Mashouda
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The Mashouda or Mashuda was the Algerian fleet flagship during the Second Barbary War. Stephen Decatur captured it in June 1815, which led to a favorable American position from which to bargain with the Dey of Algiers.[1][2] Lloyd's List reported that the Algerine frigate Mezoura, which had been under the command of the Algerine admiral, had arrived at Carthagena on 20 June as a prize to Decatur's squadron. The newspaper also reported that Decatur's squadron had run another Spanish frigate onshore near Carthagena.[3]
The ship's name is a form of "Massouda", an Arabic female first name.
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References
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- ↑ US Naval Institute; Commodore Stephen Decatur and the War on Algiers
- ↑ Lloyd's List, no.4987,[1] - accessed 16 May 2014.
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