Pride of Baltimore, Inc

Pride of Baltimore, Inc. is the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that owns and manages the tallship, PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II. Our mission is to promote historical maritime education, foster economic development and tourism, and represent the people of Maryland, and the United States in ports throughout the world. PRIDE is a reconstruction of an early 19th-century Baltimore Clipper. These sleek, fast, and maneuverable vessels became famous as privateers during the War of 1812. Their success in capturing British merchant ships provoked the Royal Navys attack on Baltimore in 1814. When Francis Scott Key saw the American flag still flying after the all-night bombardment of Fort McHenry, he was inspired to pen the Star-Spangled Banner. One of the most successful Baltimore Clippers of the time was CHASSEUR, which was launched from Thomas Kemps shipyard in Fells Point (Baltimore.) In a daring voyage to Great Britain, CHASSEURs captain Thomas Boyle declared a blockade of the British I...