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Capture of the Young Teazer
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Young Teazer was a United States privateer schooner that captured 12 British vessels, five of which made it to American ports. A member of her crew blew her up at Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia during the War of 1812 after a series of British warships chased her and after HMS Hogue trapped her.[3] The schooner became famous for this deadly explosion, which killed most of her crew, and for the folklore about the ghostly "Teazer Light."
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Name | Young Teazer |
Owner | Samuel Adams |
Launched | 1813 |
Commissioned | 3 May 1813 |
Homeport | New York City |
Fate | Destroyed in explosion 27 June 1813 after HMS Hogue and HMS Orpheus trapped her |
General characteristics | |
Type | Privateer |
Tons burthen | 120 or 124 [1] |
Length | 60 ft (18 m) (overall) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Complement | 65,[1] or 73 |
Armament | 5 guns plus 3 wooden dummy guns |
Notes | Source for info box dimensions[2] |
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