Thames (1807 ship)

Thames was scheduled to leave Maranham on 30 April 1813 for Liverpool, in company with Paris, Harrison, master, and Watson, Grieg, master.^[4] The privateer Yankee captured Thames off Ireland; later, Thames was reported to have arrived in Portland, Maine on 1 July.^[5]

Another account has Yankee, Captain Elisha Snow, capturing Thames on 30 May after an action of one hour. Thames had 14 guns, but only 20 men. On 3 June, Yankee stopped a Portuguese brig from New York. Snow put Thames's captain and crew aboard the brig after they had promised not to fight against the United States again.^[6]

Yankee was on her third cruise. Thames was carrying 287 bales of cotton, and vessel and cargo sold for $110,000.^[7][6] Each share in her voyage received $173.54. Another account reports that Thames was carrying 180 tons of cotton, and was also carrying specie.^[8] The account put the value of the capture at $180,000.^[9]

In 1813 Yankee captured two vessels named Thames, the Thames of this article and Thames. On this cruise Yankee captured more than six vessels belonging to Liverpool, as well as a number of others. She might have captured more, but on 8 October, she only captured Paris, Harrison, master, of six gun and 11 men, after a single ship action that left both damaged, forcing Yankee to have to go into port to repair. HMS Ringdove later recaptured Paris.^[10]

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