Sir John Sherbrooke (Halifax)
Sir John Sherbrooke was a successful and famous Nova Scotian privateer brig during the War of 1812, the largest privateer from Atlantic Canada during the war. In addition to preying on American merchant ships (she captured 18 between her commissioning on 11 February 1813 and her conversion to a merchant vessel in 1814), she also defended Nova Scotian waters during the war. After her conversion to a merchantman she fell prey to an American privateer in 1814. She was burnt to prevent her reuse.
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Sir John Sherbrooke (Halifax)
Sir John Sherbrooke was a successful and famous Nova Scotian privateer brig during the War of 1812, the largest privateer from Atlantic Canada during the war. In addition to preying on American merchant ships (she captured 18 between her commissioning on 11 February 1813 and her conversion to a merchant vessel in 1814), she also defended Nova Scotian waters during the war. After her conversion to a merchantman she fell prey to an American privateer in 1814. She was burnt to prevent her reuse.
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Sir John Sherbrooke was a succ ...... as burnt to prevent her reuse.
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1813-02-11
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Captured and burned 1814
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Privateer Brig Sir John Sherbrooke
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Joseph Freeman, Enos Collins, John Barss, Joseph. Barss, Benjamin Knaut
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Privateer Brig
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Sir John Sherbrooke was a succ ...... as burnt to prevent her reuse.
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Sir John Sherbrooke (Halifax)
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