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HMS Barbara (1806)

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found herself some three miles from the Boulogne pier and near an anchored French lugger. Morgan sailed towards the lugger, which had 14 guns, with the aim of capturing her. The lugger immediately cut her cables and made to join six other luggers, each armed with eight to 14 guns. The French vessels
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so when Banks set out in a boat with six or seven men, Morgan joined him in a boat with an equal handful. The British found the Dane at about 9:15 pm. The Danish vessel was armed with a howitzer and had a crew of 25 men. The British succeeded in capturing the vessel, killing five Danes and wounding
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was returning to Demerara from Devils Island when she sighted a brig making for her. When the brig did not return the recognition signals D'Arcey sailed away, with the brig in chase. Next morning the brig resumed the chase. By mid-afternoon it was apparent that
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returned to Plymouth and was paid off in June 1814. (Morgan resigned his commission in July to return to Gothenburg to salvage what he could of his affairs following the bankruptcy of his prize agents there.)
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s men in her boats landed on Great Grasholm island. There they destroyed a signal station and a battery of two guns. The Danes did not resist and so there were no casualties on either side. That same day
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was escorting. The American traveled with the convoy for part of its journey, but 24 hours after leaving its protection, he betrayed the convoy's strength and course to the French. The French privateer
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In March 1812 Lieutenant James Morgan assumed command. He spent the rest of the year cruising of the north-west coast of Ireland, and then off Boulogne. At daybreak on 11 February 1813,
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received intelligence that a Danish privateer of one gun was sailing towards an anchorage about four miles from Wingo Sound near Goteborg that English merchantmen were wont to use.
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where she cut out of the anchorage a ship of 400 tons, two galliots, and a sloop, loaded with grain for the Norwegian market. She escaped with these prizes though nine Danish
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returned fire and repulsed two attempts to board her. At 9:15 am, the French vessels, having sustained four men killed and 11 wounded, including two mortally, retreated.
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could not escape so D'Arcey turned to engage his pursuer. An engagement followed; after a well-contested action of half an hour the French were able to board and capture
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more closely he knew how to deal with her in the future. Morgan received permission to replace two of her 18-pounder carronades with two 6-pounder
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returned to Britain. In her nine months in the Baltic she captured or destroyed 2,544 tons (bm) of shipping, and captured 136 seamen.
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as a cutter, and states that the action took three hours. Another French source agrees on the date 15 September, but states that
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on the North American station. His replacement, in 1812, was Lieutenant William Douglas, who sailed her on the Downs station.
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surprised and captured the privateer on 17 July after a chase lasting 24 hours. The privateer was found to be the former
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boarded and examined a licensed Danish merchantman while being fired on by three brigs of the Danish navy, and six gunboats.
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the captain, a lieutenant, in their attack; British losses consisted of two men killed and three wounded, including Morgan.
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despite fire from the guns of three Danish gunboats and ten privateers. The recaptured vessel was the Prussian bark
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Some French, and British records give the date of the action as 17 September. The same British source describes
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pursued her, fortunately never quite getting within range of their guns. Next she moved to the entrance of the
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In July 1808, the master of an American brig claimed the protection of a convoy from Jamaica, which the 64-gun
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La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire : nomenclature des navires français de 1800 à 1815
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squadron and with it sailed to the Baltic. This marked the start of a busy period for her.
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was offered for sale at Woolwich on 9 February 1815, and was sold on that day for £610.
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and launched in 1806. A French privateer captured her in 1807 and she became the French
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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again visited Flagstrand under a flag of truce. There he encountered an officer from
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only suffered one man wounded, she was badly damaged and had to put into Hawk
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In the early evening of 6 October, Lieutenant Richard Banks of the gun-brig
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was armed with twelve 18-pounder carronades and had a crew of 90 men.
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was commissioned under the command of Lieutenant Edward A. D'Arcey.
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and some other vessels in another inconclusive action. Although
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visited Flagstrand under a flag of truce and anchored near
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In 1809 Lieutenant George Duncan took command and sailed
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into Guadalupe, where her new owners gave her the name
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engaged in an inconclusive engagement with the Danish
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Later: 8 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder guns
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859
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The French prize crew had sailed 634:three men killed and six wounded. 419:, where she had been refitted. As 359:The French brig was the privateer 14: 1037:. 26 November 1814. p. 2347. 246:10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) 238:20 ft 4 in (6.2 m) 1089:. 6 November 1813. p. 2167. 140: 102: 37: 1169:. 28 January 1815. p. 152. 928:. 16 August 1808. p. 1126. 690:. Four days later she captured 1218:. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. 1017:. 9 August 1814. p. 1617. 747:Demerliac also reports that a 671:and recaptured her prize near 667:captured the Danish privateer 1: 1129:. 25 March 1815. p. 563. 892:Journal politique de Mannheim 663:, of Hastings. Two gigs from 1149:. 30 May 1815. p. 1024. 1109:. 9 July 1814. p. 1397. 571:drove a sloop on shore near 526:A month later, on 13 April, 281:Originally: 10 × 18-pounder 1497: 1481:Maritime incidents in 1807 15: 1471:Privateer ships of France 1417: 1325: 1214:Hepper, David J. (1994). 1185:Demerliac, Alain (2003). 686:captured the Danish brig 178: 127:September 1807 by capture 31: 27: 1191:(in French). Éd. Ancre. 969:, (1976), Vol. 46, p.45. 941:(1843), Vol. 16, p. 182. 179:General characteristics 1269:. Seaforth Publishing. 799:This was the privateer 440:Sir John Borlase Warren 369:. The French then took 1476:Ships built in Bermuda 1461:Adonis-class schooners 1265:Winfield, Rif (2008). 1260:. J.W. Norie & Co. 761:and recognized her as 694:. Sometime thereafter 228: in (15.4 m) 1245:Royal Naval Biography 1239:"Morgan, James"  906:, p. 323, №2759. 864:, p. 323, №2757. 738:had a crew of 45 men. 523:on 11 February 1813. 343:On 14 September 1807 1253:Norie, J.W. (1827). 647:was in company with 549:Then on 3 July near 503:joined Rear-Admiral 446:, after Admiral Sir 436:Halifax, Nova Scotia 174:Sold 9 February 1815 166:July 1808 by capture 575:. Later that month 457:s name reverted to 266:British service: 35 1166:The London Gazette 1146:The London Gazette 1126:The London Gazette 1106:The London Gazette 1086:The London Gazette 1061:on 20 October 2016 1034:The London Gazette 1014:The London Gazette 925:The London Gazette 655:Three days later, 519:in the capture of 430:A prize crew took 1443: 1442: 1276:978-1-86176-246-7 998:, pp. 79–83. 296: 295: 1488: 1319:-class schooners 1309: 1302: 1295: 1286: 1280: 1261: 1249: 1241: 1229: 1210: 1171: 1170: 1157: 1151: 1150: 1137: 1131: 1130: 1117: 1111: 1110: 1097: 1091: 1090: 1077: 1071: 1070: 1068: 1066: 1060: 1054:. 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Index

HMS Barbara
Royal Navy Ensign
Bermuda
French Navy Ensign
Royal Navy Ensign
bm
Full-rigged ship
carronades
Adonis class
schooner
Royal Navy
privateer
paid off
Général Ernouf
Alexis Grassin
HMS Veteran
cutter
HMS Guerriere
Charlestown
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Sir John Borlase Warren
George Somers
George Hope's
Musquito
Aalborg
gunboats
Kattegat
Fladstrand
praam
The Skaw

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