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Highflyer, 1813
Type: Cutter / Schooner ; Armament 8
Taken : 9 Jan 1813 by the Poictiers, ; Disposal date or year : 23 Sep 1813
Disposal Details : Captured by the American frigate, President, off Nantucket. Lieut Wm. Hutchinson
Notes:

28 Apr 1813 the brigs Fantome and Mohawk, and the tenders Dolphin, Racer, and Highflyer sent up the river Elk to Frenchtown with Royal Marines who destroyed military supplies and provisions stored there and else where in the area, and also purchased provisions for the squadron from the locals.

11-13 Jul 1813 a part of a squadron bringing troops to take Ocracoke, on the North-Carolina coast, during which the Atlas and the Anaconda, both letters of marque, were captured and subsequently taken into the Service, the Anaconda, by her own name, and the Atlas, by the name of St.-Lawrence.

14 Sep 1813, Highflyer arrived Halifax, with the squadron from the Chesapeake.

23 Sep 1813 the US frigate President captured 5-gun schooner Highflyer, tender to the San-Domingo.

28 Sep 1813, is reported to have arrived Newport, R.S., with Com. Rodgers, per Acadian Recorder, 9 October 1813.