HMS Badger

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Badger, 1794
Type: Former Dutch Hoy ; Armament 4
Launched : Purchased 1794 ; Disposal date or year : 1802
Notes:

6-7 May 1798, repulse of the French invasion of the Islands of Saint-Marcouf (off Cape la Hogue).

31 May 1800 at St. Marcou, Capt. Price in command.

15 Sep 1800 the Badger, in company with the brig Sparkler, off St. Marcou : with cover provided by the Sparkler, Lieut Stevens, against a shore battery, the ships' boats, captured the 60 foot, 9 ft beam, French privateer Victoire, row boat, 26 oars, 4 swivels, 40+ men, of Boulogne, 4 miles off the West Island. Joseph Silk, of the Badger, wounded by a musquet-ball in the shoulder, being the only casualty, apart from a few shot through the Sparkler's sails. See Gazette issue 15294 of 16 Sep 1800.

2 Oct 1800 Portsmouth, arrived La Victoire, French privateer, prize to the Badger.

21 Mar 1801 arrived Spithead the Espion, prize to the Badger taken near Marcou.