Peter Waldo (1811 ship)

Peter Waldo was launched in 1811 at Plymouth. She made one voyage between Newcastle upon Tyne and North America and was captured on the outward leg of her second voyage.

History
United Kingdom
Name: Peter Waldo
Namesake: Peter Waldo
Builder: Captain Anthony Landers, Plymouth[1]
Launched: 1811[1]
Captured: 9 August 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 259 (bm)

On 9 August 1812 Peter Waldo was within 24 hours sail of Halifax, Nova Scotia when the American privateer Teazer captured her.[2]

Teazer left Portland, Maine on 3 August and nine days later encountered Peter Waldo. Teazer captured Peter Waldo, Ralph Wilkes Herbert, master, her first prize on the cruise, without firing a shot. The prize master, Charles Warren, and six men took Peter Waldo into Portland. She reportedly netted her captors more than US$100,000. Her cargo consisted of clothing and blankets for British troops in Canada, crockery, and a bull and a cow.[3][Note 1] The bull and cow belonged to a Methodist minister who was bringing them with him. After the war he found them near Portland and bought them back.[4]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. The original source for the valuation of US$100000 came from Niles' National Register (1813: vol.3, p.12), a newspaper not known for understatement when describing British losses.

Citations

  1. Anon. (1902), p. 524.
  2. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List (4707). 2 October 1812. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. Goold (1886), p. 473–474.
  4. Day (1954), p. 170.

References

  • Anon. (1902). Yarmouth Past and Present: A Book of Reminiscences. Yarmouth Herald Office.
  • Day, Clarence Albert (1954). A History of Maine Agriculture, 1604-1860. University Press.
  • Goold, William (1886). Portland in the Past. Falmouth, Maine.
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