HMS Fantome

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HMS Fantome was a British Royal Navy brig which sunk near the village of Prospect, Nova Scotia on November 24, 1814. Fantome was escorting a convoy from British-occupied Castine, Maine to Halifax, Nova Scotia during the War of 1812. Four separate private transports in the convoy were also lost in the same location on the same night. No lives were lost when the ships sunk. The convoy of ships in which the Fantome was escorting were laden with goods taken from the White House during the British raid on Washington, DC, although Fantome played no part in the raid.

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• White House loot anchors fight over sunken bounty
• Storm brews over treasures sunk in 1814. Historical artifacts at risk if U.S. firm digs up N.S. wreck for profit, critics say
• HMS Fantome Tribute
• British warship sunk during war with US may hold lost treasures of White House

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