List of ships captured in the 19th century



Throughout naval history during times of war, battles, blockades, and other patrol missions would often result in the capture of enemy ships or those of a neutral country. If a ship proved to be a valuable prize, efforts would sometimes be made to capture the vessel and to inflict the least amount of damage that was practically possible. Both military and merchant ships were captured, often renamed, and then used in the service of the capturing country's navy or in many cases sold to private individuals, who would break them up for salvage or use them as merchant vessels, whaling ships, slave ships, or the like. As an incentive to search far and wide for enemy ships, the proceeds of the sale of the vessels and their cargoes were divided up as prize money among the officers and the crew of capturing crew members, with the distribution governed by regulations that the captor vessel's government had established. Throughout the 1800s, war prize laws were established to help opposing countries settle claims amicably.

Private ships were also authorized by various countries at war through a letter of marque, which legally allowed a ship and commander to engage and capture vessels belonging to enemy countries. In those cases, contracts between the owners of the vessels, on the one hand, and the captains and the crews, on the other, established the distribution of the proceeds from captures.

Legend

 * Dates of capture are listed chronologically and appear in bold
 * Names of commanders are those in command when ships were captured.
 * The symbol ' ' following a commander's name denotes he was killed in action.
 * Name of ship and flag of country listed are those in use at time of ship's capture and will sometimes link to a page with name and flag used after capture.
 * This list does not include ships captured by pirates.

Quasi-War
The Quasi-War was an undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the United States and French Republic from 1798 to 1800. France, plagued by massive crop failures and desperately in need of grain and other supplies, commissioned numerous French privateers, who both legally and illegally captured cargo from merchant vessels of every flag engaged in foreign trade with Britain. Approximately 300 American ships were captured by the French Navy and privateers under a letter of marque that was issued by the government of France. International law mandated that a ship captured during wartime by a belligerent was lost to the owner and that no compensation was to be made by the country who seized a vessel unless provided for by a treaty that ended that war.

A 20-gun French corvette Letter of marque captured by USS Boston commanded by George Little serving in the squadron of Silas Talbot. Deux Anges (sometimes Two Angels in contemporary American accounts) was sent to Boston under Lieutenant Robert Haswell to be condemned by a prize court. A Danish schooner captured by USS Experiment commanded by Lieutenant Maley entering the Haitian port of Jacmel during the Quasi-War. Maley suspected it to be a French vessel and ordered it to Cape Francois where it was recaptured by the British. English registered schooner commanded by H. Atkinson, captured by a French privateer and recaptured by American sloop of war USS Merrimack. A French Letter of marque of 12 guns, captured by USS Enterprise, commanded by Captain John Shaw. A 24-gun French corvette commanded by Capitain de frégate Senez, captured by USS Boston, commanded by Capt. George Little, unbeknown that the Quasi-War had ended several days earlier. She was towed to the United States, repaired and returned to France September 1801. An American ship out of Baltimore, commanded by Captain Robert Thompson, captured by the Danes. An American ship out of Baltimore, commanded by Captain Ezra Bowen, captured by the Danes.
 * Deux Anges | 🇫🇷 France | 27 January 1800
 * Mercator | 🇩🇰 Denmark | May 1800
 * Godfrey | UKGBI | 31 May 1800
 * Flambeau | 🇫🇷 France | 23 July 1800
 * Berceau | 🇫🇷 France | 12 October 1800
 * Good Friends | 🇺🇸 United States | September 1809
 * Helvetius | 🇺🇸 United States | September 1809

First Barbary War
The First Barbary War (1801–5), was the first of the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War fought between the United States and the North African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States. For years the Barbary Corsairs had harassed and captured British, French and American shipping, often capturing vessels seizing cargoes and holding crews for large ransoms or enslaving them. Refusing to pay tribute President Thomas Jefferson sent a fleet of ships to the Mediterranean shores of North Africa to deal with the constant threats to U.S. and other ships. A brig cruiser belonging to the Emperor of Morocco. Captured by USS Philadelphia (1799), commanded by William Bainbridge. A frigate that ran aground in the Mediterranean leaving it at the mercy of the Barbary corsairs of Tripoli. She was recaptured and burned in Tripoli harbor three and a half months later by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur. A ketch built in France in 1798 for Napoleon's Egyptian expedition, later sold to Tripoli and renamed Mastico. Captured by USS Enterprise and USS Constitution under the commands of Stephen Decatur and William Bainbridge respectively. Renamed USS Intrepid, was one of several vessels under the command of Stephen Decatur which recaptured and destroyed the USS Philadelphia (1799) 16 February 1804. Former British privateer, Transfer out of Malta, later sold to Tripoli and used in blockade running during the Barbary Wars. Captured off Tripoli, by Syren commanded by Lieutenant Charles Stewart. She was renamed the USS Scourge.
 * Meshboha | | 26 August 1803
 * USS Philadelphia (1799) | | 31 October 1803 | ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) | 16 February 1804
 * Mastico | ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) | 23 December 1803
 * Transfer | ( Ottoman Tripolitania Navy) | 21 March 1804

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against the French Republic and Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1792 to 1815, involving many often-large-scale naval battles resulting in the capture of numerous ships. Among the most notable of such battles were the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Copenhagen involving hundreds of ships and many thousands of seamen and officers. A brig originally purchased into Royal Navy service in 1787, she was captured by the FRENCH SHIP Railluese. She was then recaptured by HMS Indefatigable (1784) on 15 October 1797. She was then captured by the French privateer Vengeance on 2 November 1797 before being captured a fourth time, this time by HMS Galatea (1794), four days later. She was renamed HMS Venturer due to Ranger having been reused in her absence. Possibly the most captured warship in history. A 74-gun ship of the line commanded by Captain Hallowell, captured by the French fleet, commanded by Admiral Ganteaume. She was later recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar. A Résistance-class frigate of 40 guns, commanded by Capitain de Vaisseau Citizen F. M. Pitot, attacked and captured in the Mona Passage during the French Revolutionary Wars by HMS Seine (1798) of the Royal Navy, commanded by Captain David Milne. Renamed HMS Vengeance. A 16-gun British sloop and fireship, commanded by Captain Richard Dun, captured by the French Navy at Cape de Gat. A 32-gun fifth-rate frigate launched in 1781, captured by the French and recaptured by the British the same year. Captured by the French Navy.
 * HMS Ranger (1787) | | 11 June 1794
 * HMS Swiftsure (1787) | | 24 June 1800
 * HMS Vengeance (1800) | | 25 August 1800
 * HMS Incendiary (1782) | | 10 February 1801
 * HMS Success (1781) | | 10 February 1801
 * HMS Sprightly (1778) | | 10 February 1801

Battle of Copenhagen
The Battle of Copenhagen was a naval battle involving a large British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, defeating and capturing many of the Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored just off Copenhagen on 2 April 1801. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the main attack.

