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at 38-guns. On 5 June 1807, he attacked a convoy of seventeen ships, sank three men-of-war, and captured fourteen other warships and store ships. He captured a privateer commanded by De Boissi, the
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was sold, for $ 9925, the other old warships remained as hulks in the Navy Bay or "in frame" on the stocks on Point
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in June 1806, serving initially off the French coast and then in the
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and his wife Lady Sarah. During his later time in Canada Barrie considered the possibility of a seat on the executive councils of the
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