BATTLE between the SCHOONER ROSSIE, and the SHIP PRINCESS AMELIA, on the 16th of Sept. 1812.

Object summary

Title: BATTLE between the SCHOONER ROSSIE, and the SHIP PRINCESS AMELIA, on the 16th of Sept. 1812.
Object ID: CC-P-0051
Date made: 1856
Place made: United States, New York, New York
Publisher: Coggeshall, George
Lithographer: Weingartner, Adam
Object type: Lithograph
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view: No

Description

Tinted lithograph depiction of the schooner Rossie engaging the British packet-ship Princess Amelia. On 16 September 1812 Rossie captured the Post Office Packet Service packet ship Princess Amelia. At the time Rossie was armed with ten 12-pounder guns and one long 9-pounder on a pivot, and had a crew of 95; Princess Amelia was armed with four 6-pounders and two 9-pounders, and had a crew of 27 or 28.