• HMS Highflyer was originally an American privateer schooner built in 1811. As a privateer she took several British vessels as prizes. The Royal Navy captured...
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  • have been named HMS Highflyer. The first HMS Highflyer (1813) was an 8-gun schooner operating as an American privateer. In January 1813 HMS Poictiers captured...
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  • British schooner Highflyer. Vixen (1813) versus HMS Belvidera (1809) (December 25, 1813): The capture of the American schooner Vixen (1813) off Delaware...
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    captures USS Argus 1813, September 5 – USS Enterprise captures HMS Boxer 1813, September 23 – USS President captures HMS Highflyer 1813, October 22 – US...
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  • against the United States. On 11 July 1813, Sceptre, with Romulus, Fox, Nemesis, and Conflict and the tenders Highflyer and Cockchafer, anchored off the Ocracoke...
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    13 April 1813, Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron, consisting of San Domingo, Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk and Highflyer blockaded...
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  • comprising Romulus, Fox, Nemesis, and Conflict, and the tenders Cockchafer and Highflyer, anchored off Ocracoke Island, on the North Carolina coast. The next day...
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    included HMS Highflyer, herself a former American privateer, captured the two vessels. The British took both vessels into service, Anaconda as HMS Anaconda...
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    "April & May Boat Service 1813" to any surviving claimants from the action; the Navy issued 48 clasps. On 30 April Highflyer supported Fantome and Mohawk's...
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    as the English Channel and Norway; she captured the armed schooner HMS Highflyer and numerous merchant ships. In January 1815, after having been blockaded...
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    HMS Dolphin was the 12-gun American privateer schooner Dolphin that Admiral John Borlase Warren's squadron captured on 13 April 1813 and that the Royal...
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    followed. Poictiers took the American schooner Highflyer, of five guns and 72 men, on 9 January 1813. She was on her return from the West Indies, where...
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  • April 1813, Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron, consisting of HMS San Domingo, Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk and Highflyer pursued...
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    San Domingo, and Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk, and Highflyer pursued four schooners into the Rappahannock. The British sent boats 15...
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    capturing several merchant ships, but the only highlight was the capture of HMS Highflyer in late September. After the ship spent a year blockaded in port, Stephen...
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    late April 1813, troops under the command of Rear Admiral George Cockburn briefly occupied the island, and passing vessels such as HMS Highflyer engaged...
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    Alexandria. Poictiers and Acasta captured the privateer Highflyer on 9 January 1813. Highflyer was armed with five guns and had a crew of 72 men. She was...
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    and head-money include: On 29 April 1813, boats from Mohawk, together with boats from Fantome, Dolphin, and Highflyer and Racer, which had not yet been...
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    Second Battle of St. Michaels (category Conflicts in 1813)
    (also known as Wade's Point) at Bayside. HMS Conflict remained nearby in the bay. At the same time, HMS Highflyer and three schooners were moving toward...
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    Water during the Falklands War. British destroyer HMS Coventry and British frigates HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope are all sunk by bombs from Argentine light...
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    qualified for six clasps and fourteen for five clasps. A baby born on board HMS Tremendous during the battle of the Glorious First of June, christened Daniel...
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  • HMS Nemesis was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. The French captured her in 1795 at Smyrna, but in 1796 a squadron led...
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    Battle of Rappahannock River (category Conflicts in 1813)
    Maidstone and Statira, two brigs, Mohawk and Fantome and one schooner, Highflyer blockaded the Rappahannock from Lynnhaven Bay. They held several American...
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    was lowered over the shore establishment HMS Highflyer, and the next day, 16 October 1957, the last flagship, HMS Ceylon, left Trincomalee. The station was...
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  • Lloyd's List (4751). 2 March 1813. "Lloyd's Marine List – April 16. 1813". Caledonian Mercury. No. 14250. 19 April 1813. "Lloyd's Marine List – Jan. 12"...
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  • Boat Service 1813 1813, April & May 57 Dolphin  • Dragon  • Fantome  • Highflyer  • Maidstone  • Marlborough  • Mohawk  • Racer  • Statira Attacks on Frenchtown...
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