HMS Flying-Fish

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Flying Fish, 1803
Type: Schooner ; Armament 12
Taken : 1803 ; Renamed : 1807
Notes:

11 Mar 1804 the Elephant, Theseus, Hercule, and Desiree, were at Port Royal Jamaica ; the Bellerophon and Vanguard, with the Tartar and Eolus, were off the West end of St Domingo ; the Port Mahon, and Papillon brigs, off Port Morant ; the Hunter and Mignonne, off Montego Bay ; and the Flying Fish, and Gipsey, were off the coast of Cuba ; the Fairy had sailed for Honduras, and the Camel for Halifax.

15 Jul 1804 captured the French privateer Republique.

May 1805 Jamaica Station

30 Aug - 3 Sep 1806 officers and men from the schooners Stork, Sup�rieure, Flying-Fish, and Pike capture a Spanish fort, a felucca, a schooner, 4 privateers and 6 vessels with cargoes.

2 Sep 1806 Flying Fish, Shark, Superieuse, and Pike destroyed a French privateer, name unknown, on the Jamaica station.

1807 renamed Firefly.