Her crew received a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal for their participation in that battle and another for an action in December 1808. Between 1794 and 1797, she carried eighteen 4-pounders and four two-pounder guns. [2] Commander Wales summoned boarding parties to muster, intending to board and capture Peacock, but his crew refused. Epervier was an Expédition-class "brick-aviso" (advice brig). Ill health forced Bowker to give up his command to Thomas Tudor Tucker from Curieux. [15] Nine days later, Amaranthe, Circe, Cherub, Epervier and Unique captured the American ships Bonetta and Mary and Allen. Her crew received a clasp to the Naval General Service Medal for their participation in that battle and another for an action in December 1808. Health Plans. [1] Although the Navy did not commission Epervier/Epervoir, two legal notices in the London Gazette give the names of two men, one of whom is described as a master on Epervoir, and one of whom is named as having been a lieutenant on her. In April 1797 she was condemned at Cayenne, but then became a privateer. [19] In all, the British lost some 12 men killed, 31 wounded, and 26 missing (drowned or prisoners) for little gain. The Americans captured the British vessel after a one-sided cannonade, but the British merchant convoy escaped. The USS Peacock captured her in 1814 and took her into service. At the time she was armed with 16 guns and had a crew of 90 men. The ship was named after the victory the previous year over the British brig HMS Peacock. Warrington set out again in Peacock and made a successful raiding cruise in British waters, capturing 14 merchant vessels. [2], The British captured two other members of the class, but never added them to the navy. HMS Egyptienne captured her in the Atlantic Ocean on 27 July 1803; she was taken into Royal Navy service under her existing name. [6], Epervier was operating as a French privateer when HMS Cerberus, under the command of Captain John Drew, captured her. [16] Prize money for Intrepid and Bonetta was paid in 1814,[17] and 1839. One of her crew of 34 was killed during her "obstinate Attempt to escape." The victory of Peacock over Epervier was one of the most one-sided of the War of 1812, even though the two opposing vessels were not grossly disparate in strength. [18][Note 2]. Benjamin Dubois built the six members of the class at Saint-Malo Montmarin to a 3 October 1787 design by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, and all were launched in 1788. On 11 November, Circe, Epervier, and Amaranthe captured Intrepid. Commander Samuel J. Pechell assumed command of Epervier in March 1807 until April when John Bowker of San Josef was promoted from Lieutenant to the command. [11] On 6 February Epervier was with the squadron under Vice Admiral, Sir John Duckworth in Superb, which took or destroyed five sail of the line in the Battle of San Domingo. LEARN MORE. [19] In 1847 the Admiralty authorized the award of the Naval General Service Medal with the clasp "Off The Pearl Rock 13 Decr. Peacock directed her fire against Epervier's hull with great effect. Resources to make healthy happen. Epervier was too small to take part in the battle but she did share in the prize money. Commanders Thomas Barclay and James P. Stewart, and possibly Lt. M. de Courcy (acting). Thomas. His successor was again Tucker. [7] Adelphi, Patterson, master, had been sailing from Quebec to London when Epervier captured her; she too went into Cork. Providers. Peacock successfully decoyed them away from Epervier and also herself escaped, with the result that both vessels reached Savannah, Georgia, a few days later. While waiting for President to appear, Warrington cruised around the Bahamas, hoping to intercept British merchant ships sailing from Jamaica. [7][Note 1], Then eleven days later, Epervier was in the Leeward Islands, six miles from Crab Island. In 1792 her armament was increased to ten 4-pounders and four 12-pounder howitzers. Employers. After 40 minutes, Epervier was badly damaged, with 45 shot holes in the hull, and 5 feet (1.5 m) of water in the hold. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFGossett1996 (, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Capture_of_HMS_Epervier&oldid=915015202, Florida articles missing geocoordinate data, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 September 2019, at 18:32. [14] However Bowken then had to return home in February 1808. Epervier had eight men killed and 15 wounded (about 20 percent of the crew.

