Английская Википедия:HMS Haddock (1805)

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HMS Haddock was a Royal Navy schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1805.Шаблон:Sfnp

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Haddock only sailed for some three to four years before the French captured her in 1809 in the English Channel. This schooner was the only Royal Navy ship ever to use the name.

Service

She was commissioned in April 1805 under Lieutenant John Buddle. Between 9 October and 15 November she was in Portsmouth, refitting.Шаблон:Sfnp At this time the Admiralty had her lines taken. She would then act as the model for the subsequent Шаблон:Sclasss.

By 4 August 1805, when she sailed from Jamaica, she was under Lieutenant Edward Foley. She brought with her the mails for Falmouth originally intended for the Lord Chesterfield Packet.Шаблон:Efn She also brought with her the former master of Leicester Packet.Шаблон:Efn Haddock reached Scilly on 30 September, and arrived at Falmouth on 1 October 1805.[1]

Haddock sailed for Jamaica on 11 December.Шаблон:Sfnp On 22 May 1806 she captured Arrogante, for which head money for 19 men was paid in March 1828.[2]Шаблон:Efn In 1808 Lieutenant Charles William Selwyn took command.Шаблон:Sfnp

On 6 September, the American vessel Nancy, Ringhaven, master, arrived at Jamaica. She had been sailing from Havana to Jamaica when Haddock detained her and sent her in.[3]

Fate

On 12 November 1809 the 18-gun Шаблон:Ship captured Haddock, which was under the command of Lieutenant Henry Edwards.Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Efn

Haddock was on her way from Jamaica with dispatches,[4] when at 1:30pm she sighted a brig that began to give chase. In her attempt to escape, Haddock threw her guns, shot and stores overboard. Still, the brig gained. Haddock surrendered at 8:30pm, having first thrown her signals and dispatches overboard.Шаблон:Sfnp

The encounter occurred in the Atlantic,Шаблон:SfnpШаблон:Sfnp or the Channel.Шаблон:Sfnp Lloyd's List gives the approximate location as Шаблон:Coord,[4] which would put the capture in the Atlantic. Génie was an Шаблон:Sclass naval brig armed with eighteen 24-pounder carronades; she was under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau de Grave.[5]

On 16 November Génie captured two more vessels. One was Шаблон:Ship, Carman, master, which had been sailing from Grenada to London. The second was Fortune, of Bristol, Hare, master, which had been sailing from St Croix to London. The Frenchmen plundered Lusitania and then put the captured crews on board her. Next the Frenchmen sank Fortune and Haddock and let Lusitania depart. Lusitania arrived at Portsmouth on 25 November.[4]

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References

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  1. Olenciewicz (2018), Packet Sailings West Indies, p.155.
  2. Шаблон:London Gazette
  3. Lloyd's List,[1] - accessed 25 November 2013.
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