HMS ''Bacchus'' was a

schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

of the ''Adonis'' class of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic War. She was built at Bermuda using Bermudan cedar and completed in mid-1806. A report dated 9 May 1806 stated that ''Bacchus'' was three to six weeks away from completion. Still, ''Bacchus'' was commissioned under Lieutenant George Skinner and on 9 June was in company with when ''Tartar'' captured the French brig ''Observateur'' after a chase and a slight exchange of gunfire. ''Observateur'', of 18 guns, though pierced for 20, and with a crew of 104 men, was under the command of Captain "Crozier" (Croizé). She had left Cayenne on 15 March provisioned for a cruise of four months and in company with the French brig ''Argus'', but had not taken anything. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Observateur''. ''Bacchus'' then sailed to Britain where she made good defects at Plymouth between 12 September and 29 November. She returned to the West Indies. On 27 May 1807 she captured ''Concord'', Babcock, master. The French captured ''Bacchus'' in August 1807 at an unknown date and under unknown circumstances.

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