A 60-gun ship of the line in the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. She was commissioned in 1775, captured at the Battle of Copenhagen. Captured, burnt Abandoned, captured, burnt Abandoned, captured, burnt Driven ashore, captured, burnt Captured and burnt captured and burnt Captured and burnt Captured and burnt Captured and burnt Captured and burnt
 * HDMS Holsteen | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Indfødsretten | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Prøvesteenen | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Valkyrien | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Rendsborg | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Jylland | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Sværdfisken | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Kronborg | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Haien | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Charlotte Amalie | | 2 April 1801
 * HDMS Søehesten | | 2 April 1801
 * See also List of Danish sail frigates and List of ships of the line of Denmark

Napoleonic Wars (continued i)
A 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy, launched on 15 April 1786, named after Hannibal of Carthage. Ran aground and captured during the first part of the Battle of Algeciras Bay. Captured by British at the Battle of Algeciras Bay. A 32-gun fifth-rate frigate captured by HMS Victory, commanded by Captain Samuel Sutton in the Atlantic. She was restored to the Royal Navy in her old name, the existing Ambuscade being renamed HMS Seine. First captured by the British during the Battle of Tory Island in 1797, recaptured by the corvette FRENCH CORVETTE Bayonnaise in 1798 to be recaptured by the British again in 1803. A Serpente-class corvette bearing 18 guns. Captured by HMS Endymion (1797), off the Azores. A Romaine-class frigate bearing 20 guns. Captured by HMS Naiad (1797), commanded by Captain James Wallis in the Bay of Biscay. A 40-gun frigate under the command of Captain Jahleel Brenton, (re)captured by the French navy after it ran aground chasing other ships. Originally a French ship, captured by British in 1792. A Téméraire-class ship of the line 74-gun ship of the line, commanded by Commodore Quérangal. Captured by British squadron, commanded by Commodore Loring. Vessel was stranded in 1804, broken up 1805. An 18-gun schooner, captured by the Royal Navy after a chase. Later renamed Crafty, and captured by the Spanish in 1807. A 24-gun East Indiaman, captured by the French Navy in the Battle of Vizagapatam. A 42-gun Spanish frigate, captured by the Royal Navy in the action of 25 November 1804 off Cádiz. An 80-gun ship of the line, broken up in 1816. A 32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, commanded by Sir Robert Laurie. Captured by Ville de Milan, commanded by Captain Jean-Marie Renaud. An East Indiaman converted to a 56-gun ship of the line. Captured by 74-gun FRENCH SHIP Magnanime, later ran aground and recaptured by British and set ablaze 12 April 1809 at the Battle of the Basque Roads.
 * HMS Hannibal (1786) | | 6 July 1801
 * FRENCH SHIP Saint Antoine |  (Franco-Spanish fleet) | 6–12 July 1801
 *  Jeune Amélie |🇫🇷 France | 1803 captured by the privateer slaver Kitty; became Kitty's Amelia, the last vessel to legally undergo a slave trading voyage (27 July 1807) before the passage of the Slave Trade Act of 1807.
 * Embuscade | | 28 May 1803
 * FRENCH CORVETTE Bacchante | | 25 June 1803
 * FRENCH FRIGATE Impatiente | | 25 June 1803
 * HMS Minerve | | 3 July 1803
 * FRENCH SHIP Duquesne | | 24 July 1803
 * HMS Renard (1803) | | 25 November 1803
 *  Princess Charlotte | Flag of the British East India Company (1801).svg British East India Company | 15 September 1804
 * HMS Amfitrite (1804) | | 25 November 1804
 * FRENCH SHIP Formidable | | 1805
 * HMS Cleopatra (1779) | | 18 February 1805
 * HMS Calcutta (1795) | | 25 September 1805

Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was fought on 21 October 1805 off the Spanish coast, near Cape Trafalgar, involving the allied fleets of Spain and France against the Royal Navy of Britain. Britain's answer to Napoleon's threat, it proved to be the turning point of the Napoleonic era and is regarded as the last great sea battle of the period. The battle involved dozens of sailing warships and vessels many of which fell to capture while many were also met with what is considered a worse fate in the storm that followed.

A Téméraire-class ship of the line 74-gun French ship of the line. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Louis Alexis Baudoin who was killed in the battle, fired the first shot of the battle. After its capture by British it was wrecked in the storm of 23 October that followed the battle and sunk, taking with her all hands on board. A Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line. Commanded by Captain Lucas Redoutable is known for her fiercely fought duel with HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar, killing Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, incurring the highest losses of the battle. Captured by British, she foundered during the storm the next day and sunk, taking with her all hands. An 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. It was the flagship of the French fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Jean-Jacques Magendie. Surrendered to Captain James Atcherly of the Marines from HMS Conqueror (1801), later wrecked in storm of 23 October 1805. A 74-gun French ship of the line, present at the Battle of Trafalgar, under Rear Admiral Charles Magon who was killed during the boarding attempt when engaged by HMS Tonnant (1798). Escaped after capture making her way to Cadiz. A 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured at the Battle of Trafalgar and scuttled by British. A 74-gun French ship of the line. took part in the Battle of Trafalgar, captured during the battle. On the following day, her crew rose up turned against her captors and recaptured their ship, however, she was wrecked in the storm of 23 October 1805. An 80-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. After engaging the British HMS Revenge (1805), HMS Dreadnought (1801) and HMS Thunderer (1783) she was finally captured. During the storm of 23 October she broke her anchor chains and was wrecked with only about 150 out of 1200 men aboard surviving. The British HMS Berwick, a 74-gun ship of the line, was captured by the French in 1795. She was recaptured by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar. While in tow her captives cut her cables, she struck a shoal and sank with approximately 200 perishing in the storm. A 74-gun ship of the line, originally the British Swiftsure, commanded by Captain Hallowell, captured by the French fleet, commanded by Admiral Ganteaume, on 24 June 1800. Under the command of Captain l'Hôpitalier-Villemadrin she was recaptured at the Battle of Trafalgar and was one of the few captured ships to survive the storm. An 80-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, noted for being the oldest vessel present. Rayo escaped from the battle but was intercepted by HMS Donegal (1798) fresh out of Gibraltar and then was wrecked 26 October 1805 in the storm that followed. A 112-gun three-decker ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured by British at Battle of Trafalgar. two days later, a squadron under the command of Commodore Cosmao-Kerjulien recaptured her and took her back to Cadiz. An 80-gun Montañes-class ship of the line ship of the line of the Spanish Navy. Captured at the Battle of Trafalgar, later ran aground and set fire by the British. A 74-gun ship of the line. Present at the Battle of Algeciras in 1801 and the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. A first-rate ship of the line, launched in 1769, bearing 112 guns, increased to 130 guns in 1795–96. Commanded by Francisco Javier Uriarte and Rear Admiral Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, present at Battle of Trafalgar, the largest ship in the allied fleet. Captured by British, wrecked in storm following day. A 74-gun ship of the line, commanded by Captain Don Teodoro de Argumosa, present at Battle of Trafalgar. After its capture it was burnt on 26 October 1805. A 74 gun ship of the line, commanded by Commodore Dionisio Alcalá Galiano who lost his life from cannon fire. Captured by HMS Colossus (1803), broken up in 1814. A 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1765, commanded by Commodore Don Cosmé Damián Churruca y Elorza who was killed in action, present at Battle of Trafalgar, with half its crew dead or wounded. A 74-gun ship that saw service in French, British and American waters in the late 18th century. Present at the Battle of Trafalgar, commanded by Captain Don Jose Ramón de Vargas y Varáez; captured by the British HMS Defence (1763) and renamed HMS Ildefonso, it was one of the few captured vessels that survived the storm following the battle.
 * FRENCH SHIP Fougueux | | 21 October 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Redoutable | | 21 October 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Bucentaure | | 21 October 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Algésiras | | 21 October 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Intrépide | | 21 October 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Aigle | | 21 October 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Indomptable | | 21 October 1805
 * HMS Berwick (1775) | |  | 21 October 1805
 * HMS Swiftsure (1787) | |  | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP Rayo | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP Santa Ana |  | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP Neptuno | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP San Agustín | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Trinidad | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP Monarca | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP Bahama | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP San Juan Nepomuceno | | 21 October 1805
 * SPANISH SHIP San Ildefonso | | 21 October 1805

