John Bentham-Dinsdale b.1927

The Prince de Neufchatel met her fate during a December 1814 gale when she was outrun by three British frigates and was forced to surrender. She was a United States schooner and rigged privateer, built in New York by Noah and Adam Brown circa 1812. The Neufchatel was 33.73 metres long at the gundeck, 7.82 metres abeam, and displaced 328 long tons. Her armament consisted of sixteen 12 pound carronades and two long six pounders. The Neufchatel operated in mainly European waters, damaging British shipping during the War of 1812.  At one point in her career she fought off the British frigate Endymion, who was considered one the fastest ships in the Royal Navy.  Neufchatel herself was noted for her speed and on another occasion outran no less than seventeen British Men-of-War.