HMS Holly

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Holly, 1809
Type: Cutter / Schooner ; Armament 10
Launched : 1809 ; Disposal date or year : 29 Jan 1814
Disposal Details : Wrecked off St. Sebastian : crew, except, the commander and five men saved. Lieut Samuel Sharpe Treacher
Notes:

1808 Built at Bermuda of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, 150 tons ; ten 18-pounder carronades, rigged as schooners, with a crew of 50 men and boys.

1808 an improvement on the earlier classes of this type of vessel, built in 1804 and 1806, in the light of the experiences of those who had departed them, and the results achieved or otherwise.

14 Dec 1809, departed Bermuda, for Barbadoes. (Lt. Treacher)

Portsmouth 3 Jul 1811 arrived with despatches from Halifax, and Bermuda.

Portsmouth 6 Nov 1811 arrived from Guernsey.

Portsmouth 21 May 1812 arrived from the eastward.

Portsmouth 3 Jul 1812 departed for Newfoundland.

Yarmouth 15 Jun 1813 departed on a cruize.

May - Aug 1813 the frigates R�volutionnaire and Pr�sidente, brig sloops Beagle, Despatch, and Challenger ; and schooners Holly and Juniper, and two gun-boats, stationed off the north coast of Spain to assist the patriots.

Falmouth 27 Nov 1813 arrived with a convoy of transports from Passages with French prisoners on board.