Napoleonic Wars (continued ii)
74-gun Téméraire class. Captured by British, renamed HMS Implacable; training ship 1805, scuttled 1949 A French Ship of the line, 74 guns, she was used by the British at the Battle of Trafalgar after her capture at the Battle of Cape Ortegal. Hulked 1811, sold 1819 A 74 gun ship of the line, present at the Battle of Cape Finisterre, and the Battle of Trafalgar. Captured by the British at the Battle of Cape Ortegal, later broken up 1819. Viala was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line launched in 1795. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1806 at the Battle of San Domingo. A Téméraire-class ship of the line bearing 80 guns, commanded by Admiral Charles Linois. Captured by HMS London (1766) of 98 guns, commanded by Admiral John B. Warren, following with HMS Foudroyant (1798), bearing 80 guns, commanded by Vice-Admiral John Chambers White. See also: Action of 13 March 1806 A 40-gun Virginie-class frigate. Captured by HMS Foudroyant bearing 80 guns, commanded by Admiral John B. Warren. See also: Action of 13 March 1806 A French brig, 16 guns, she was captured by the British off France. A 34-gun privateer captured off the coast of Ceylon by HMS Rattlesnake and HMS Powerful under the command of Sir Edward Pellew. See also: Action of 9 July 1806 A frigate of 40 guns under the command of Commodore Sir Samuel Hood. Was present at Allemand's expedition of 1805, captured by British forces during the action of 25 September 1806 by, HMS Centaur. A 38-gun Armide-class frigate of the French Navy. Captured along with Armide, Gloire and Infatigable by a four-ship squadron under Samuel Hood. 80-gun ship of Tonnant class, sold 1822. 74 gun, captured by British, foundered 1806. – ex-French Jupiter, captured by British, sold 1814. A 14-gun schooner, boarded and captured by three Spanish warship north of Tétouan. Formerly a French warship, captured in 1803. A brig of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy, which she served from 1791 to 1807 until the British capture, taking possession under terms of capitulation following the Second Battle of Copenhagen. Originally a Danish 22-gun warship launched in 1801, captured by the British at the Second Battle of Copenhagen, renamed HMS Little Belt, commanded by Arthur Bingham. Captured second time by USS President, commanded by John Rodgers. A whaler, she was first captured by a Spanish privateer, then by a British warship, then by another Spanish privateer. Brought to Algiers, then released. a 40-gun Consolante-class frigate that served as a commerce raider in the Indian Ocean, commanded by Lieutenant de vaisseau Charles Moreau. Captured by HMS St Fiorenzo of 38 guns, commanded by Captain George Nicholas Hardinge off the coast of India. She was renamed HMS Piedmontaise served in the British Royal Navy, until broken up in 1813. 16-gun French Palinure-class brig, captured by HMS Bachante off Cape San Antonio, Cuba. A 14-gun Archer-class brig built in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats in the Great Belt. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1815. A 16-gun Confounder-class brig launched in 1805. Captured by Danish gunboats off Saltholm. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1814. 80-gun French Bucentaure-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. 74-gun French Téméraire-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. 74-gun French ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. 74-gun French Téméraire-class ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. 74-gun French ship of the line, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. 44-gun French frigate, captured by the Spaniards in Cadiz harbour. A 16-gun Seagull-class brig built in 1805. Captured by the sloop Lougen off Christiansand. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until transferred to the fledgling Royal Norwegian Navy in 1814. Decommissioned in 1817. A 14-gun Archer-class brig launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats in the Great Belt. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1815. An 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop brig-sloop launched in 1807, commanded by Charles Mars Gregory. Captured by the French brig Palinure, commanded by Captain de frègate Jance. Burnt in 1809 to avoid recapture. A French 16-carronade brig, launched in 1808, commanded by Lieutenant de Vaisseau Deslandes, captured by HMS Melampus (1785). Taken into British service as HMS Colibri, wrecked on 23 August 1813 in Port Royal Sound. A 40-gun frigate commanded by capitaine de frégate Rousseau, was the lead ship of the Junon-class frigate. While commanded by John Shortland she was recaptured on 13 December 1809 by Clorinde and Renommée and renamed HMS Junon. A Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line., captured by British, renamed HMS Abercrombie, sold 1817. French 36-gun frigate, 900 tons, Captured by HMS Latona, a 38-gun frigate commanded by Captain Hugh Pigot. An 18-gun brig built in 1807 for the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy under the name Allart, captured by the British following the Second Battle of Copenhagen. Recaptured by Danish gunboats off Fredriksvern. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until transferred to the fledgling Royal Norwegian Navy in 1815. Decommissioned in 1817. A 13-gun Archer-class brig launched in 1801. Captured by Danish gunboats off Skagen. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1811. The Gloire-class frigate was captured by FRENCH FRIGATE Clorinde, FRENCH SHIP Loire, FRENCH FRIGATE Renommée and Seine (all ) off Guadeloupe with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was set afire and scuttled the next day. French merchantman captured by the British Navy in 1809.
 * Duguay-Trouin |  |  4 November 1805
 * Mont Blanc | | 4 November 1805
 * Scipion | | 4 November 1805
 * FRENCH SHIP Viala |  | 6 February 1806
 * Marengo | | 13 March 1806
 * Belle Poule | | 13 March 1806
 * Néarque | | 28 March 1806
 * La Bellone | 🇫🇷 France | 12 July 1806
 * Armide | | 25 September 1806
 * Alceste | | 25 September 1806
 * Alexandre | | 1806
 * Brave | | 6 Feb 1806
 * Maida | |  74 (1795) 6 Feb 1806
 * HMS Crafty | | 9 March 1807
 * HDMS Sarpen | | 7 September 1807
 * Little Belt | | 7 September 1807
 *  Ann Alexander | 🇺🇸 US | 1807
 * Piémontaise | | 8 March 1808
 * Griffon | | 11 May 1808
 * HMS Tickler | | 4 June 1808
 * HMS Turbulent | | 9 June 1808
 * Neptune | | 14 June 1808
 * Héros | | 14 June 1808
 * Pluton | | 14 June 1808
 * Algesiras | | 14 June 1808
 * Argonaute | | 14 June 1808
 * Cornélie | | 14 June 1808
 * HMS Seagull | | 19 June 1808
 * HMS Tigress | | 2 August 1808
 * HMS Carnation | | 3 October 1808
 * Santo Domingo | | Captured by the British in 1809.
 * Colibri | | 16 January 1809
 * Junon | | 10 February 1809
 * D'Hautpoul | | 17 April 1809
 * Felicite | | 17 June 1809
 * HMS Alert | | 10 August 1809
 * HMS Minx | | 2 September 1809
 * HMS Junon (1809) | | 13 December 1809
 * Amelia Wilson | | 1809
 * See also:
 * List of French sail frigates
 * List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy
 * List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy
 * List of early warships of the English navy

1810–1819
Napoleonic Wars (continued)

