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Ballahou, 1804
Type: Schooner ; Armament 4
Launched : 1804 ;
Disposal date or year : 29 Apr 1814
Disposal Details : Captured by the American privateer Perry, off the coast of the United States. Lieut Norfolk King
Notes:
1804 Built at Bermuda of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, from 75 to 78 tons ; mount four 12-pounder carronades, with a crew of 20 men and boys.
May 1805 Halifax Station
1808 a less than complimentary comment on this type of vessel, which, although built in 1804, is included by William James in the volume for 1808, presumably as a result of the experiences of those who had sailed them.
3 Jul 1808 whilst cruising with a small squadron between the islands of Anguille and St.-Martin, attempted an attack on the Island of St.-Martin, with a view to reducing the number of havens available to French privateers, but unfortunately the opposition proved stronger than intelligence suggested.
29 Apr 1814 Taken by the US privateer schooner Perry.
Balmeade/Balmeadie, 1915
Type: Trawler ; Armament: unarmed
Requisitioned as Admiralty Minesweeper : Nov 1914 ? ;
Notes:
24 Apr 1915 swept Xeros Bay, close to peninsula - see p 14 www.naval-review.org/issues/1918.pdf.
24 Apr 1915 sinking fast ; been struck by transport's propeller whilst dodging shell ; run aground, water over her engineroom, total loss.