Cossack was launched in 1812 in Sunderland and first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1813.
Cossack, Black, master, a brig of Greenock, had been sailing from Alicante to Newfoundland when on 16 October 1814, the privateer Grand Turk captured her. Grand Turk transferred a considerable quantity of raisins from Cossack before sending her for the United States.
recaptured Cossack, only to have Cossack fall prey to the US privateer . Cossack arrived at Salem, Massachusetts on 16 November. Cossack was carrying a cargo of wine. She was sold at Salem for $12,500.
When Captain Green, of Grand Turk reached Salem he was delighted to see Cossack anchored there. He was then chagrined to discover that she had become a prize to a rival privateer.
The Register of Shipping (RS) carried the annotation "CAPTURED" by Cossacks name in its volume for 1815.
