HMS Berbice (1804)
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HMS Berbice was the Batavian Republic's schooner Serpent that HMS Heureux took possession of at Berbice in 1803 at the capitulation of the colony and that the Navy purchased in 1804. Berbice foundered in 1806 off Demerara.
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Name | Serpent[lower-alpha 1] |
Captured | 1803 |
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Name | HMS Berbice |
Acquired | 1803 by capture |
Fate | Foundered 24 May 1806 |
General characteristics | |
Tons burthen | 78 (bm)[2] |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Armament | 4 or 6 guns |
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