Prince de Neufchatel

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Career	United States
Prince de Neufchatel
Builder:	Noah and Adam Brown
Laid down:	Unknown
Launched:	ca 1812
Captured:	December, 1814
Status:	Unknown
General Characteristics
Displacement:	328 long tons
Length:	33.73m
Beam:	7.82m
Speed:	Unknown
Complement:	Unknown
Armament:	16 12-pound carronades, 2 long 6-pounders

The Prince de Neufchatel was a fast sailing United States schooner rigged privateer built in New York by Noah and Adam Brown in approximately 1812. She is a fine example of the peak of development of the armed schooner.

[edit] Construction

Neufchatel was 33.73 meters long at the gundeck, 7.82 meters abeam, and displaced 328 long tons. Her armament consisted of sixteen 12 pound carronades and two long six pounders.

[edit] Deployment

Neufchatel operated in mainly European waters, damaging British shipping during the War of 1812. Noted for her speed, at one time she outran seventeen Man o war. She also at one point in her career fought off the boats of the British frigate Endymion.^{[citation needed]}

She met her fate during a December 1814 gale when she couldn't out run three British frigates and was forced to surrender.^{[citation needed]}