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Magpie, 1806
Type: Schooner ; Armament 4
Launched : 1806 ;
Disposal date or year : 19 Feb 1807
Disposal Details : Captured at Perros, where she was driven through stress of weather. Lieut Edward Johnson
Notes:
1806 Built in England of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, from 75 to 78 tons ; mount four 12-pounder carronades, with a crew of 20 men and boys.
1808 a less than complimentary comment on this type of vessel, which, although built in 1806, is included by William James in the volume for 1808, presumably in the light of the experiences of those who had sailed them, and the results achieved or otherwise.
21 Feb 1809 following capture was taken into French naval service.