieutenant 20 and Ralph Izard in succession On 30 November 1804 Izard sailed Scourge for the United States She carried as a passenger Midshipman Frederick C de Kraft under arrest for having killed Midshipman William R Nicholson in a duel on 19 November at Syracuse 21 Once in the U S Scourge saw coastal service 5 Fate editIn 1812 the United States Navy declared Scourge unfit for further service and sold her at auction in Norfolk Virginia 5 Notes edit A first class share of the head money was worth 94 2s 9 3 4 d a fifth class share that of seaman was worth 4s 11 2 3 d 11 A first class share was worth 34 2s 4d a fifth class share was worth 3s 11 1 2 d 16 Citations edit Corsairs Jean Jacques Salien a b Chapelle 1949 p 217 Demerliac 1999 p 268 n 2359 a b c d Winfield 2008 pp 336 7 a b c d e f DANFS Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute 1878 Vol 5 p 86 a b Bulletin de la Societe des sciences amp arts de Bayonne 1998 p 39 Gazette nationale ou le moniteur universel Vol 18 No 113 p 451 No 15339 The London Gazette 21 February 1801 p 222 No 15138 The London Gazette 25 May 1799 p 507 No 18518 The London Gazette 28 October 1828 p 1957 No 15685 The London Gazette 20 March 1804 p 352 No 15714 The London Gazette 26 June 1804 p 800 No 15534 The London Gazette 20 November 1802 p 1228 Naval Chronicle Vol 6 p 259 No 17915 The London Gazette 19 April 1823 p 633 No 21077 The London Gazette 15 March 1850 p 792 Cooney 1965 p 26 McKee 2014 p 210 McKee 2014 p 245 Paullin 1909 p 1165 References editChapelle Howard Irving 1949 The history of the American sailing navy the ships and their development Salamander ISBN 1840650591 OCLC 49297578 Cooney David M 1965 A chronology of the U S Navy 1775 1965 F Watts ASIN B0007DNAHA Demerliac Alain 1999 La Marine de la Revolution Nomenclature des Navires Francais de 1792 A 1799 in French Editions Ancre ISBN 2 906381 24 1 McKee Christopher 2014 Edward Preble A Naval Biography 1761 1807 Naval Institute Press ASIN B00H6UOHTM Paullin Charles Oscar 1909 Dueling in the old Navy U S Naval Institute Proceedings Vol 35 U S Naval Institute pp 1155 1197 OCLC 27861954 Winfield Rif 2008 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 1817 Design Construction Careers and Fates Seaforth ISBN 978 1 86176 246 7 This article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry 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