Princess Amelia (1799 packet)
Rossie capturing Princess Amelia, 1812 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Princess Amelia |
| Namesake | Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom |
| Launched | 1799 |
| Fate | Captured September 1812 |
| United States | |
| Name | USS Georgia |
| Namesake | Congressman George Troup of Georgia |
| Acquired | By purchase of a prize |
| Renamed | USS Troup |
| Fate | Sold, 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Brig |
| Tons burthen | 179 (bm) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 28 (British service) |
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Princess Amelia was launched in 1799 and became a packet for the British Post Office Packet Service, sailing from Falmouth, Cornwall. She sailed to North America, the West Indies, Mediterranean, and Brazil. In 1800 a French privateer captured her, but she returned to the packet service later the same year. Joshua Barney, in the American privateer Rossie, captured her on 16 September 1812, at the start of the War of 1812. The United States Navy took her into service as HMS Georgia, but then renamed her USS Troup. She served as a guardship at Savannah; the Navy sold her in 1815.