Because of their large size and inability to manoeuvre quickly, Royal Navy vessels such as La Hogue patrolled further offshore than craft like the nimble little Liverpool Packet, which became a plague to American coastal shipping.
Date: 1813
Reference: Nova Scotia Archives Newspapers: Acadian Recorder 1 March 1813 page 3
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