Attack on Fort Bowyer, 15th September 1814

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Attack on Fort Bowyer

15th 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
 

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

 
British Vessels
Ship NameCommanderNotes
Carron (20) Robert Cavendish Spencer (1791-1830)
Hermes (20) Philip Browne (1772-?), William Henry Percy Burnt
Sophie (16) Nicholas Lockyer (1781-1847)
Childers (16) John Brand Umfreville
 

Notes on Action


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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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