A gunboat launched in 1809. Captured by Danish gunboats off Anholt. A Sibylle-class frigate 36-gun, copper-hulled, frigate of the French Navy. Captured by the British at Isle of France at the Battle of Grand Port. A schooner launched in 1806. Captured by Danish gunboats off Skagen. Operated by the Dano-Norwegian Navy under the same name until recaptured by the British in 1811. A 40-gun Hortense-class frigate frigate of the French Navy. Built her in 1807 for the Venetian Navy Captured by British at the Battle of Lissa. A post ship captured by John Rodgers in command of USS President. The engagement came to be known as the Little Belt affair, one of many incidents that led to the War of 1812. A 13-gun Archer-class brig launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats off Jutland. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1813. A 13-gun Archer-class brig launched in 1804. Captured by Danish brigs Lolland, Alsen and Samsø off Arendal. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1813. 74-gun Le Pluton class, broken up 1819. A 13-gun Archer-class brig launched in 1804. Captured by Danish gunboats. Operated under the same name by the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy until sold off in 1813. A 40-gun Pallas-class frigate, captured by British, broken up 1821. 74-gun ship of the line, captured by the British on slip, renamed Genoa, broken up 1838.
 * HMS Grinder | | 13 April 1810
 * Nereide | | 23 August 1810
 * HMS Alban | | 12 September 1810 | 11 May 1811
 * Corona | |  13 March 1811
 * HMS Little Belt (1807) | | 16 May 1811
 * HMS Safeguard | | 29 June 1811
 * HMS Manly | | 2 September 1811
 * Rivoli | |  22 Feb 1812
 * HMS Attack | | 19 August 1812
 * HMS Laura (1806) | | 8 September 1812
 * San Antonio | | 13 October 1812. Captured by the British sloop Merope, commanded by John Charles Gawen.
 * Trave | |  23 October 1813
 * Brillant | |  1814

War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between Great Britain and the United States whose young navy made a notable stand at sea against the largest and most formidable navy in the world at the time. The causes of the war were regarded differently between the two countries. The U.S. was appalled at Britain for seizing their ships and impressing American citizens into its navy, while Britain maintained that it had the right to search neutral vessels for property or persons of its foes. The ships of the two countries were involved in many engagements along the Atlantic coast, the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies with numerous vessels being destroyed or captured on both sides. A civilian brig. Taken as a prize by the British A schooner commanded by Robert Percy, captured by USS Oneida, commanded by Commodore M.T. Woolsey, while enforcing the Embargo Law. A Royal Navy Ballahoo-class schooner of 75 tons and 4 guns, launched in 1805, Lieutenant Lewis Maxey. Present at the Battle of Copenhagen, Captured at Hampton Roads by American privateer Dash commanded by Captain Garroway. Built in 1799 as a merchant vessel it was purchased by the U.S. Navy in 1803 and converted into a 16-gun brig. Commanded by Lieutenant W. Crane, it was captured off the coast of New Jersey by a blockading British fleet: Shannon, Belvidera, Africa, Eolus and Guerriere – the last vessel of these itself defeated by USS Constitution only a month later. Taken into possession for use in the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Emulous. A British brig bound for Halifax from the West Indies captured by American privateer Paul Jones. A new merchant ship, captured after a 15-minute fight, carrying sugar and old Madeira wine from St Croix to London by the American privateer Chasseur, commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle. Valued at $150,000-170,00, sent to Baltimore. The American privateer Chasseur, commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, captured the merchant ship Hopewell, of 400 tons, as Hopewell was on her way to London from Surinam, carrying sugar, molasses, cotton, coffee and cocoa by. One of Hopewell's men was killed. The ship was sent to Baltimore where the cargo was valued at $150,000,. A merchant ship, 400 tons, captured on her passage from Demerara to Liverpool by the American privateer Chasseur, commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle. The prize was valued at $150,000-200,000 and sent to Baltimore. One of over thirty other merchant vessels captured by Boyle. Caledonia was a brig, formerly HMS Caledonia, captured by the U.S. Navy, during the War of 1812 and taken into American service. Commanded by Lieutenant D. Turner the brig played an important role with the American squadron on Lake Erie; sold at the end of the war. An 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched on 9 February 1806, commanded by Thomas Whinyates. Captured by USS Wasp (1807), commanded by Jacob Jones. Adams was in drydock at Detroit for repairs when war broke out, captured by the British and renamed HMS Detroit (1812). Commanded by Jacob Jones. Wasp was a sailing sloop of war captured by the British in the War of 1812. She was constructed in 1806 at the Washington Navy Yard. Captured twice. A British packet with eighty one boxes of gold and silver aboard, captured by USS President (1800) commanded by Commodore John Rodgers with Matthew C. Perry aboard A 38-gun fifth rate Lively-class frigate in the Royal Navy, captured by the USS United States (1797) commanded by Stephen Decatur during the War of 1812. A British whaler of 10 guns and 26 men, carrying a cargo of oil and whalebone, bound for London was captured by USS Congress (1799) under the command of Captain John Smith. The ship was ordered to the United States. She was one of the five prizes Smith took during the war. A Pallas-class frigate, commanded by Henry Lambert, taken as a prize off coast of Brazil after its engagement with USS Constitution, commanded by William Bainbridge. A 10-gun brig launched on Lake Erie in 1807, captured American squadron under the command of Commodore Isaac Chauncey's and taken back to Sackett's Harbor. Destroyed by the British a few weeks later. A frigate, commanded by Captain James Lawrence that was pounded by 362 shots from HMS Shannon (1806) before its surrender. See: Capture of USS Chesapeake Part of Thomas Macdonough's fleet overtaken by British while on blockade patrol at the Battle of Lake Champlain. Renamed HMS Finch An American Letter of marque schooner bearing only two guns, captured by HMS Briton (1812) off the coast of Bordeaux. A brig commanded by William Henry Allen surrendered to British after engagement with HMS Pelican in St George's Channel. See: Capture of USS Argus A 12-gun Bold-class gun-brig launched in July 1812, commanded by Samuel Blyth, captured by USS Enterprise (1799), commanded by Lieutenant William Burrows. See also: Capture of HMS Boxer A 37-gun fifth-rate frigate captured on Lake Erie by USS Eagle (1812), commanded by Thomas Macdonough at the Battle of Plattsburgh. American merchantman launched in 1810, captured by the Royal Navy, in 1813. A 16-gun schooner built as the American privateer Syren and commissioned as Letter of marque, captured by Royal Navy 20 April 1813, renamed Pictou. Commanded by Lieutenant Edward Stephens Pictou was recaptured at Barbados during the War of 1812 by the American frigate USS Constitution commanded by Charles Stewart. A sailing frigate commanded by David Porter that served in the Quasi-War, the First Barbary War and the War of 1812. Captured off Valparaíso by HMS Phoebe (1795) and HMS Cherub (1806) under the command of Admiral James Hillyar and was renamed HMS Essex. An 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop commanded by Richard Walter Wales, captured off Cape Canaveral, Florida by USS Peacock (1813) with 22 guns commanded by Lewis Warrington See also: Capture of HMS Epervier Forced to surrender to superior British force 15 mi off Matanzas, Cuba. A schooner of four guns, commanded by Norfolk King, was the name ship of the Royal Navy's Ballahoo-class schooners. Captured by 5-gun American privateer Perry off the coast of South Carolina. An 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched in 1804. She was under the command of Commander Nicholas Lechmere Pateshall when USS Wasp (1814), under the command of Johnston Blakely, captured her approximately 500 mi west of Ushant. See also: Sinking of HMS Reindeer A brig, served in First Barbary War and War of 1812. Captured in 1814 by Royal Navy. A 4-gun Cuckoo-class schooner, commanded by Lieutenant Robert Daniel Lancaster. Captured near Gibraltar by an American privateer Syren, a schooner sporting one heavy long gun, under Captain J.D. Daniels. A brig under the command of Lt. James Renshaw, was captured by the 50-gun, British frigate HMS Leander (1813). Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Symons at Falmouth and launched on 31 January 1805, commanded by James Arbuthnot at time of capture; Captured by USS Wasp (1814), commanded by Commodore Johnston Blakeley. A 12-gun sloop and the second US Navy ship to carry the name. Captured by British and renamed Icicle. A sloop lost to the British at the Battle of Lake Borgne. A sloop-of-war lost to the British at the Battle of Lake Borgne. A frigate that was named by George Washington, commanded by Stephen Decatur, fell into British hands when encountered by HMS Endymion (1797). See: Capture of USS President A 22-gun Banterer-class post ship sixth-rate post ship built in 1806, commanded by Captain Gordon Thomas Falcon; Captured along with HMS Levant approximately 100 miles east of Madeira by USS Constitution, commanded by Charles Stewart A 20-gun Cyrus-class post ship sixth-rate ship, commanded by Hon. George Douglas; captured along with HMS Cyane, by USS Constitution, commanded by Charles Stewart. This 14-gun schooner was captured just off Havana by the American privateer Chasseur, commanded by Captain Thomas Boyle, who claimed over thirty prizes as a privateer during the war. A 19-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop commanded by James Dickenson; captured by 20-gun sloop-of-war USS Hornet (1805), commanded by James Biddle, following a gunnery duel off the American cruiser base of Tristan da Cunha. Set ablaze after the removal of its stores due to irreparable damage. Final battle of the war between British and American forces. See: Capture of HMS Penguin
 * Alexander (brig) | 🇺🇸 United States | Unknown date
 * Lord Nelson | | 5 June 1812 | 24 December 1815
 * HMS Whiting (1805) | | 8 July 1812
 * USS Nautilus (1799) | | 16 July 1812
 * Ulysses | | 20 July 1812
 * Henry | | 26 July 1812
 * Hopewell | Great Britain | July 1812
 * John | Great Britain | 18 September 1812
 * USS Caledonia (1812) | | 8 October 1812  
 * HMS Frolic (1806) | | 8 October 1812
 * USS Adams | | 9 October 1812
 * USS Wasp (1807) | /  | 15 October 1812
 * HMS Swallow | Great Britain | 18 October 1812
 * HMS Macedonian | | 25 October 1812
 *  Argo | | 1 November 1812
 * HMS Java (1811) | | 26 December 1812
 * HMS Duke of Gloucester or Gloucester | | 27 April 1813
 * USS Chesapeake (1799) | | 1 June 1813
 * USS Eagle (1812) | | 3 June 1813
 * US SCHOONER Joel Barlow | 🇺🇸 US | 3 July 1813
 * USS Argus (1803) | | 14 August 1813
 * HMS Boxer (1812) | | 5 September 1813
 * HMS Confiance (1814) | | 5 October 1813
 *  Amelia | 🇺🇸 US | 1813
 * HMS Pictou (1813) | | 14 February 1814
 * USS Essex (1799) | | 28 March 1814
 * HMS Epervier (1812) | | 29 April 1814
 * USS Frolic (1813) | | 20 April 1814
 * HMS Ballahou | | 29 April 1814
 * HMS Reindeer (1804) | | 28 June 1814
 * USS Syren (1803) | | 12 July 1814
 * HMS Landrail (1806) | | 12 July 1814
 * USS Rattlesnake (1813) | | 22 June 1814
 * HMS Avon (1805) | | 27 August 1814
 * USS President (1812) (sloop) | | 11 September 1814
 * USS Alligator (1813) | | 14 December 1814
 * USS Tickler | | 14 December 1814
 * USS President (1800) (frigate) | | 15 January 1815
 * Chasseur vs St Lawrence.jpg capturing HMS St Lawrence (1813), 1815]]HMS Cyane (1806) | | 20 February 1815
 * HMS Levant (1813) | | 20 February 1815
 * HMS St Lawrence (1813) | | 26 February 1815
 * HMS Penguin (1813) | | 23 March 1815
 * See also: Category:War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom

