The Ketch Intrepid, built by the French for the Napoleon expedition to Egypt, became a Tripolian pirate ship that was taken as a prize by the schooner USS Enterprise on this day - December 23rd, 1803 - two hundred and six years ago.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
USS Intrepid Ketch (1798-1804)
The Ketch Intrepid, built by the French for the Napoleon expedition to Egypt, became a Tripolian pirate ship that was taken as a prize by the schooner USS Enterprise on this day - December 23rd, 1803 - two hundred and six years ago.
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