| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Laura |
| Owner | Royal Navy |
| Builder | Bermuda |
| Launched | 1806 |
| Commissioned | 1806 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Guadaloupe"[1] |
| Captured | 8 September 1812 |
| Fate | Captured by France |
 United States | |
| Name | Hebe |
| Acquired | 1812 |
| Captured | April 1813 |
| Fate | Recaptured by Royal Navy |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | Adonis-class schooner |
| Tons burthen | 110 93⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 20 ft 4 in (6.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
| Complement | 35 men and boys |
| Armament | 10 × 18-pounder carronades |
HMS Laura was an Adonis-class schooner of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Bermuda. Laura served during the Napoleonic Wars before a French privateer captured her at the beginning of the War of 1812. She was briefly an American letter of marque before the British recaptured her in 1813. Despite having recaptured her, the British did not return Laura to service.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 243.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 360.