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[Davin de Kergommeaux]

Ralph, Lex,

Given the story refers to 'single malt' whisky I'd guess it is of recent origin.

Davin

On 2/23/07, Kraaijeveld A.R. <A.R.Kraaijeveld at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi Ralph
>
> I came across this story a few years ago and tried to follow up. Got in touch with a trust around the USS Constitution, who were quite helpful, biut it didn't lead to anything. Where this story comes from is unclear, but there does not appear to be any real evidence for a distillery being captured.
>
> Of course, more than happy to be convinced otherwise, but it would have to be with actual evidence!
>
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> Cheers, Lex
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: MALTS-L at RZ.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE on behalf of Ralph Katzenell
> Sent: Fri 23/02/2007 18:28
> To: MALTS-L at LISTS.UNI-KARLSRUHE.DE
> Subject: Go Navy
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> Greetings all.
>
> Can anyone verify this story?
> Anything to add to it?
> Can anyone say what distillery was captured?
>
> Ralph
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >Naval History lesson:
> > >
> > >The U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides) as a combat vessel
> > carried 48,600
> > >gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475 officers and men. This was
> > >sufficient to last six months of sustained operations at sea. She
> > carried
> > >no
> > >evaporators (fresh water distillers).
> > >
> > >However, let it be noted that according to her log, "On July 27,
> > 1798, the
> > >U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475
> > >officers and men, 48,600 gallon s of fresh water, 7,400 cannon
> > shot, 11,600
> > >pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."
> > >
> > >Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
> > >
> > >Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and
> > 68,300>gallons of rum.
> > >Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November. She
> > provisioned>with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of
> > Portuguese wine. On 18
> > >November, she set sail for England .
> > >
> > >In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and
> > captured and
> > >scuttled 12 English merchantmen, salvaging only the rum aboard each.
> > >
> > >By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted.
> > >Nevertheless, and though unarmed, she made a night raid up the
> > Firth of
> > >Clyde in Scotland.  Her landing party captured a whiskey
> > distillery and
> > >transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn.
> > >
> > >Then she headed home.
> > >
> > >The U.S.S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799,
> > with NO
> > >cannon shot, NO powder, NO food, NO rum, NO wine, NO whiskey and
> > 38,600>gallons of stagnant water.
> > >
> > >GO NAVY!
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