zcr19 Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 Just thought I would share this with you, she wasn't a big powerfull 74 gun ship of the line, nore was she as well armored as the USS Constitution. The Liverpool Packet was a converted scooner that prooved to be a real thorn in the side for New England, capturing 50 vessels durring the war of 1812, dispite herself being captured by the Americans, durring the war, she was recaptured by the Brits and rebought by her original owners. She sailed out of my home town Liverpool NS, just a part of the game that I am looking forward too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool_Packet And a read on her Captian http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2012/09/28/joseph_barss_the_greatest_of_the_nova_scotia_privateers.html Hope you enjoy. Cheers ZCR19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim DeGrim Posted February 5, 2015 Share Posted February 5, 2015 http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part5/TOC.htm Some more info. Table of contents here, but chapters 2 & 3 are with respect to Privateering out of Nova Scotia (all along the seaboard, down into far south). Packet is also discussed herein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Blackwell Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 A lovely little ship, though I'm bias towards the HMS Halifax (Nova Scotia Packet) due to my time spent in that city. That, and the Halifax was a beautiful little ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim DeGrim Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Lived there 5 years. That it is, beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim DeGrim Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 A lovely little ship, though I'm bias towards the HMS Halifax (Nova Scotia Packet) due to my time spent in that city. That, and the Halifax was a beautiful little ship. You might enjoy he link I provided. Much of it is based out of Halifax, in terms of the telling of the history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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