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| Ship name= ''Hussar''
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| Ship owner = John Hollins, John Smith Hollins, William Hollins, & Michael McBlair
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| Ship captured = 25 May 1814
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| Ship tons burthen = 211 ([[Builder's Old Measurement|bm]])
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| Ship sail plan = [[Schooner]]
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*Letter of marque: 30
*Privateer: 100
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*Letter of marque: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 12-pounder [[carronade]]s
*Privateer: 1 × 12-pounder gun + 8 × 12-pounder carronades<ref name=LG16916/>
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'''''Hussar''''' was an American [[privateer]] active during the [[War of 1812]]. ''Hussar'' was launched in 1812 and made several cruises, first two as a [[letter of marque]], and two as a privateer, but apparently without success. {{HMS|Saturn|1786|6}} captured her.

==Letter of marque and privateer==
*First letter of marque: Captain Joshua Mezick commissioned ''Hussar'' on 10/31/12.{{sfnp|Cranwell|Crane |1940|p=367}}
*Second letter of marque: Captain Tom Manning commissioned her on 7/17/13.{{sfnp|Cranwell|Crane |1940|p=367}}
*First privateer cruise: Captain Joshua Mezick commissioned her on 11/3/13.{{sfnp|Cranwell|Crane |1940|p=367}} No record of any captures.{{sfnp|Emmons |1853|p=182}} 
*Second privateer cruise: Captain Francis Jenkins commissioned her on 5/17/14.{{sfnp|Cranwell|Crane |1940|p=367}}

==Capture==
On 25 May 1814 ''Saturn'' captured ''Hussar'' at {{coord|40|8|N|73|28|W}} after a four-hour chase. ''Hussar'' was armed with one 12-pounder gun and nine 12-pounder carronades, eight of which she threw overboard during the chase. Her complement consisted of 98 men. She had been in commission for only a week and had left [[New York City|New York]] the previous evening for her first cruise, bound for Newfoundland; she was provisioned for a four-month cruise. Nash described her as "[[Copper sheathing|coppered]], copper-fastened, and sails remarkably fast".<ref name=LG16916>{{London Gazette|date=12 July 1814|issue=16916|page=1415}}</ref>{{efn|Head money was paid in May 1816. A first-class share was worth [[£sd|£]]105 12[[shilling|s]] 10[[pence|d]]; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 8s 3d.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=14 May 1816 |issue=17136|page=911}}</ref>}}

==Fate==
''Hussar'' was condemned at the [[Vice admiralty court]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]].{{sfnp|Vice-Admiralty Court|1911|p=128}}

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* {{cite book |last1=Cranwell |first1=John Philips |last2=Crane |first2=William Bowers |year=1940 |title=Men of marque; a history of private armed vessels out of Baltimore during the War of 1812 |location=New York |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co.}}
* {{cite book |last=Emmons |first=George Foster |year=1853 |title=The navy of the United States, from the commencement, 1775 to 1853; with a brief history of each vessel's service and fate ... Comp. by Lieut. George F. Emmons ... under the authority of the Navy Dept. To which is added a list of private armed vessels, fitted out under the American flag ... also a list of the revenue and coast survey vessels, and principal ocean steamers, belonging to citizens of the United States in 1850 |location=Washington |publisher=Gideon & Co.}}
* {{cite book|last=Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax |year=1911 |title=American vessels captured by the British during the revolution and war of 1812 |location=Salem, Mass. |publisher=Essex Institute |hdl=2027/mdp.39015070578847 |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015070578847 |ref={{sfnref|Vice-Admiralty Court|1911}}}}
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