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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Haddock |
| Ordered | 23 June 1803 |
| Builder | Goodrich & Co. (prime contractor), shipyard of Isaac Skinner, Bermuda |
| Laid down | 1803 |
| Launched | 21 March 1805 |
| Commissioned | April 1805 |
| Captured | 12 November 1809 |
| Fate | Sunk four days after capture |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Ballahoo-class schooner |
| Tons burthen | 7041⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 18 ft 0 in (5.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) |
| Sail plan | Schooner |
| Complement | 20 |
| Armament | 4 × 12-pounder carronades |
HMS Haddock was a Royal Navy schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1805.[1]
On Thursday 21st inst launched off the stocks at Mr Isaac Skinner's shipyard his Majesty's Schooner "Haddock". The above schooner is said (by every merchant and shipbuilder) to be the completest vessel ever built in Bermuda
— The Royal Gazette, 30 March 1805[2]
Haddock only sailed for some three to four years before the French captured her in 1809 in the English Channel. This schooner was the only Royal Navy ship ever to use the name.
- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 359.
- ^ Bermuda Historical Quarterly, Vol 18, no 2, 1961