4/10/2023 0 Comments Naval action ranks plunderer![]() ![]() ![]() This force rewards using Veteran models and upgrades the Officer Character with the Strict rule. I used the New England Privateers force from Fire on the Frontier. After the two vessels parted, Wasp vanished, and was presumed lost to bad weather south of the Azores.Time for another Blood & Plunder battle report! In this 200 point sea battle, my New England Privateers attempt to control the field and gain the weather gauge on Bryan’s Dutch Navy. Some of the officers from the prizes taken earlier by Wasp were put aboard the Swedish ship. On 21 September, it met with a neutral Swedish merchant vessel, on board which were two officers from the frigate USS Essex, which had been captured the previous year off the coast of Chile. Wasp continued to cruise west of the mouth of the English Channel. Avon's crew was taken off, and the shattered brig sank soon afterwards. The brig got close enough to fire an inaccurate broadside over Wasp's quarter, but Avon had been making repeated distress signals, and Castilian broke off to help. The nearest pursuer was the British brig-sloop HMS Castilian. Wasp made away downwind while the braces which had been shot away were replaced. While the crew of Wasp were lowering a boat to take possession, another unknown vessel was seen approaching, followed by two more. Three quarters of an hour after the start of the battle, Avon surrendered. By contrast, although the battle took place at such close range that one American sailor was struck by wadding from a British carronade, only four shots from Avon struck the hull of Wasp and only three American sailors were wounded. After half an hour, Avon had been partly dismasted, one third of her crew were casualties and her guns had been silenced, many of the broadside carronades being knocked off their mounts. Although by this time it was dark, the wind fresh, and the sea rough, the American gunners were very accurate. Blakely eventually drew up alongside Avon, deliberately selecting the leeward position to prevent Avon escaping downwind. As Wasp approached Avon's quarter, the two vessels exchanged several hails, in which the Americans demanded that the British vessel heave to, as well as shots from the bow and stern chase guns. On the evening of September 1, 1814, while in the English Channel, Wasp, spotted four unknown sails, and made for the nearest. and about seven miles west northwest of Monhegan." When the firing began, the ships were eight miles southeast of Seguin and when it ended, according to William Barnes, a member of the American crew, the ships were "some four or five miles east from Pemaquid point, four miles southwest of East Egg Rock. In Enterprise, Burrows showed similar resolve as he moved one of his two long 9-pounders from the bow to a stern port so he could “ fight his ship from all sides”. He ordered a Union Jack nailed to the foremast and two on the mainmast. Blyth prepared for a fight to the finish. On 5 September 1813, USS Enterprise sighted HMS Boxer off Pemaquid Point, Maine and after six hours of maneuvering, the antagonists finally engaged. On 3 August, the schooner Rebecca, of 117 tons, from Townsend, bound to Boston ![]() On 28 July, the schooner Nancy, of 14 tons, taken in the harbor at Little River. On 27 July, the schooner Rebecca, of 86 tons, from New York and bound for Cadiz or Halifax. On 6 July, the schooner Two Brothers of 89 tons, from Tanfield, bound to Eastport and the sloop Friendship, of 100 tons, from Blackrock bound to Eastport. ![]()
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