Mashouda

The Mashouda or Mashuda was the Algerian fleet flagship during the Second Barbary War. It was captured by Stephen Decatur, leading to a favorable American position from which to bargain with the Dey of Algiers.^[1][2]

The ship's name is a form of "Massouda", an Arabic female first name.

See also

• Second Barbary War

References

1. ^ Leiner, Frederic C. (2007). The End of Barbary Terror, America's 1815 War against the Pirates of North Africa. Oxford University Press, 2007. pp. 94–96. ISBN 9780195325409. 
2. ^ US Naval Institute; Commodore Stephen Decatur and the War on Algiers