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See also:HULL, See also:ISAAC (1775-1843) , See also:commodore in the U.S. See also:navy, was See also:born at See also:Derby in See also:Connecticut on the 9th of See also:March 1775. He went to See also:sea See also:young in the See also:merchant service and was in command of a See also:vessel at the See also:age of nineteen. In 1798 he was appointed See also:lieutenant in the newly organized U.S. navy. From 1803 to 18o5 he served in the See also:squadron sent to chastise the See also:Barbary pirates as See also:commander of the " Enterprise," but was transferred to the " See also:Angus " in See also:November of 1803. When the See also:War of 1812 See also:broke out he was See also:captain of the U.S. See also:frigate "Constitution" (44), and was on a See also:mission to See also:Europe carrying specie for the See also:payment of a See also:debt in See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland. The " Constitution " was shadowed by See also:British men-of-war, but was not attacked. In See also:July of that See also:year, however, he was pursued by a squadron of British vessels, and escaped by See also:good See also:seamanship and the See also:fine sailing qualities of the
Constitution." He was to have been superseded, but put to sea before the officer who was to have relieved him arrived—an See also:action which might have been his ruin if he had not signalized his cruise by the See also:capture of the British frigate " Guerriere " (38). Captain Hull had been cruising off the Gulf of St See also:- LAWRENCE
- LAWRENCE (LAURENTIUS, LORENZO), ST
- LAWRENCE, AMOS (1786—1852)
- LAWRENCE, AMOS ADAMS (1814–1886)
- LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED (1827–1876)
- LAWRENCE, JOHN LAIRD MAIR LAWRENCE, 1ST BARON (1811-1879)
- LAWRENCE, SIR HENRY MONTGOMERY (1806–1857)
- LAWRENCE, SIR THOMAS (1769–1830)
- LAWRENCE, STRINGER (1697–1775)
Lawrence, and the engagement, which took See also:place on the 19th of See also:August, was fought See also:south of the See also:Grand See also:Bank. The " Constitution " was a fine See also:ship of 1533 tons, originally designed for a two-See also:decker, but cut down to a frigate. The " Guerriere " was of 1092 tons and very See also:ill-manned, while the " Constitution " had a choice See also:- CREW (sometimes explained as a sea term of Scandinavian origin, cf. O. Icel. kris, a swarm or crowd, but now regarded as a shortened form of accrue, accrewe, used in the 16th century in the sense of a reinforcement, O. Fr. acreue, from accrofire, to grow,
- CREW, NATHANIEL CREW, 3RD BARON (1633–1721)
crew. The British ship was easily overpowered. Hull received a See also:gold See also:medal for the capture of the " Guerriere," but had no further opportunity cf distinction in the war. After the See also:peace he held a variety of commands a t sea, and was a See also:naval See also:commissioner from 1815 to 1817. He had a high reputation in the See also:United States navy for See also:practical seamanship. He died at See also:Philadelphia on the 13th of See also:February 1843.
End of Article: HULL, ISAAC (1775-1843)
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