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Saracen, 1812
Type: Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1812 ; Disposal date or year : 1819
BM: 382 tons
Notes:

1812 Channel Station (Captain K. L. A. Harper).

Portsmouth 22 Sep 1812 Sailed for the Downs.

23 Sep 1812 captured the French privateer Courier.

Portsmouth 23 Sep 1812 Arrived at Spithead, from off Beachy-Head, with a French privateer.

Falmouth 10 Nov 1812 Arrived from Portsmouth ; gives instructions to the outward-bound Mediterranean and Portugal convoy.

Falmouth 17 Nov 1812 Sailed with the Mediterranean convoy, with a fine breeze, from the N. E.

1813-14 Mediterranean.

17 Jun 1813 the ship's boats of the Saracen involved in an action on the island of Zapano.

12-13 Oct 1813 Bacchante and Saracen involved in actions in the region of the port of Cattaro.

5 Jan 1814 the fortress of Cattaro, in the Adriatic, surrendered to the Bacchante and Saracen,.

28 Jan 1814 the fortress of Ragusa surrendered to the Bacchante and Saracen, and British and Austrian troops besieging the fortress.

Halifax 17 Sep 1814 Arrived from Newfoundland.