Second Barbary War
An Algerian frigate and flagship in the Algerian fleet during the Second Barbary War, commanded by Rais Hammida. Captured by USS Guerriere, commanded by Stephen Decatur. An Algerian brig captured by American fleet under the command of Stephen Decatur. An armed Mexican schooner attempting to smuggle slaves into the United States. Venezuelan privateer, captured with 280 slaves by United States ship.
 * Mashouda | Ottoman Algeria Navy | 17 June 1815
 * Estedio | Ottoman Algeria Navy | 19 June 1815
 * Eugene | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 17 January 1817
 * General Ramirez | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 1819

Chilean war of independence
The Navy of Chile website lists 26 Spanish prizes during the War of Independence. The most famous are probably: first naval vessel of the Chilean Navy captured by Manuel Blanco Encalada off Santa María Island, Chile captured by Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald in El Callao captured by Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald in El Callao captured by Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald in El Callao. (later renamed Monteagudo) Ship handed over to the Chilean authorities For vessels captured by Chilean Letter of marque ships, see list of prizes
 * Águila (1796) | 🇪🇸 Spain | 26 February 1817
 * María Isabel (1816) | 🇪🇸 Spain | 20 October 1818
 * Moctezuma | 🇪🇸 Spain | 24 March 1819
 * Esmeralda (1791) | 🇪🇸 Spain | 5 to 6 November 1820
 * Las Caldas | 🇪🇸 Spain | 24 July 1824
 * Aquiles | 🇪🇸 Spain | 23 June 1825

1820–1829
Above four ships captured together by USS Alligator. All except the La Jeune Eugene escaped while being escorted to Boston. France protests. A Spanish brig outfitted as a slaver, captured at Monrovia by El Vincendor, commanded by Captain Cottrell.
 * La Jeune Eugene | 🇫🇷 France | 1821
 * La Daphnee | 🇫🇷 France | 1821
 * La Mathilde | 🇫🇷 France | 1821
 * L'Elize | 🇫🇷 France | 1821
 * Teresa | 🇪🇸 Spain | 9 April 1824
 * San Buenaventura | 🇪🇸 Spain | 9 January 1827 A Spanish brig captured off Yucatán by Mexican Navy Ship of the line Congreso Mexicano (former Spanish Asia (ship)) with 214 men to Havana.

West Africa Squadron
a British East India packet schooner captured by pirates but retaken by her crew.
 *  St Helena | undefined  | 6 April 1830
 * Daspegado – Spanish pirate vessel, captor of St Helena, captured by HMS Primrose (1810).

