HMS ''Haddock'' was a

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of four 12-pounder

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s and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in

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, and she was launched in 1805. ''Haddock'' only sailed for some three to four years before the French captured her in 1809 in the English Channel. This schooner was the only Royal Navy ship ever to use the name.

Service

She was commissioned in April 1805 under Lieutenant John Buddle. Between 9 October and 15 November she was in

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, refitting. At this time the

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had her lines taken. She would then act as the model for the subsequent s. By 4 August 1805, when she sailed from Jamaica, she was under Lieutenant Edward Foley. She brought with her the mails for Falmouth originally intended for the ''Lord Chesterfield Packet''. She also brought with her the former master of ''Leicester Packet''. ''Haddock'' reached Scilly on 30 September, and arrived at Falmouth on 1 October 1805. ''Haddock'' sailed for Jamaica on 11 December. On 22 May 1806 she captured ''Arrogante'', for which head money for 19 men was paid in March 1828. In 1808 Lieutenant Charles William Selwyn took command. On 6 September, the American vessel ''Nancy'', Ringhaven, master, arrived at Jamaica. She had been sailing from

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to Jamaica when ''Haddock'' detained her and sent her in.''Lloyd's List'

- accessed 25 November 2013.

Fate

On 12 November 1809 the 18-gun captured ''Haddock'', which was under the command of Lieutenant Henry Edwards. ''Haddock'' was on her way from Jamaica with dispatches, when at 1:30pm she sighted a brig that began to give chase. In her attempt to escape, ''Haddock'' threw her guns, shot and stores overboard. Still, the brig gained. ''Haddock'' surrendered at 8:30pm, having first thrown her signals and dispatches overboard. The encounter occurred in the Atlantic, or the Channel. ''Lloyd's List'' gives the approximate location as , which would put the capture in the Atlantic. ''Génie'' was an naval brig armed with eighteen 24-pounder carronades; she was under the command of ''lieutenant de vaisseau'' de Grave. On 16 November ''Génie'' captured two more vessels. One was , Carman, master, which had been sailing from

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. The second was ''Fortune'', of

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, Hare, master, which had been sailing from

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to London. The Frenchmen plundered ''Lusitania'' and then put the captured crews on board her. Next the Frenchmen sank ''Fortune'' and ''Haddock'' and let ''Lusitania'' depart. ''Lusitania'' arrived at Portsmouth on 25 November.

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