Thomas Kemp (shipbuilder)
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Thomas Kemp was a Baltimore shipbuilder, known for building some of the fastest and best known privateers of the War of 1812, such as Rossie, Comet, Patapsco, Chasseur, and Lynx.
USS Ontario
Chasseur (1812 clipper)
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Chasseur was a Baltimore Clipper commanded by Captains Pearl Durkee, William Wade and Thomas Boyle. She was one of the best equipped and crewed American privateers during the War of 1812.
Thomas Kemp (shipbuilder)
…1824) was a Baltimore shipbuilder, known for building some of the fastest and best known privateers of the War of 1812, such as Rossie, Comet, Patapsco, Chasseur, and Lynx. Thomas Kemp moved to Baltimore in 1803 from near Saint Michaels, Maryland on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He is thought to have learned…
Chasseur capturing HMS St Lawrence, by Adam Weingartner