HMS Barbara ( 1806 ) HMS " Barbara " was an " Adonis " class schooner of the Royal Navy and launched in 1806 . A French privateer captured her in 1807 and she became the French privateer " Pératy " . The Royal Navy subsequently recaptured her in 1808 . She was paid off in June 1814 and sold in February 1815 . Career . " Barbara " was commissioned under the command of Lieutenant Edward A . D ' Arcey . On 17 September 1807 , " Barbara " , encountered the French privateer " Général - Ernouf " , which was under the command of a Captain Grassin . After a well - contested action of half an hour the French were able to board and capture her ; they then took her into Guadaloupe , where her new owners gave her the name " Pératy " , intending to use her as a privateer . Recapture . In July 1808 , the master of an American brig claimed the protection of a convoy from Jamaica , which the 64 - gun HMS " Veteran " was escorting . The American traveled with the convoy for part of its journey , but twenty four hours after leaving its protection , he betrayed the convoy ' s strength and course to the French . The French privateer cutter " Pératy " , under the command of M . Maurison , took up position in the convoy ' s path , hoping to capture some of the ships . surprised and captured the privateer after a chase lasting 24 hours . The privateer was found to be the former " Barbara " . The prize crew had sailed " Barbara " on to Charlestown , where she had been refitted . As " Pératy " , she had sailed again on 10 September , having been furnished with supplies and provisions for three months of raiding . " Pératy " was armed with twelve 18 - pounder carronades and had a crew of 80 men . A prize crew took " Pératy " to Halifax , where the Admiralty purchased her and took her back into service . Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren renamed her " Somers " , after Admiral Sir George Somers , but the Admiralty over - ruled the renaming and " Somers " s name reverted to " Barbara " . British service . In 1809 Lieutenant George Duncan took command and sailed " Barbara " on the North American station . His replacement , in 1812 , was Lieutenant William Douglas , who sailed her on the Downs station . In March 1812 Lieutenant James Morgan assumed command . He spent the rest of the year cruising of the north - west coast of Ireland , and then off Boulogne . At daybreak on 11 February 1813 , " Barbara " found herself some three miles from the Boulogne pier and near an anchored French lugger . Morgan sailed towards the lugger , which had 14 guns , with the aim of capturing her . The lugger immediately cut her cables and made to join six other luggers , each armed with eight to 14 guns . The French vessels opened fire , attempting to prevent " Barbara " s escape . " Barbara " returned fire and repulsed two attempts to board her . At 9 : 15 am , the French vessels , having sustained four men killed and 11 wounded , including two mortally , retreated . " Barbara " , though much shot up , had no casualties . The next day she drove a lugger ashore and destroyed it . The next month " Barbara " joined Admiral George Hope ' s squadron and with it sailed to the Baltic . This marked the start of a busy period for her . " Barbara " shared with in the capture of the " Neptune " on 11 February 1813 . A month later , on 13 April , " Barbara " was at Aalborg where she cut out of the anchorage a ship of 400 tons , two galliots , and a sloop , loaded with grain for the Norwegian market . She escaped with these prizes though nine Danish gunboats pursued her , fortunately never quite getting within range of their guns . Next she moved to the entrance of the Kattegat , where she spent several months skirmishing with Danish naval vessels and flying batteries on shore . On 18 June " Barbara " boarded and examined a licensed Danish merchantman while being fired on by three brigs of the Danish navy , and six gunboats . Then on 3 July near Fladstrand " Barbara " engaged in an inconclusive engagement with the Danish praam " Norge " , which was supported by several other vessels . " Norge " , of 80 men , was armed with two 32 - pounder guns and six 18 - pounder carronades . The next day " Barbara " drove a sloop on shore near The Skaw . Later that month " Barbara " visited Flagstrand under a flag of truce and anchored near the " Norge " . Her captain remarked that now that he had had the opportunity to see " Barbara " more closely he knew how to deal with her in the future . Morgan received permission to replace two of her 18 - pounder carronades with two 6 - pounder bow chasers . The next month , on 11 August , 26 of " Barbara " s men in her boats landed on Great Grasholm island . There they destroyed a signal station and a battery of two guns . The Danes did not resist and so there were no casualties on either side . That same day " Barbara " again engaged " Norge " and some other vessels in another inconclusive action . Although " Barbara " only suffered one man wounded , she was badly damaged and had to put into Hawk roads , Gotenburg . While her crew was repairing her she took on so much water that she sank . Morgan was able to refloat her a few days later . " Barabara " again visited Flagstrand under a flag of truce . There he encountered an officer from " Norge " who reported that the last encounter with " Barbara " had cost " Norge " three men killed and six wounded . In the early evening of 6 October , Lieutenant Richard Banks of the gun - brig received intelligence that a Danish privateer of one gun was sailing towards an anchorage about four miles from Wingo Sound near Goteborg that English merchantmen were wont to use . " Forward " was in company with " Barbara " so when Banks set out in a boat with six or seven men , Morgan joined him in a boat with an equal handful . The British found the Dane at about 9 : 15 pm . The Danish vessel was armed with a howitzer and had a crew of 25 men . The British succeeded in capturing the vessel , killing five Danes and wounding the captain , a lieutenant , in their attack ; British losses consisted of two men killed and three wounded , including Morgan . Three days later , " Barbara " was in company of the privateer " Hawke " , of Hastings . Two gigs from " Hawke " captured the Danish privateer " Aalberg " and recaptured her prize near Laeso despite fire from the guns of three Danish gunboats and ten privateers . The recaptured vessel was the Prussian bark " Emma " . On 23 November " Barbara " captured the Danish brig " Wenskabet " . Four days later she captured the " Minerva " . Sometime thereafter " Barbara " returned to Britain . In her nine months in the Baltic , she captured or destroyed 2 , 544 tons ( bm ) of shipping , and captured 136 seamen . Fate . " Barbara " returned to Plymouth and was paid off in June 1814 . ( Morgan resigned his commission in July to return to Gotenburg to salvage what he could of his affairs following the bankruptcy of his prize agents there . ) " Barbara " was offered for sale at Woolwich on 9 February 1815 , and was sold on that day for £610 .