Prince de Neufchatel

Prince de Neufchatel was a fast sailing United States schooner-rigged privateer, built in New York by Adam and Noah Brown circa 1812.

[1] On 11 October 1814, Prince de Neufchatel repelled a cutting-out party from HMS Endymion that attempted to capture her.

"([3] Prince of Neuchatel[2]) After her capture, her design caught the Navy Board's interest and on 10 April 1815, it ordered Woolwich Dock to build a copy.

[3] On 11 October 1814, under Captain John Ordronaux, Prince de Neufchatel engaged in one of the most violent privateer clashes of the war.

Captain Henry Hope of HMS Endymion thereupon sent 111 men in five boats to cut out Prince de Neufchatel, defended by 40 Americans.

[4] On 28 December 1814, in the Atlantic, three British frigates, Acasta, Leander, and Newcastle, sighted Prince de Neufchatel and began a pursuit.

A hermaphrodite brig design