HMS Demerara (1804)
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HMS Demerara was the mercantile schooner Anna that the British Royal Navy purchased in 1804. A French privateer captured her that same year and Demerara became the French privateer Hebe. She had an unsuccessful single-ship action in 1806. The Royal Navy recaptured her and she returned to service that year as HMS Anna. She was broken up in 1809.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Anna |
Fate | Sold 1804 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Demerara |
Acquired | 1804 by purchase |
Fate | Captured July 1804 |
France | |
Name | Hebe |
Acquired | 1804 by capture |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Anna |
Acquired | 1806 by capture |
Fate | Broken up 1809 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Tons burthen | 106 (bm) |
Length | 72 ft 8 in (22.1 m) |
Beam | 18 ft 8 in (5.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Complement | 55 |
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