HMS Halstarr (1807)
HMS Halstarr was the Dutch frigate Kenau Hasselar (or Kenau Hasselaar), launched in 1800 that the British captured at Curaçao in 1807. The Royal Navy took her into service but the Admiralty sold her for breaking up in 1809.
The capture of Curaçao, depicted by Thomas Whitcombe | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Batavian Republic | |
| Name | Kenau Hasselaar |
| Namesake | Kenau Simonsdochter Hasselaer: a Dutch 16th Century heroine during the Siege of Haarlem |
| Builder | P. Glavimans, Rotterdam |
| Launched | 1800 |
| Captured | 1 January 1807 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Halstarr |
| Acquired | 1 January 1807 by capture |
| Fate | Broken up 1809 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | brig |
| Tons burthen | 850 (bm; est.) |
| Length | 145' (Amsterdam feet) |
| Beam | 40' |
| Depth of hold | 15' |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Armament | 32 guns |
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