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FAIR AMERICAN
1776
Fair American
is a 14-gun privateer. She
was
described as a
Bermuda-built brig, having a crew of about
eighty men, commanded by Captain
Charles Morgan--a native of Bermuda. Morgan was granted a privateer Commission by
Governor of South Carolina in November,
1776.
About the
Fair American
wooden model ship:
- Built from scratch over
hundreds of hours by master artisans
-
Plank-on-frame
construction
- Full length masts and
bowsprit per construction plans
About the brig Fair
American:
In June, 1777
air American and
her consort conducted a raid on the western end of the
island of Bermuda. The two brigs just missed
capturing HM Frigate Galatea’s tender and the
“Decoy-Boat.” The British prepared to burn the boat to
prevent its capture. Unfortunately, the two American
brigs could not get a pilot and the two British vessels
escaped in the night. The two brigs then entered Western
Harbor and were taken under fire from the five gun fort.
Fair American returned a broadside. A landing
party captured the fort, spiked the guns, demolished the
embrasures, and took eight privately owned cannon away.
Meanwhile, sloop Chester carrying merchandises sailed
from the Bay of Honduras bound to Rotterdam and stopped
by Bermuda for water and provisions on 13 June 1777, and
sailed again on 14 June. She was immediately stopped by
Fair American.
Morgan studied Chester’s papers. It appeared she was
Dutch owned, but one of the owners was a merchant
residing in London. Chester was ordered to
Charlestown and arrived on June 22.
In July, Fair American stumbled across a British Jamaica
convoy of eighty sail, bound for England, escorted by HM
Frigate Boreas and HM Sloop Hornet. Boreas chased Fair
American but Morgan eluded her.
Fair American remained
in port until December 1777 to get prepared for the
Randolph expedition. Her owners proposed that she be
taken into the South Carolina Navy for this expedition.
She was accepted by the President and Privy Council on
17 December 1777.
Fair American remained in South Carolina service until
about May 1778, when she resumed her privateer career,
making voyages to the West Indies.
In late November 1778, Morgan sailed with a few other
vessels, bound for Charlestown. On December 21,
Morgan encountered a schooner, a “long low Virginia
built vessel." When he fired a broadside at her she
broke off. Morgan said it took nearly fifty
shots to drive her off. “He thinks, if she is not
intercepted or driven off the coast, she may do much
mischief, as she must have a daring crew to attempt a
vessel of the force and appearance of his brig.”
By the following April,
in 1779, Morgan was commanding the schooner Foy. On October 4th 1782, the Fair American was captured by
the British.
Dimensions and
price:
28" long x 26" tall x
10" wide $3,470
shipping and insurance in the
contiguous US included. Other
countries: $300 flat rate. This model is in stock and can be shipped within
five business days.
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