HMS Racoon

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Racoon, 1808
Type: Sloop ; Armament 6
Launched : 1808 ; Disposal date or year : 1838
Notes:

14 Jul 1810, Barbadoes, arrived from Jamaica.

17 Jul 1810 departed Saturday evening for Jamaica.

Falmouth 24 Oct 1812 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 6 Nov 1812 Remains at Spithead with her convoy ; bound for the Brazil and South America.

Torbay 12 Nov 1812 arrived with a convoy for Madeira.

Falmouth 23 Apr 1813 Has detained and sent in the Rebecca of New London, from the East Indies.

1913, is reported to have detained the American ship Hope, from Batavia. with a valuable cargo, and $30,000 in specie, which was subsequently captured by the American privateer Fox, and recaptured on 2 Aug 1813, by the Manly on the American coast, and was taken into Halifax on 5 Aug.

6 Nov 1815 arrived Plymouth from the Westward.

22 October 1816 at Ascension.

1 Nov 1817 Remains St Helena.

17 Aug 1818 was at St Helena.

29 Oct 1818 was spoken with 10 days from St Helena, by the brig Henry ; Bonaparte unwell and confined to his quarters.

1830 Convict Hospital Ship, Portsmouth.