Hebe (1809 ship)

Hebe was launched at Sunderland in 1809 as a West Indiaman. French privateers captured her in December 1811.

History
United Kingdom
Name: Hebe
Namesake: Hebe
Owner: Cheesewright[1]
Launched: 1809
Captured: 16 December 1811
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 413,[2][3] or 414[1] (bm)
Complement: 25[2]
Armament:
  • 1810:12 × 6-pounder guns[2]
  • 1811:2 × 6-pounder guns + 12 × 9-pounder carronades[3]

She first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1809 with Richardson, master, Cheesewright, owner, and trade England–Demerara.[1]

Year Master Owner Trade Source
1811 Richardson
Brown
Cheesewright London–Demerara Register of Shipping

Captain William Brown acquired a letter of marque on 30 August 1810.[2]

On 16 December 1811 three privateers attacked Hebe as she was returning to London from Demerara. She was able to sink one before her attackers boarded and captured her. She suffered seven men killed and some wounded.[4]

Her entry in the Register of Shipping (RS) for 1812 carried the annotation "CAPTURED".[3] Lloyd's Register continued to carry her for five more years with stale data.

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