[1] On Thursday 21st inst launched off the stocks at Mr Isaac Skinner's shipyard his Majesty's Schooner "Haddock".

The above schooner is said (by every merchant and shipbuilder) to be the completest vessel ever built in BermudaHaddock only sailed for some three to four years before the French captured and sank her in 1809 near the English Channel.

[7] On 12 November 1809 the 18-gun French brig Génie captured Haddock, which was under the command of Lieutenant Henry Edwards.

[8][d] Haddock was on her way from Jamaica with dispatches,[9] when at 1:30pm she sighted a brig that began to give chase.

In her attempt to escape, Haddock threw her guns, shot and stores overboard.

[11] Lloyd's List gives the approximate location as 48°56′N 16°0′W / 48.933°N 16.000°W / 48.933; -16.000,[9] which would put the capture in the Atlantic.