Attack on Fort Bowyer, 15th September 1814

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Attack on Fort Bowyer

15^th September 1814
Part of : The War of 1812 (1812 - 1814)
Previous action : Battle of Lake Champlain 11.9.1814
Next action : Action of 1814-09-26 26.9.1814


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British Vessels
Ship Name	Commander	Notes
Name : Carron (20) 1813-1820 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship	Robert Cavendish SpencerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1801-1822
Name : Hermes (20) 1811-1814 British 20 Gun 6th Rate Post Ship	Philip BrowneBritish Naval Sailor Service 1793-1846 , William Henry PercyBritish Naval Sailor Service 1807-1814	Burnt
Name : Sophie (16) 1809-1825 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	Nicholas LockyerBritish Naval Sailor Service 1803-1847
Name : Childers (16) 1812-1822 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	John Brand UmfrevilleBritish Naval Sailor Service 1806-1815

Notes on Action

DescriptionTRN6
On September 15th, 1814, the Hermes, 20, Captain the Hon. Henry William Percy, Carron, 20, Captain the Hon. Robert Churchill Spencer, and 18-gun brig-sloops Sophie, Commander Nicholas Lockyer, and Childers, Commander John Brand Umfreville, with a land force of about two hundred men, made an attack on Fort Bowyer, at Mobile Point. The attack failed completely. The carronades of the ships were unfit for such a contest, and no damage was done to the fort, while the Hermes grounded and was burnt, and the assailants were repulsed, losing about eighty men all told

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TRN6William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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