HMS Halifax (1768)

Plans of HMS Halifax by Howard I. Chapelle
History
Great Britain
Name	Nova Scotia Packet
Port of registry	Halifax, Nova Scotia
Launched	Halifax, NS, September 1765
Maiden voyage	Halifax to Boston, 15 October 1765
Fate	Sold to Admiralty in October 1768
Great Britain
Name	HMS Halifax
Acquired	October 1768
Fate	Wrecked on 15 February 1775
General characteristics
Tons burthen	83 4/94 bm
Length	58 ft 3 in (17.8 m) (on deck) 46 ft 10.5 in (14.3 m) (keel)
Beam	18 ft 3 in (5.6 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Sail plan	Square Topsail schooner
Complement	30
Armament	6 × 3-pdrs 8 (later 12) × 1⁄2-pdr swivels[1]

HMS Halifax was a schooner built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1765 that the British Royal Navy purchased in 1768 for coastal patrol in North America in the years just prior to the American Revolution. She is one of the best documented schooners from early North America.