Guy Richards Champlin
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Guy Richards Champlin (c. 1785 – 1817) was the master of the privateer General Armstrong from 1812 to 1814 and the privateer Warrior from 1814 to 1815.[1] He was born on 5 August 1785, in New London, Connecticut, the youngest son of Mary (née Richards) and captain Lodowick Champlin. Guy's father had been a privateer during the American War of Independence.
Captain Guy R. Champlin was one of the American sailors most feared by the British, as he had a remarkable record of bold action, great bravery and fearless aggression.
In 1817, commanding a 6-gun privateer schooner against Spanish vessels, he captured several slavers. Preparing to land several hundred slaves in the Atchafalaya River, he drowned when his boat swamped.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Maclay, Edgar Stanton (1899). "Chapter XXIII : Guy R. Champlin". A History of American Privateers. D. Appleton & Company. pp. 484–490.
- ↑ "Privateers | Guy R. Champlin (1785-1817)". New London County Historical Society. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Vogel, Robert C. (February 2003). "Who Were These Guys? Some of the Lesser Characters in the Story of the Laffites". The Laffite Society Chronicles. 9 (1): 7. hdl:1969.1/1596800.
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