HMS Halifax (1797)

Inboard profile of HMS Halifax, by John Marshall [Master Shipwright, Plymouth Dockyard]; National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
History
France
Name	Marie
Builder	Caribbean
Commissioned	1797
Captured	15 July 1800
Great Britain
Name	HMS Mary
Acquired	1797 by capture
Renamed	HMS Halifax
Fate	Sold 1801
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Name	Halifax
Acquired	1801 by purchase
Fate	Last listed in 1808
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen	13655⁄94, or 139 bm)
Length	Overall:71 ft 0 in (21.6 m) Keel:55 ft 1+1⁄2 in (16.8 m)
Beam	21 ft 7 in (6.6 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 8 in (2.9 m)
Complement	French privateer: 60 RN service:55
Armament	French privateer: 14 guns RN service: 12 × 12-pounder carronades

HMS Halifax was the French privateer brig Marie that the Royal Navy captured in November 1797 and took into service. The Navy sold her in 1801 and she became the merchantman Halifax. She sailed between Portsmouth and Newfoundland and was last listed in 1808.