Hornet IV Sch

Hornet IV

(Sch: cpl. 57; a. 5 18-par.)

The fourth Hornet was purchased at Georgetown, D.C., in 1813, and commissioned 15 March 1814, Sailing Master Joseph Middleton in command. She served primarily as a dispatch ship along the eastern seaboard, assisting in some ecast and harbor survey work before sold at Norfolk in 1820.