Nova Scotia Archives
Spoils of War: Privateering in Nova Scotia
Local schooner captures vessel
The Weazle, a small (45-ton displacement) schooner-rigged privateer owned in Halifax, was typical in size and rig of the Nova Scotian raiding fleet of the War of 1812.
Date: 1813
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Newspapers: Royal Gazette 8 September 1813 page 3