![]() Essex is located six miles up the Connecticut River from Long Island Sound and a great sand bar at the mouth of the river prevented large naval vessels from entering. Going Inīut a raid on Pettipaug would not be easy. That several vessels were now being armed and new privateers were being built there did not escape the Royal Navy’s attention. Pettipaug was already a well-known shipbuilding center. For the young United States with its extremely limited federal navy, privateering was an important part of the war effort.ĭespite the obvious risks, the building and financing of privateers represented a potentially lucrative investment opportunity while also serving the national cause. The captured vessels and their cargos were sold at auction and the profits split between the owners, the captain and crew, and the US government. These were privately owned warships meant to attack and capture British merchant ships on the high seas. Some began arming their vessels as privateers. In shipbuilding towns such as Pettipaug many hard-pressed merchant ship owners were unable to carry out the normal coastal and West Indies trade that their livelihoods depended on. The raid resulted in the single greatest loss of American shipping of the entire war.ĭuring the War of 1812 the British navy’s blockade of Long Island Sound nearly shut down commerce along the Connecticut coast. Before the raid was over they had torched 27 ships and taken or destroyed thousands of dollars’ worth of rigging materials. On a cold April night in 1814 a British raiding force rowed six miles up the Connecticut River to burn the privateers of Essex, then known as Pettipaug. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.By Jerry Roberts for Connecticut Explored ![]() Type of Resource Still image Identifiers Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b9651c70-c601-012f-06ab-58d385a7bc34 Rights Statement The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. The blazes were made more intense by stores of sugar and molasses catching fire and flowing into the Thames river. Physical Description Gelatin silver prints Description German bombers targeted docks, wharves and warehouses in London at the start of what the British called "the Blitz". Content: Title translates German picture caption Source note: Grossdeutschland im Weltgeschehen. Bis zu vierzehn Stunden stand London unter Fliegeralarm."-picture caption. Die schweren Brände in den Docks und Speichern Londons erhellten Nacht für Nacht den Himmel über der englischen Haupstadt. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection Shelf locator: PC EYE Shelf locator: PC EYE 1940 Topics Nazi propaganda Aerial bombings World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, German Britain, Battle of, Great Britain, 1940 Aerial photographs Genres Photographs Notes Content: "Sie trafen mitten ins Herz des Empire. Names Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1885-1957 (Photographer) CollectionĮye on the Reich : German propaganda photographs, 1939-1942ġ940 Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1940 Library locations The Miriam and Ira D. For fourteen hours London was under air raid alert Huge fires in the docks and warehouses of London lit up the skies of the British capital night after night. TitleStriking at the heart of the Empire.
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