HMS Ballahou

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Ballahou, 1804
Type: Schooner ; Armament 4
Launched : 1804 ; Disposal date or year : 29 Apr 1814
Disposal Details : Captured by the American privateer Perry, off the coast of the United States. Lieut Norfolk King
Notes:

1804 Built at Bermuda of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, from 75 to 78 tons ; mount four 12-pounder carronades, with a crew of 20 men and boys.

May 1805 Halifax Station

1808 a less than complimentary comment on this type of vessel, which, although built in 1804, is included by William James in the volume for 1808, presumably as a result of the experiences of those who had departed them.

3 Jul 1808 whilst cruising with a small squadron between the islands of Anguille and St.-Martin, attempted an attack on the Island of St.-Martin, with a view to reducing the number of havens available to French privateers, but unfortunately the opposition proved stronger than intelligence suggested.

29 Apr 1814 Taken by the US privateer schooner Perry.