HMS Barbuda (1780)
HMS Barbuda was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1780 after having brielfly served as an American privateer. Barbuda was one of the two sloops that captured Demerara and Essequibo in 1781, but the French Navy captured her there in 1782 and took her into service as Barboude. The French Navy sold her to private owners in 1786, and she served briefly as a privateer in early 1793 before the French Navy purchased her again and named her Légère. She served them until mid-1796 when the Royal Navy captured her and took her into service as HMS Legere. She was wrecked off the coast of Colombia, without loss of life, in February 1801.
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HMS Barbuda (1780)
HMS Barbuda was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1780 after having brielfly served as an American privateer. Barbuda was one of the two sloops that captured Demerara and Essequibo in 1781, but the French Navy captured her there in 1782 and took her into service as Barboude. The French Navy sold her to private owners in 1786, and she served briefly as a privateer in early 1793 before the French Navy purchased her again and named her Légère. She served them until mid-1796 when the Royal Navy captured her and took her into service as HMS Legere. She was wrecked off the coast of Colombia, without loss of life, in February 1801.
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HMS Barbuda was commissioned i ...... oss of life, in February 1801.
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1780-12-11
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3.53568e+1
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Sold May 1793
Wrecked February 1801
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Ship acquired
June 1796 by capture and subsequent purchase
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*HMS Barbuda
*Gundeck: 4 × 9-p ...... ns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades
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*Légère
*Originally: 236
*At capture: 168
*HMS Legere:121
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The discrepancy in burthen bet ...... with the burthen for Barbuda.
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Private parties
Ship tons burthen
*HMS Barbuda:319
*HMS Legere: 453
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HMS Barbuda was commissioned i ...... oss of life, in February 1801.
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HMS Barbuda (1780)
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Barboude
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Charming Sally
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HMS Barbuda
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HMS Legere
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Légère
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