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captured four valuable prizes. Rather than weaken his crew by putting them aboard the captured vessels and sending them into friendly or neutral ports, Warrington had the prizes set on fire, after removing their cargo and useful stores. The journals of Warrington's subordinates noted that he knew
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fate. On 22 January, a strong north-westerly gale blew up and the three American vessels sortied in thick weather the next day. They reached open sea despite the British blockaders being plainly in sight as the Americans passed the bar.
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returned to New York on 30 October. A court of inquiry in Boston a year later of course exonerated Warrington of all blame. In his report on the incident, Warrington stated that the only British casualties had been lascars.
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went aground on the bar at the harbour mouth. When it was eventually floated off, the damaged frigate encountered the returning British squadron and was
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reached Tristan da Cunha on 18 March but were driven off by a gale. They returned on 23 March to find that in their absence the
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When Boyce provided documents proving that the Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, had been ratified, Warrington released
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then fired a single broadside (or by Bartlett's account, two broadsides), which caused substantial damage to the
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set out together for the Indian Ocean. On 27 April, they encountered the British
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and four 9-pounder guns, and had a crew of 80, most of whom were Indian
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Warrington pressed on into the Indian Ocean. During the next few weeks,
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opened fire, inflicting several casualties on the British and capturing
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The three American vessels made for a pre-arranged rendezvous with the
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was armed with twenty 32-pounder carronades and two 12-pounder guns.)
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Towards the end of 1814, the Americans were gathering a squadron in
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was too badly damaged to be repaired and was later set on fire.
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became separated from the other two vessels during the voyage.
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after its commander, Charles Boyce, refused to surrender.
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first lieutenant, and wounded Boyce and five lascars.
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under the sloop's lee. There she sighted the British
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commander, Lieutenant Charles Boyce, sent a boat to
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