Both vessels received damage aloft, after which Epervier turned downwind and engaged Peacock on a parallel course. London 1824. She was taking a cargo of cocoa from Puerto Cabello to Old Spain.[10]. USS Peacock was one of a class of three heavy sloops-of-war designed by William Doughty,[1] and was named after the victory the previous year over the Royal Navy brig HMS Peacock. The court martial (on 20 January 1815) revealed that Epervier had the worst crew of any vessel on her station. However, the Navy never commissioned her.

Before being broken up in 1811 she captured several prizes and was present at the Battle of San Domingo.

Bowker re-assumed command and on 27 October was in command of Epevier when she captured the Danish galliot Active. The next day, The Americans sighted two British frigates. [7] Lloyd's List reported Cerberus's capture of two privateers, one of 30 guns and one of 18, and the arrival of both at Cork.[8]. HMS Epervier was a French 16-gun Alcyon-class brig. State Agencies. She was laid up in late 1810 and was sold in 1811. The British fire fell away rapidly, and Epervier probably scored no hits after the first broadside from the port battery. Later in December Tucker transferred to Cherub. Elizabeth was armed with four carriage guns and small arms.

[9], On 9 May Epervier and Circe captured Charles. [6], The British rearmed her, upgrading her battery substantially. The Commissioners of the Navy listed Epervoir, of 254 tons burthen, for sale at Plymouth in August 1801. As the two vessels made toward each other, the wind shifted to the southward, giving neither Peacock nor Epervier the advantage of the windward position.

Wales had carried out little of the gunnery practice that would have revealed defects in the guns or carriages before it was too late to remedy them.

The British vessel was more lightly armed than the American. On 4 September 1810 the Navy Office offered her for sale at Chatham Dockyard. The capture of HMS Epervier was a naval action fought off the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral on 28 April 1814, between the United States ship-rigged sloop-of-war USS Peacock, commanded by Master Commandant Lewis Warrington, and the British Cruizer-class brig-sloop Epervier under Commander Richard Wales.

It was stated that although Peacock's fire had dismounted some of Epervier's carronades, more of them fell from their mounts when they were fired. For five hours she chased a strange sail before she succeeded in capturing the French privateer schooner Elizabeth from Marie Galante.

LEARN MORE. [20] Epervier was scrapped at Chatham in June 1811.[4]. The Navy never commissioned her and she was sold in 1801.
[1] The Navy did take Renard into service, retaining her name; she served until 1807. The Americans repaired Epervier and took her into the United States Navy as USS Epervier. [5], Captain Charles Fleeming (Fleming) and Egyptienne captured Epervier off the coast of France on 27 July 1803 as she was returning to Lorient from Guadeloupe. She was in dry-dock at Rochefort in 1795. [2] At about 10:20 in the morning, both ships fired their starboard broadsides on opposite tacks, aiming high to disable their opponent's rigging. The British eventually succeeded in destroying Cygne, but suffered heavy casualties in the process. Between these two captures, Cerberus recaptured the Adelphi, prize to Epervier. They cost 86,000 Livre tournois each. The Navy never commissioned her and she was sold in 1801. LEARN MORE.
[5], Épervier was originally armed with six 4-pounder guns. The ratio of the vessels' broadsides was 256 pounds to 320. The USS Epervier disappeared in 1815 while carrying dispatches reporting the signing of a treaty with the Dey of Algiers. [8] Epervier arrived at Plymouth on 12 January 1798, and was registered on 14 February. The capture of HMS Epervier was a naval action fought off the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral on 28 April 1814, between the United States ship-rigged sloop-of-war USS Peacock, commanded by Master Commandant Lewis Warrington, and the British Cruizer-class brig-sloop Epervier under Commander Richard Wales. Epervier suffered no losses. [1] The two were Curieux (captured in June 1793),[3] and Impatient (captured in May 1803),[4] by Naiad. [9] She was sold on 7 September 1801.

On 21 October 1814, Congress passed a resolution that in honour of their capture of Epervier, each of Peacock's officers would receive a silver medal and each of her midshipmen would receive a sword.