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|Ship name=HMS ''Mackerel''
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'''HMS ''Mackerel''''' was a [[Royal Navy]] ''Ballahoo''-class schooner of four 12-pounder [[carronade]]s and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in [[Bermuda]], and she was launched in 1804.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=359}} Given that she served entirely during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, she had an unusually peaceful and uneventful career, primarily on the [[Newfoundland Station]], before she was sold in 1815.

==Service==
She was commissioned in May 1804 at Bermuda under Lieutenant Peter S. Prieur for the Newfoundland station. Later that year Lieutenant Richard Williams, who had received his promotion on 13 December 1804, assumed command, after serving as a Master's Mate on {{HMS|Isis|1774|2}}.<ref name=NewfoundlandStation>[http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=Units_of_the_British_Army_Serving_in_Newfoundland#ADM_1.2F475_NFLD._SQUADRONS_1801-1805Commodores_Graves.2C_Pole.2C_Gambier. Newfoundland squadrons (1801–1805)]</ref> Williams joined ''Mackerel'' in Bermuda, where he fitted her out. One of her initial accomplishments was to salvage the main deck guns and bower anchor from {{HMS|Tartar|1801|2}} when ''Tartar'' grounded in Murray's Roads, Bermuda. (''Tartar'' was later refloated.) Next, ''Mackerel'', with 57 French prisoners on board, narrowly escaped being wrecked in gale in the Bermudas. For his services he received the thanks of Admiral Sir [[Andrew Mitchell (Royal Navy officer)|Andrew Mitchel]], chief of the [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], station. ''Mackerel'' then patrolled the southwest coast of Newfoundland. Williams seized the cargoes of whale oil of two American vessels poaching there and ordered the Americans to leave British waters. During this time ''Mackerel'' twice had the honour of bearing the flag of Admiral Sir [[Erasmus Gower]].{{sfnp|Marshall |1835|pp=315–6}}

In 1805 Lieutenant John G.M'B. McKillop succeeded Williams.<ref name=NewfoundlandStation/>

His replacement, in 1807, was Lieutenant Thomas Bishop.<ref name=NewfoundlandStation/> In November 1808 he sailed her to Britain. On the way she encountered a gale and had to throw all her guns overboard to lighten her.<ref name=NewfoundlandStation/>

Between 22 November 1808 and 19 February 1809 ''Mackerel'' was in Portsmouth, refitting.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=359}} In February Lieutenant William Carter took command at Spithead and sailed her back to Newfoundland. Late in the year Lieutenant Thomas Lee assumed command and sailed her on the Newfoundland station on coast patrol and fisheries duties.{{sfnp|Bannister|2003|pp=184–5}}

By 1812 Lieutenant Parker had taken command of ''Mackerel'', and on 15 April 1812 sailed for South America.<ref name="NMM-WH-370717">{{cite web|url=http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_ii.pdf|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802041610/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_ii.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 August 2011|title=NMM, vessel ID 370717|work=Warship Histories, vol ii|publisher=[[National Maritime Museum]]|accessdate=30 July 2011}}</ref> Apparently, she called at New York in June to deliver some official dispatches. The acting commander reported that her commander had been killed when a sailor fell from a mast and landed on him.{{sfnp|Allison|2005|p=113}}<ref>''The European Magazine, and London Review'', Vol. 62, p.74.</ref>{{efn|The [[National Maritime Museum]] database confirms that Lieutenant Parker was killed.<ref name="NMM-WH-370717"/>}}

As ''Mackerel'' left New York on 18 June she passed the [[USS United States (1797)|USS ''United States'']] under Captain [[Stephen Decatur]]. Apparently war had been declared two days earlier, but the news only arrived in New York on 20 June.{{sfnp|Allison|2005|p=113}} After the frigate {{HMS|Belvidera|1809|2}} arrived in Nova Scotia with the news that war had been declared and that the {{USS|President|1800|6}}, in company with the {{USS|Congress|1799|6}} and the {{USS|United States|1797|6}}, had fired on her, ''Mackerel'' carried the news to Portsmouth, arriving there on 27 July.{{sfnp|Griffis|1887|p=1}}

She was still at Portsmouth on 31 July when the British authorities seized the American ships there and at Spithead on the outbreak of the [[War of 1812]]. She therefore shared, with numerous other vessels, in the subsequent prize money for these vessels: ''Belleville'', ''Aeos'', ''Janus'', ''Ganges'', and ''Leonidas''.{{efn|So many vessels shared in the prize money that the amounts per man were small. A second-class share, that of a lieutenant, was [[£sd|£]]3 11[[shilling|s]]; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was 4s 1[[pence|d]].<ref>{{London Gazette|page=888|issue=17135|date=11 May 1816}}</ref>}}

On 14 August ''Mackerel'' accompanied Admiral Sir [[Sir John Borlase Warren, 1st Baronet|John Borlase Warren]], who was sailing to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on {{HMS|San Domingo|1809|2}}, together with {{HMS|Poictiers|1809|2}}, {{HMS|Sophie|1809|2}}, and {{HMS|Magnet|1809|2}}. ''Magnet'' disappeared during the voyage and was presumed foundered with all hands.

==Fate==
Lieutenant Thomas Hughes recommissioned her in December 1812 and remained in command into 1815. In October 1813 she was reported sailing from Cadiz to London. The Admiralty put the "''Mackarel'' schooner, of 70 tons" up for sale on 30 November 1815.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17086|page=2399|date=2 December 1815}}</ref> She was sold at Plymouth on 14 December 1815 for £400.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=359}}

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last=Allison |first=Robert J. |year=2005 |title=Stephen Decatur: American naval hero, 1779 – 1820 |location=Amherst, Mass. |publisher=University of Massachusetts |isbn=978-1558494923}}
* {{cite book |last=Bannister |first=Jerry |year=2003 |title=The rule of the admirals : law, custom, and naval government in Newfoundland, 1699–1832 |location=Toronto |publisher=University of Toronto Press}}
* {{cite book |last=Griffis |first=William Elliot |year=1887 |title=Matthew Calbraith Perry: a typical American naval officer |location=Boston |publisher=Cupples and Hurd}}
* {{cite RNB1823 |wstitle=Williams, Richard (b)|volume=4 |part=2 |page=315–316}}
* {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=1-86176-246-1}}

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