From the agricultural regions, far up the Bay of Fundy, this
small privateer
from Windsor shows how wide the popularity of privateering had spread. She
retrieved a respectable and profitable haul of prizes before
being captured by the large American privateer Fox in 1814.
Crew:
40
Tonnage: 55
Rig: Schooner
Armament: 8 guns
(one 9 pdr and four carriage cannon plus two 12 pdr
carronades, 40 muskets, 10 pistols)
Homeport: Windsor, NS
Letter of Marque Issued: May 21,
1813
Captains: Silas Crane, William Allen (1813), William Young (1814)
Owners: Silas Crane, William Young of Falmouth, Thos. Leonard and
Messrs. Starr and Shannon of Halifax
PrizesTaken: 6
Sources: p. 232, Under the Red Jack, C.H.J. Snider
1986.