War of the Confederation
Crew handed the ship over to the Chilean government
 * CHILEAN FRIGATE Monteagudo | Flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation.svg Confederation | 4 August 1836

Texas Revolution
A Mexican Navy warship captured by the merchant ships San Felipe and Laura after a bloody exchange of cannon fire off the coast of Texas known as the San Felipe Incident. On board San Felipe was Stephen F. Austin. A Mexican merchantman captured by Captain W. Brown in the Liberty, later ran aground on a sandbar and was wrecked. Former cutter USRC Ingham, captured by the Mexican Navy in the Battle of the Brazos River. In service under Mexican flag as La Independencia.
 *  Correo de Mejico | | 1 September 1835
 *  Pelican | | 3 March 1836
 * Independence | Texas Naval Ensign.svg | 17 April 1837

1839
A two-masted schooner built in Spain and owned by a Spaniard living in Cuba. Was used to transport Africans into slavery, who took control of the ship in 1839. Ship was captured off the coast of Long Island by USS Washington (1837). Above four slaver ships seized together off the coast of Africa using American and Spanish flags to suit the occasion along with fraudulent papers. Captured by British cruiser and brought to United States. Fitted as a slaver, and captured by a British cruiser on the coast of Africa. Captured on the African coast by a British cruiser, and brought by her to New York. With American papers, seized by British cruisers as Spanish property. Before this she had been boarded fifteen times. Seized by a British cruiser, and condemned at Sierra Leone.
 *  La Amistad | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1839
 * SS Eagle | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇺🇸 US | November 1839
 * SS Clara | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇺🇸 US | November 1839
 * SS Wyoming | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇺🇸 US | November 1839
 * SS Mary Anne Cassard | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇺🇸 US | November 1839
 * SS Butterfly | 🇺🇸 US | 23 September 1839
 * SS Catharine | 🇺🇸 US | October 1839
 * SS Euphrates | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1839
 * SS My Boy | 🇺🇸 US | September 1839

1840–1849
Captured with fraudulent papers. Captured by British cruisers and sent to Boston for kidnapping. Seized by the British. Shakespeare, of Baltimore, with 430 slaves, captured by British cruisers. Cyrus, of New Orleans, suspected slaver, captured by the British cruiser Alert. Spitfire, of New Orleans, captured on the coast of Africa, under American flag and the captain indicted in Boston. Slaver, with no papers; searched, and captured with 420 slaves, by a British cruiser.
 * SS Sarah Ann | 🇺🇸 US | March 1840
 * SS Tigris | 🇺🇸 US | 1840
 * SS Jones | 🇺🇸 US | 1840
 * SS Shakespeare | 🇺🇸 US | 7 November 1842
 * SS Cyrus | 🇺🇸 US | 1844
 * SS Spitfire | 🇺🇸 US | 14 May 1845
 * SS Casco | 🇺🇸 US | 1849

Mexican–American War
At the onset of the Mexican–American War on 12 May 1846, Commodore John D. Sloat was in command of the Pacific fleet. The Pacific war against Mexico lasted only eight months with few casualties. The Pacific fleet consisted mainly of ten ships: two ships of the line, two frigates, two sloops-of-war, and four sloops. As the Mexican navy was very small few vessels were ever captured.

Mexican merchant brig captured by sloop of war USS Warren under the command Lieutenant William Radford. A sloop captured by the chartered Libertad with its crew of eleven in the Gulf of California, about twenty-five miles north of Mulegé.
 * Malek Adhel | | 21 August 1846
 * Alerta | | 10 November 1847

First Schleswig War
During the First Schleswig War (18481850) the Royal Danish Navy first supported the Danish Army's advance south against the rebels in Schleswig-Holstein, and later blockaded the German ports.

A civilian steamship, captured by the Danish naval steamer Hekla and the brig St. Thomas at Aabenraa. Used as a transport by the Royal Danish Navy. A frigate, captured by Prussian forces during the Battle of Eckernförde. A gunboat, surrendered to the Royal Danish Navy after the end of the First Schleswig War. Commissioned into Danish service as DANISH GUNBOAT Støren
 * Christian der achte | Schleswig-Holstein Private ship | 31 March 1848
 * Gefion | | 5 April 1849
 *  Von der Tann | Schleswig-Holstein | 1853

1850–1859
Martha, of New York, captured by USS Perry when about to embark from southern coast of Africa with 1800 slaves. The captain was admitted to bail, and escaped. A Brazilian brig outfitted as a slaver with a Brazilian crew, carrying false papers under the American flag, captured near Kabinda off the Congo River by British steam-sloop HMS Rattler, commanded by Arthur Cumming. Lucy Ann, of Boston, captured with 547 slaves by the British. Slaver, trading to Brazil, boarded, searched and seized by the commander of H. M. steam-sloop HMS Firefly. Glamorgan, of New York, captured when about to depart with approximately 700 slaves. Grey Eagle, of Philadelphia, captured off Cuba by British. Ship from New Orleans, seized after prolonged surveillance by HMS Firefly. Fitted out at New Orleans, captured by HMS Antelope with 70 slaves aboard. Fitted out at New York, captured by HMS Alecto without papers or colors. A schooner from Newport, Rhode Island, captured by HMS Antelope with 191 slaves aboard. Crew members from Spain and USA. Slaver vessel out of Boston, suspected of several smuggling attempts under American colors. Captured by HMS Alecto. The Echo was commanded by Captain Edward Townsend and financed by foreign nationals from Brazil and was captured by USS Dolphin off the northern coast of Cuba near the Santaren Channel with 306 slaves.
 * SS Martha | 🇺🇸 US | Empire of Brazil | 7 June 1850
 * Volusia | Empire of Brazil | 2 July 1850
 * SS Lucy Ann | 🇺🇸 US | 1850
 * SS Navarre | Country of origin unknown | 1850
 * SS Glamorgan | 🇺🇸 US | 1853
 * SS Grey Eagle | 🇺🇸 US | 1854
 * SS William Clark | 🇺🇸 US | 1857
 * SS Jupiter | 🇺🇸 US | 1857
 * SS Eliza Jane | 🇺🇸 US | 22 August 1857
 * SS Jos. H. Record | 🇺🇸 US | 🇪🇸 Spain |1857
 * SS Onward | 🇺🇸 US | 1857
 * SS Echo | 🇺🇸 US | Empire of Brazil | 21 August 1858

1860–1869
Erie, transporting 897 Africans from African coast, captured by a United States ship. The captain of the ship, Nathaniel Gordon, was later executed by the U.S. government for slave trading. Originally the tea clipper and slave ship Nightingale, launched in 1851, captured in Africa in 1861 by USS Saratoga (1842), taken as a prize and purchased by the United States Navy.
 * SS Erie | 🇺🇸 US | 1860
 * Nightingale | Empire of Brazil | 21 April 1861

American Civil War
During the American Civil War the Union blockade at first proved to be ineffective at keeping ships from entering or leaving southern ports, but towards the end of the war, it played a significant role in its victory over the Confederate states. By the end of the war, the Union Navy had captured many Confederate ships, moreover had also captured more than 1,100 blockade runners while destroying or running aground another 355 vessels. Using specially-designed blockade runners, private business interests from Britain, however, succeeded in supplying the Confederate Army with goods valued at $200 million, including 600,000 small arms. Rhat extended the war by two years and cost the lives of 400,000 additional Americans.

