HMS Barbadoes (1813)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Barbados.
HMS Barbadoes was a 16-gun vessel, the American Herald, captured in 1813. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Barbadoes She captured a number of merchantmen and privateers before she was paid-off in May 1816. In 1814–1815 she also captured three Spanish and French slave ships carrying over 1100 enslaved people. Barbadoes became a powder ship in Jamaica that was later wrecked with her remains being sold.
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Name | HMS Barbadoes |
Namesake | Barbados |
Acquired | 1813 by purchase of a prize |
Commissioned | March 1813 |
Fate | Hulk; wrecked post 1816 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 30788⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 26 ft 2 in (8.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 13 ft 0 in (4.0 m) |
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