HMS Halifax (1797)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Halifax.
HMS Halifax was the French privateer brig Marie that the Royal Navy captured in November 1797 and took into service. The Navy sold her in 1801 and she became the merchantman Halifax. She sailed between Portsmouth and Newfoundland and was last listed in 1808.
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Inboard profile of HMS Halifax, by John Marshall [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard]; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich | |
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France | |
Name | Marie |
Builder | Caribbean |
Commissioned | 1797 |
Captured | 15 July 1800 |
Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Mary |
Acquired | 1797 by capture |
Renamed | HMS Halifax |
Fate | Sold 1801 |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Name | Halifax |
Acquired | 1801 by purchase |
Fate | Last listed in 1808 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 13655⁄94, or 139 bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 21 ft 7 in (6.6 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 8 in (2.9 m) |
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