HMS Halifax (1797)

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.

French privateer

''Marie'' was a privateer brig from an unknown home port in the Caribbean.

, Captain Charles Stirling, captured the French privateer brig ''Marie'' off Belle Isle on 21 November 1797. ''Marie'' was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 60 men.

Royal Navy

''Marie'' arrived in Plymouth on 8 December 1797 and was laid up. Between December 1801 and July 1801 she underwent fitting for sea. The Admiralty initially named her HMS ''Mary'', but renamed her HMS ''Halifax'' prior to her commissioning.

Lieutenant J. Scott commissioned ''Halifax'' in 1801. On 22 November it was reported at Plymouth that ''Halifax'', Lieutenant J. Scott, had departed for Bantry Bay on 1 November, but had not arrived there by the 12th. As she had been out in the hurricanes on 1 and 2 November it was feared that she might have been lost.''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 6, p.432, She was deleted from the Navy list that same year.

Mercantile service

''Halifax'' was not lost but instead appeared in the ''Register of Shipping'' (''RS'') in 1802. The entry described her as a prize taken in 1797, and reported that she had undergone repairs in 1801.''RS'' (1802), seq.No.H19.
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Fate

''Halifax'' was last listed in ''Lloyd's Register'' in 1808.

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1790s ships
Privateer ships of France
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Brigs of the Royal Navy
Age of Sail merchant ships of England