HMS Juniper

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Juniper, 1808
Type: Schooner ; Armament 10
Launched : 1808 ; Disposal date or year : 1814
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.

27 Dec 1809, arrived Bermuda with the sloop Goree, and the detained American brig Sukey, Osgood.

10 Feb 1811 was at Bermuda when the Halifax departed for Spithead.

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.

Portsmouth 29 Jul 1813 departed for North America.

Plymouth 9 Aug 1813 departed with convoy of transports with troops for St. Andero.

Passages 17 Mar 1814 Remains.