HMS Barbara (1806)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Barbara |
| Ordered: | 2 April 1804 |
| Builder: | Bermuda |
| Launched: | early 1806 |
| Commissioned: | March 1806 |
| Captured: | September 1807 |
 France
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| Name: | Pératy |
| Acquired: | September 1807 by capture |
| Captured: | July 1808 |
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United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Barbara |
| Acquired: | July 1808 by capture |
| Fate: | Sold 9 February 1815 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen: | 110 93⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 20 ft 4 in (6.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Barbara was an Adonis class schooner of the Royal Navy and launched in 1806. A French privateer captured her in 1807 and she became the French privateer Pératy. The Royal Navy recaptured her in 1808. She was paid off in June 1814 and sold in February 1815.
Barbara was commissioned under the command of Lieutenant Edward A. D'Arcey.
On 14 September 1807 Barbara was returning to Demerara from Devils Island when she sighted a brig making for her. When the brig did not return the recognition signals D'Arcey sailed away, with the brig in chase. Next morning the brig resumed the chase. By mid-afternoon it was apparent that Barbara could not escape so D'Arcey turned to engage his pursuer. An engagement followed; after a well-contested action of half an hour the French were able to board and capture Barbara. The British lost four men killed and six wounded, two mortally.
The French brig was the privateer Général Ernouf, which was under the command of Captain Alexis Grassin. The French then took Barbara into Guadalupe, where her new owners gave her the name Pératy, intending to use her as a privateer.
In July 1808, the master of an American brig claimed the protection of a convoy from Jamaica, which the 64-gun HMS Veteran was escorting. The American traveled with the convoy for part of its journey, but 24 hours after leaving its protection, he betrayed the convoy's strength and course to the French. The French privateer cutter Pératy, under the command of M. Maurison (or Moriseau), took up position in the convoy's path, hoping to capture some of the ships. HMS Guerriere surprised and captured the privateer on 17 July after a chase lasting 24 hours. The privateer was found to be the former Barbara. The French prize crew had sailed Barbara on to Charlestown, where she had been refitted. As Pératy, she had sailed again on 10 July having been furnished with supplies and provisions for three months of raiding. Pératy was armed with twelve 18-pounder carronades and had a crew of 90 men.
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