Havik (1808 ship)

For the Dutch ship captured during the capitulation of Saldanha Bay, see Dutch sloop Havik (1784).

History
Kingdom of Holland
NameHavik
BuilderBatavia
Launched1808
CapturedFebruary 1810
United Kingdom
NamePeter Proctor
Launched1810 by purchase of a prize
FateLast listed 1845
General characteristics
Tons burthen200–250 (est.), or 264, or 267 (bm)
Sail planSnow
Armament
  • Havik: 6 × 3-pounder guns + 2 × 1-pounder swivel guns
  • Peter Proctor: 10 × 6-pounder + 2 × 12-pounder carronades

Havik was an 8-gun snow of the navy of the Kingdom of Holland built in Batavia, Dutch East Indies in either 1808 or 1809. Dutch colonial authorities purchased her and had her fitted out for naval service in 1809; she then sailed to the Atlantic Ocean. The Royal Navy captured her in 1810. She then sailed to Britain where her new civilian owners named her Peter Proctor, after the British lieutenant who captured her. She traded widely and was last listed in 1845. She brought the first group of coolies from India to Australia in 1837.


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