HMS Highflyer (1813)

History
United States
Name	Highflyer
Launched	1811
Fate	Captured by HMS Poictiers on 9 January 1813, commissioned as HMS Highflyer.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Highflyer
Commissioned	1813
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "April & May Boat Service 1813"[1]
Fate	Captured by USS President on 23 September 1813; not taken into service.
General characteristics [2]
Type	Schooner
Tons burthen	14441⁄94 (bm); 138 by American calculation
Length	80 ft 0 in (24.4 m) (overall); 67 ft 10+5⁄8 in (20.7 m) (overall)
Beam	18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Depth of hold	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Propulsion	Sail
Complement	72
Armament	As privateer: 1 × 12-pounder long gun + 4 × 9-pounder carronades British service: 8 cannons

HMS Highflyer was originally an American privateer schooner built in 1811. As a privateer she took several British vessels as prizes. The Royal Navy captured her in 1813. She then participated in several raids on the Chesapeake and coastal Virginia before the Americans recaptured her later in 1813.