A brig-rigged, side-paddle-wheel passenger steamer originally built as a United States Mail Service ship. Captured 13 April 1861 at Charleston harbor after the fall of Fort Sumter and renamed CSS Nashville. A steam-driven screw frigate, was burned to the waterline and sunk 20 April 1861 in preparation for the surrender of the Gosport Shipyard the next day. Floated and rebuilt as casemate ironclad CSS Virginia, she participated in the Battle of Hampton Roads but was scuttled 11 May 1862 to avoid recapture. A civilian schooner, captured by the Confederate privateer Jefferson Davis, later recaptured by USS Albatross (1858) off Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina, on 20 July 1861. A collier while cruising in Mississippi Sound 28 November 1861, the Union screw steamer USS R. R. Cuyler seized A. J. View off Pascagoula, Mississippi, when the schooner attempted to slip out to sea. A civilian side-wheel steamer, captured by Confederate forces at New Orleans. Pressed into Confederate naval service, she was recaptured by USS Montgomery off Mobile, Alabama, on 28 October 1862. A civilian side-wheel steamer, captured by Confederate forces at New Orleans. Pressed into service as a blockade runner, she was recaptured by USS Brooklyn and USS South Carolina off Mobile, Alabama, on 19 February 1862, then pressed into service with the US Navy blockade fleet as USS Magnolia.
 * USMS Nashville | 🇺🇸 United States | 13 April 1861
 * USS Merrimack | 🇺🇸 United States | 21 April 1861
 * Enchantress | 🇺🇸 United States Private ship| 6 July 1861 |  | 20 July 1861
 * CSS A. J. View | | 28 November 1861
 * SS Arizona | 🇺🇸 United States Private ship| 15 January 1862 |  | 28 October 1862
 * SS Magnolia | 🇺🇸 United States Private ship| 15 January 1862 |  | 19 February 1862

A 508-ton side-wheel steamer and gunboat, built in 1851 at New York City as the civilian steamer Calhoun. Served as a Confederate privateer and used as a blockade runner in May 1861. A steamer and ironclad, at Cerro Gordo, Tennessee, captured by three Union gunboats. Renamed USS Eastport, later destroyed on Red River 15 April 1864 to prevent recapture. a gunboat in the Confederate States Navy and the United States Navy during, later lost during a raid while under command of Lieutenant William B. Cushing. After capture was taken into the United States Navy and assigned to the Potomac Flotilla. A Confederate sidewheel steamer, commanded by J.W. Godfrey, captured by USS Pawnee at Cumberland Sound, Florida. A large iron-hulled screw steamer of 1,238 tons built in 1861 at Stockton-on-Tees as a blockade runner for transporting military supplies to the Confederacy, commanded by Charles W. Westendorff. Captured by USS Mercedita, commanded by Henry S. Stellwagen. A side-wheel steamer acquired by the Confederate Government for service as a troop transport on the waters of the Mississippi River. Captured by Union forces at the First Battle of Memphis and renamed USS Abraham. Originally the 1043-ton side-wheel river steamer, built 1851 at NY, owned by Southern Steamship Co. Pressed into service by the Confederacy at New Orleans 15 January 1862. She ran aground during the First Battle of Memphis, captured, renamed USS General Bragg. A side wheel steamer, Capt. W. W. Lamb. Built as Junius Beebe, in 1853 at Algiers, Louisiana. Captured during the First Battle of Memphis by Union forces, renamed USS Sumter. Blockade runner captured by USS Chippewa A 7-gun screw steamer, built by William Denny and Brothers, in Scotland in 1861, serving as a blockade runner before being captured by USS Magnolia and taken into the Union Navy. A sidewheel steamer, taken over by the Confederate forces for use on the Mississippi River. Carrying Confederate officers, she was surrendered to Union forces and taken into the Union Army as transport, then transferred to the Navy as USS De Soto and later renamed USS General Lyon. Confederate schooner captured by USS Coeur de Lion while enforcing the blockade off Machodoc Creek, Virginia. Confederate schooner captured by USS Coeur de Lion while enforcing the blockade off Machodoc Creek, Virginia. '''A Paddle steamer converted into a ram for the United States Ram Fleet, she ran aground after taking heavy fire from the Fort DeRussy shore batteries, and was captured by the Confederate States Army. A specially built blockade-running steamer, captured leaving St. Thomas by the USS Vanderbilt, commanded by Commodore Charles Wilkes. A former blockade runner she was captured by USS Canandaigua leaving Charleston, South Carolina. A 1006-ton Casemate ironclad Built in Glasgow, originally named Fingal. She ran the blockade into Savannah, Georgia, in November 1861 with a large cargo of weapons and military supplies. Later ran aground and captured by John Rodgers in command of USS Weehawken in Wassaw Sound. originally a fishing schooner captured by the Confederate cruiser CSS Tacony and converted into a Confederate cruiser for commerce raiding. An iron-hulled, side-wheel steamer laid down and built in 1862 to run through the Union Navy's blockade. Captured by USS Santiago de Cuba. A sidewheel steamer commanded by William P. Rogers used as a blockade runner. Captured by USS Iroquois commanded by J. S. Palmer off the coast of Cape Fear River, North Carolina. A Baltimore, Maryland-built vessel which was operating out of Nassau, Bahamas, under a Bahamian register, captured by USS Adirondack while trying to evade the Union blockade. A schooner-rigged, iron-hulled, paddle-steamer used as a blockade runner commanded by Lieutenant Richard H. Gayle. Captured off the coast of North Carolina by USS James Adger and USS Iron Age. A sloop and blockade runner, run aground and captured by USS Fernandina at St. Cathrine's Sound. Seized by the Confederates at Galveston, Texas, at the war's outbreak and renamed Mary Sorly. Recaptured by USS Sciota trying to run the blockade. An Erie Canal steamer – was a U.S. Army transport, later sunk by the Confederate batteries on 18 April 1864, then raised and taken into the Confederate States Navy under the command of Lieutenant Albert Gallatin Hudgins, CSN. An iron-hulled sidewheel steamer completed in 1864 at Greenock, used as a blockade runner, captured by the USS Kansas. A wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboat used in Gulf blockading squadron, captured by CSN gunboat fleet in Ossabaw Sound, 1st Lt. Thomas P. Pelot in command. Captured at Battle of Mobile Bay. An ironclad ram, commissioned 16 February 1864, Lieutenant James D. Johnston in command. Later became the flagship of Admiral Franklin Buchanan who surrendered at the Battle of Mobile Bay. A side-wheel steamer, built at Greenock, Scotland, in 1862, purchased by the CSA (North Carolina) under the name Lord Clyde in 1863, renamed Advance for running Union blockade. Vessel made 20 blockade runs before its capture by USS Santiago de Cuba off Wilmington, North Carolina. Renamed USS Frolic in 1865. A steam-powered ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second Albemarle of the United States Navy), commanded by Captain James W. Cooke, sunk by spar torpedo, captured, raised, and sold. Confederate blockade runner CSS Lady Stirling, built by James Ash at Cubitt Town, London, in 1864. She was badly damaged and captured by the United States Navy on 28 October 1864 off Wilmington, North Carolina. A schooner and cargo ship out of Boston, commanded by Samuel J. Gilman, used in the American Civil War, captured by CSS Shenandoah, commanded by Captain James Iredell Waddell and burned in 1864. A cargo bark from Boston, captured by CSS Shenandoah, commanded by Captain James Iredell Waddell, sunk southwest of the Cape Verde Islands. See also: Vessels captured by CSS Shenandoah A cruiser in the Confederate States Navy, commanded by John Newland Maffitt (a privateer), captured by USS Wachusett (1861), commanded by Rear Admiral Napoleon Collins, later sunk in collision with USAT Alliance, a troop ferry, 28 November 1864. The Syren was a sidewheel steamer built at Greenwich, Kent, England in 1863 and designed for outrunning and evading the vessels on Union blockade patrol. Owned by the Charleston Importing and Exporting Company, the Syren made her first run on 5 November 1863, running supplies from Nassau to Wilmington. The Syren completed a record 33 runs through the blockade, the most of any blockade runner. Abandoned and set fire the Union Army captured her in Charleston harbor where she had successfully run in through the blockade the night before. See also: Wilmington, North Carolina in the American Civil War An ironclad ram. Found by Union forces near Fort Moultrie when they took possession of Charleston in 1865. A twin propeller casement ironclad ram, captured at Richmond navy yard by union forces after city was evacuated.
 * CSS Calhoun | | 23 January 1862
 * CSS Eastport | | 7 February 1862
 * CSS Ellis | | 10 February 1862;
 * CSS Teaser | | 10 February 1862;
 * Darlington | CSA | 3 March 1862
 * Bermuda | CSA | 27 April 1862
 * CSS Victoria | | 6 June 1862
 * SS Mexico | 🇺🇸 US Private ship | | 6 June 1862
 * CSS General Sumter | | 6 June 1862
 * Napier | CSA | 29 July 1862
 * Memphis | CSA | 31 July 1862
 * CSS De Soto | Private ship |  | 30 September 1862
 * CSS Emily Murray | | 9 February 1863
 * CSS Robert Knowles | | 9 February 1863
 * USS Queen of the West (1854) | |  | '''14 February 1863
 * Peterhoff | CSA ~   | 25 February 1863
 * USS Cherokee | ~ | 8 May 1863
 * CSS Atlanta | | 17 June 1863
 * CSS Archer | | 25 June 1863
 * SS Britannia | CSA Private ship | 25 June 1863
 * CSS Merrimac | | 24 July 1863
 * SS Emma | CSA Private ship | 24 July 1863
 * CSS Robert E. Lee | | 9 November 1863
 * CSS Annie Thompson | | 16 January 1864
 * USRC Dodge | |  | 4 April 1864
 * CSS Bombshell | | 5 May 1864
 * SS Tristram Shandy CSA 15 May 1864
 * USS Water Witch | | 3 June 1864
 * CSS Selma | | 5 August 1864
 * CSS Tennessee | | 5 August 1864
 * CSS Advance | | 10 September 1864
 * CSS Albemarle | | 27 October 1864
 * CSS Lady Sterling | | 28 October 1864
 * Charter Oak | 🇺🇸 US | 5 November 1864
 * D. Godfrey | 🇺🇸 US | 8 November 1864
 * CSS Florida | | 28 November 1864
 * SS Syren | CSA | 18 February 1865
 * CSS Columbia | | 18 February 1865
 * CSS Texas | | 4 April 1865
 * See also:
 * Ships of the Union Navy
 * Blockade runners of the American Civil War
 * List of ships of the Confederate States Navy

