Captain Robert Henley (5 January 1783 – 7 October 1828) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France , the War of 1812 , and the Second Barbary War . He was the brother of Captain John Dandridge Henley , USN (1781–1835), who served during the First Barbary War and the War of 1812.
18-948: Robert Henley may refer to: Robert Henley (naval officer) (1783–1828), officer in the United States Navy Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington (1708–1772), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain Robert Henley, 2nd Baron Henley (1789–1841), British lawyer and Member of Parliament Robert Henley, 2nd Earl of Northington (1747–1786), British politician Robert Henley (cricketer) (1851–1889), English cricketer Robert Henley (Birmingham mayor) (1843–1873), first mayor of Birmingham, Alabama Robert Henley (died 1692) , British Member of Parliament for Andover Robert Henley (born 1638) , British Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis Robert Henley (died 1758) , British Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis Robert "Rob" Henley, briefly
36-615: A light- draft vessel that was fast and maneuverable, but also possessing sufficient firepower to deter or defeat enemy ships. Hornet ' s design is attributed to Josiah Fox , but her builder, William Price, is said to have altered it based on the successful lines of the Baltimore Clipper , of which he had significant experience. During his time as captain , Chauncey reported significant problems with Hornet ' s rigging , hindering her overall potential. In response to these reports, Hornet' s sister ship, Wasp , constructed at
54-570: A raiding voyage to South America. It was during this voyage when the privateer Dolphin was captured on 9 July 1812 — the first prize of the war taken by a naval vessel — which was subsequently recaptured by the British while en route to the United States. In October, Hornet sailed south with Constitution , under Commodore William Bainbridge , to harass British shipping. In December, Lawrence spotted and blockaded HMS Bonne Citoyenne in
72-505: A short illness 7 October 1828. He was buried in St. Michael's Episcopal Church (Charleston, South Carolina) . See USS Henley for ships named in his honor. [REDACTED] This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . USS Hornet (1805, brig) The third USS Hornet was a brig -rigged (later ship-rigged) sloop-of-war in
90-542: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Robert Henley (naval officer) Born in Williamsburg, Virginia and educated at the College of William and Mary, Robert Henley was the son of Leonard and Elizabeth Dandridge Henley and the nephew of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington . Henley was appointed a midshipman on 8 April 1799. Midshipman Henley then participated in
108-535: The Embargo Act , and carried dispatches to Holland, France, and England. From November 1810 to September 1811, Hornet was rebuilt in the Washington Navy Yard. Based on the success of Wasp , Hornet received a ship-rig with three masts carrying square sails. She also had two additional gun ports fitted, which increased her capacity to 20 guns. Instead of her original eighteen 9-pounder long guns , Hornet
126-869: The Thanks of Congress and a Congressional Gold Medal for valiant conduct in the Battle of Lake Champlain 11 September 1814. With the end of the War of 1812, Henley filled a variety of billets before commanding Hornet against pirates in the West Indies . He captured the pirate schooner Moscow off Santo Domingo 29 October 1821. After serving as commandant of the Naval Rendezvous at Norfolk 1822 to 1824, he reported for similar duty at Charleston, South Carolina . Captain Robert Henley died at Sullivan's Island, Charleston , after
144-545: The United States Navy . During the War of 1812, she was the first U.S. Navy ship to capture a British privateer. Hornet was launched 28 July 1805 in Baltimore and commissioned there on 18 October, Master Commandant Isaac Chauncey in command. Hornet ' s design was a compromise between the six original U.S. frigates and coastal gunboats championed by President Thomas Jefferson . The fledgling Navy needed
162-705: The Washington Navy Yard , had her rigging changed to three masts and afterward reported excellent performance at sea. Hornet cruised the Atlantic coast until 29 March 1806 when she sailed to join the squadron protecting American commerce from threats of piracy in the Mediterranean. She returned to Charleston, South Carolina on 29 November 1807 and was decommissioned. Hornet was recommissioned on 26 December 1808. She transported General James Wilkinson to New Orleans, Louisiana , cruised in home waters to enforce
180-582: The West coast of Africa. Hornet in turn captured this ship and took it to the Spanish port Havana , Cuba . She departed Pensacola for the last time on 4 March 1829, setting course for the coast of Mexico, and was never seen again. On 27 October 1829, the commander of the West Indies Squadron received information that Hornet had been dismasted in a gale off Tampico on 10 September 1829 and had foundered with
198-422: The action, and 27 were wounded; 19 men, who could not be rescued, went down with her when she sank, but Hornet rescued the rest. She herself had reportedly lost only one man killed and two wounded. She then arrived at Martha's Vineyard on 19 March. Hornet was then assigned to a squadron consisting of the frigates United States and Macedonian under the command of Commodore Stephen Decatur . The squadron
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234-647: The engagement on 2 February 1800 between Constellation and La Vengeance during the Quasi-War with France. After service with Edward Preble 's squadron in the Mediterranean and a cruise to the East Indies , Henley received his first command, Gunboat No. 5 , at Baltimore, Maryland on 9 April 1808. Henley was in command of two divisions of 15 gunboats which drove three British frigates from Hampton Roads on 20 June 1813. Reporting to brig Eagle , he received
252-640: The harbor at Salvador, Brazil . When Montague (74 guns) arrived and broke the blockade, Lawrence shifted his efforts to the Caribbean. On 24 February 1813, Hornet engaged HMS Peacock off Demerary (Guyana). Hornet forced Peacock , which had lost her captain and taken heavy casualties, to strike , but Peacock was so damaged that she sank shortly thereafter. Hornet then returned to New London, Connecticut . Lloyd's List initially reported that Captain Peake of Peacock and eight of her crew were killed in
270-532: Was chased into the Thames River near New London and was blockaded. Hornet was able to escape from the blockade and resumed active service. The other two ships remained under blockade until the end of the war. On 14 November 1814, under new command, Hornet sailed on a second raiding voyage to the South Atlantic. On 23 March 1815, she captured HMS Penguin in a short battle off Tristan da Cunha . This
288-474: Was fitted to carry eighteen 32-pounder carronades and two 12-pounder long guns . At the outbreak of war, Hornet sailed under the command of Master Commandant James Lawrence . It was Hornet that carried the diplomatic messages from Britain, notifying the United States that the Royal Navy would continue impressment of Americans. Lawrence then sailed Hornet with Commodore John Rodgers' Squadron on
306-616: Was later based at Key West and Pensacola, Florida to help end combat in the Caribbean Sea . She captured the pirate schooner Moscow 29 October 1821 off the coast of Santo Domingo . She cruised throughout the Caribbean throughout the 1820s. In July 1822 under Captain Henley , Hornet was involved in action against Captain Paez as part of operations to suppress the illicit slave trade. General Paez had captured Theodore , carrying Africans from
324-422: Was one of several naval engagements that took place after the war had ended. On 27 April, she engaged HMS Cornwallis , having mistakenly identified her as a merchant vessel. Hornet managed to escape by throwing overboard boats, guns, and other equipment so to enable higher speed. Following the war, Hornet cruised to the West Indies and Copenhagen in 1818; and, in 1819, to the Mediterranean. Hornet
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