Brig - Historic Examples

Historic Examples

  • The brig USS Argus used during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.
  • The brig USS Oneida used during the War of 1812. James Fenimore Cooper was a midshipman aboard the Oneida while under construction.
  • The cargo hauling brig Farmer owned by George Washington.
  • The cargo hauling brig Fleetwing.
  • The brig Leonora of Captain Bully Hayes.
  • The brig USS Niagara captained by commander Oliver Hazard Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie, a pivotal victory for the United States in the War of 1812.
  • The brig USS Oregon used in the U.S. Exploring Expedition.
  • The cargo brig Pilgrim, whose 1834 trading voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to California is described in the book Two Years Before the Mast.
  • The brig Rebecca captained by Robert Jenkins whose boarding triggered the War of Jenkins' Ear.
  • The brig USS Reprisal that fought in the American Revolution.
  • The brig USS Somers, sunk in the Mexican-American War.
  • HMS Beagle was built as a brig (1820) for the Royal Navy. She was deployed as a survey vessel to survey the coasts of South America, Australia, and Africa. A mizzen mast was added prior to the 5 year voyage with Charles Darwin to increase the manoeuvrability in the shallow coastal waters that she would explore.
  • Jean Lafitte's pirate brig, the Pride from 1815 to 1816.
  • The brig HMS Badger, was the future Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson's first command as a young lieutenant.

Note that while the famous mystery ship Mary Celeste is sometimes called a brig, she was clearly a brigantine.

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