The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guiana on 24 February, 1813, between the sloop of war USS Hornet and the Cruizer class brig sloop Peacock. After an exchange of broadsides, the British vessel was pursued by the Hornet and succumbed to raking fire, sinking swiftly.
On 26 October, 1812, the frigate USS Constitution and sloop Hornet sortied from Boston, Massachusetts. (The frigate USS Essex wa...
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The sinking of HMS Peacock was a naval action fought off the mouth of the Demerara River, Guiana on 24 February, 1813, between the sloop of war USS Hornet and the Cruizer class brig sloop Peacock. After an exchange of broadsides, the British vessel was pursued by the Hornet and succumbed to raking fire, sinking swiftly.
On 26 October, 1812, the frigate USS Constitution and sloop Hornet sortied from Boston, Massachusetts. (The frigate USS Essex was supposed to accompany them but was undergoing repairs. Several rendezvous were assigned for the Essex to meet the other two ships, but the arrangements miscarried.)
On 13 December, the two American ships arrived off the settlement of Salvador, Bahia on the coast of Brazil, where they found the British sloop of war HMS Bonne Citoyenne. Commodore William Bainbridge, commanding the Constitution, sent a letter to the captain of the Bonne Citoyenne, challenging him to fight the Hornet, an equal match. The British captain refused, as his ship was...
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