HMS Firefly (1808)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Firefly
Acquired19 February 1808 by capture
FateBroken up 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen172[1] (bm)
Sail planSchooner
Complement62 (at capture)
Armament1 × 18-pounder + 4 × 6-pounder guns (at capture)

HMS Firefly was the Spanish schooner Antelope, which the British Royal Navy captured in February 1808 and purchased. She was renamed Antelope in 1812, or possibly in 1809. She was broken up in 1814.

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 365.