HMS Jackdaw

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Jackdaw, 1807
Type: Schooner ; Armament 4
Launched : 1806 ; Disposal date or year : Jan 1807
Disposal Details : Captured by a Spanish row-boat: and retaken, Feb. 15, by the Minerve. Lieut Nathaniel Brice
Notes:

1806 Built in England of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, from 75 to 78 tons ; mount four 12-pounder carronades, with a crew of 20 men and boys.

1808 a less than complimentary comment on this type of vessel, which, although built in 1806, is included by William James in the volume for 1808, presumably in the light of the experiences of those who had departed them, and the results achieved or otherwise.

Jan 1807 whilst cruising off the Cape de Verd islands was captured by, "a Spanish row-boat".

15 Feb 1807 recaptured by the Minerva.