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HMS Skipjack (1806)

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History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameTrimeuse
BuilderAmerican
CommissionedPurchased April 1805 at Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Captured14 March 1806
Royal Navy Ensign (1800 – present)United Kingdom
NameHMS Skipjack
Acquired14 March 1806
FateBreakwater at Demerara on 7 January 1809
General characteristics [1][2]
Displacement110 tons (French)
Tons burthen6 (French; "of load")
Length20.46 m (67.1 ft)
Beam5.42 m (17.8 ft)
PropulsionSails
Sail planSchooner
Complement35, but 53 (at capture)
Armament
  • At capture: 1 × 6-pounder gun + 2 × 9-pounder carronades
  • British service: 12 guns

HMS Skipjack was the French naval schooner Trimeuse, commissioned at Guadeloupe in 1805. The Royal Navy captured her in 1806 and took her into service. She was paid off in 1808 and was used as a breakwater in 1809.

Tremeuse

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On 12 March Wolverine, after a chase of 15 hours, captured the French Navy schooner Trimeuse (or Tremeuse, or Tremieuse), armed with two 9-pounder carronades and one long 6-pounder; she had a crew of 53 men and was from Guadeloupe. She had been out 12 days without capturing anything.[3] The Royal Navy took Trimeuse into service as Skipjack.

British service and fate

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Lieutenant Samuel Malbon commissioned Skipjack on 14 March 1806. She was paid off on 17 January 1808. A year later, on 7 January 1809, she was a breakwater at Demerara.[2]

Citations

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  1. ^ Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 259.
  2. ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 365.
  3. ^ "No. 15914". The London Gazette. 29 April 1806. p. 539.

References

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  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-204-2.