Second Schleswig War
During the Second Schleswig War in 1864 the Royal Danish Navy blockaded the German ports. While the Danes suffered military defeat on land during the conflict, their navy succeeded in maintaining the blockade throughout the war.

A civilian ship, captured by the Danish frigate Jylland off Helsingør. A civilian barque, captured by the Danish corvette Dagmar off Hamburg.
 * Neptunus | 🇩🇪 Germany Private ship | 8 March 1864
 * Eudora | Hamburg Private ship | 2 April 1864

Chincha Islands War
The Chincha Islands War (18641866) was a mostly naval conflict between Spain and her former South American colonies Peru, Chile, Ecuador and Bolivia.

The naval schooner was captured in the Battle of Papudo by the Chilean corvette Esmeralda. Pressed into Chilean service, she was sunk by a naval mine during the War of the Pacific in 1880. The sidewheel steamer was captured by Spanish frigates. She was burned and destroyed by the Spanish on 10 May 1866. The naval steamer was captured by the Spanish frigate Gerona in the action of 22 August 1866 off Madeira. She was pressed into Spanish naval service and remained so until sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War in 1938.
 * Virgen de Covadonga | | 26 November 1865
 * Paquete de Maule | | 6 March 1866
 * Pampero | | 22 August 1866

Ten Years' War
The Ten Years' War was fought between Cuban revolutionaries and Spain. Breaking out in 1868, the war was won by Spain by 1878.

The blockade runner, carrying 103 Cuban soldiers, was captured by the Spanish corvette SPANISH CORVETTE Tornado. After initially executing 53 crew members as pirates, the Spanish authorities were pressured by the US and British governments to release the ship and the 91 surviving crew in December 1873.
 * Virginius | (🇺🇸 United States) | 30 October 1873

War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific (18791883) was fought between Peru and Bolivia on one side, with Chile on the other. Chile emerged victorious.

The troopship was captured by the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar and the Peruvian corvette Unión off Antofagasta. The ship was taken into service with the Peruvian Navy. The ironclad was captured by Chilean naval forces in the Battle of Angamos. The ship was taken into service with the Chilean Navy under the same name and is still afloat as a museum and historical memorial ship at the port of Talcahuano, Chile captured by Chilean Blanco Encalada. captured by Chilean transporter Amazonas between Panama and El Callao.
 * Rimac | | 23 July 1879
 * Huáscar | | 8 October 1879
 * Pilcomayo | |18 November 1879
 * Alay | | 22 December 1879

1880–1889
(Ship names / Information forthcoming)

First Sino-Japanese War
The 1894–95 First Sino-Japanese War was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan over dominance of Korea. The war ended in Japanese victory and great Chinese loss of territory and prestige.

The gunboat was captured by the Japanese cruiser JAPANESE CRUISER Akitsushima during the Battle of Pungdo. She served in the Japanese Navy and government service under the name Sōkō until 1924. Sold to civilian interests, she sailed as a transport until scrapped in 1964. The torpedo boat was captured by Japanese forces during the Battle of Weihaiwei on 7 February 1895. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name Fukuryū until sold for scrap in 1908. The cruiser was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name Saien until mined and sunk off Port Arthur on 30 November 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War. The armored cruiser was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei. She served in the Japanese Navy first under the name Ping Yuen Go and later as Heien until mined and sunk west of Port Arthur on 18 September 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War. The turret ship was captured by Japanese forces after the 17 February 1895 Battle of Weihaiwei. She served in the Japanese Navy under the name Chin'en until scrapped in 1914.
 * Tsao-kiang | Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Beiyang Navy | 27 July 1894
 * Fulong | Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Beiyang Navy | 7 February 1895
 * Jiyuan | Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Beiyang Navy | 17 February 1895
 * Pingyuan | Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Beiyang Navy | 17 February 1895
 * Zhenyuan | Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg Beiyang Navy | 17 February 1895

Spanish–American War
The Spanish–American War lasted only ten weeks and was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific theaters. American naval power proved decisive, allowing U.S. expeditionary forces to disembark in Spanish controlled Cuba which was already under constant pressure from frequent insurgent attacks. It is the only American war that was prompted by the fate of a single ship, the USS Maine, then berthed in a Cuban harbor, which exploded while its crew lay asleep.

The bark Saranac—under Captain Bartaby—was captured in the Philippines by the Spanish gunboat Elcano carrying 1,640 short tons (1,490 t) of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales, to Iloilo, for Admiral Dewey's fleet. The gunboat was captured by US naval forces during the Battle of Manila Bay on 1 May 1898. She was officially turned over to the US Navy on 9 November 1898. The scuttled cruiser was captured by US naval forces at Santiago de Cuba. The ship was raised in 1899 and taken into service with the US Navy.
 * Saranac | (🇺🇸 United States) | 26 February 1898
 * Elcano | | 1 May 1898
 * Reina Mercedes | | 17 July 1898