Hussaren (1808 ship)
Hussarens origins are obscure. She was taken in prize in 1805, probably as Houseren, and renamed to Hussaren in 1808. She was wrecked in 1828. Career The Prize Court condemned Hussaren on 16 December 1805, and she was then sold. One source states that she was built in France. However, she first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in the volume for 1805 as the Danish vessel Houseren. Lloyd's Register for 1809 had the first listing for Hussaren, while continuing the listing for Housaren. Houseren first appeared in the volume of the Register of Shipping (RS) for 1809 with the same information as that in Lloyd's Register. Both registers continued to carry the two names, with unchanging data, for some years. Captain John McFarlane acquired a letter of marque on 20 September 1808. Lloyds List reported in October 1809 that , M'Farlane, master, had come into Halifax, Nova Scotia in distress, having seven feet of water in her hold. She was on her way from the Clyde to St Thomas. On 25 December 1810, Hussaren, M'Falane, master, was coming back to England from St Thomas when she ran on shore near Sheerness. She was got off with the loss of an