MARITIME HISTORY 



SAVAGE (sloop), 302 tons, 14 guns; built at Ipswich 1778. Services: C. and C. 1778; 

 W.I. 1779-80 (c. Thos. Graves); N.A. 1781 (c. Chas. Stirling), taken by the American ship 

 Congress in Sept. 33 k. and w., retaken immediately afterwards, with the Congress, by H.M.S. Solebay ; 

 N.A. 1782 (c. Edw. Crawley) ; C. and C. 1783 and P.O. ; C. and C. 1786 (c. R. R. Burgess), 

 1787-90 (c. J. Dickinson), 1791 (c. P. Frazer), 1792 (c. Alex. Fearon), 1793 (c. A. Fraser), took 

 Custine, 8, on 24 Feb. 1793 ; Downs Station 1794-1802 (c. Geo. Winckworth, N. Thompson, and 

 W. H. Webley). H.S. Woolwich, 1804-5. Sold 1805. 



CHAMPION (6th rate), 518 tons, 24 guns ; built at Ipswich 1779. Services: Ch. 1779-80 

 (c. C. P. Hamilton) ; W.I. 1781-4 (c. T. Wells and A. Hood), present at Sir Sam. Hood's action 

 with de Grasse at St. Kitts, 25-7 Jan. 1782, and at Rodney's victory of 12 April, 1782, took 

 Ceres, 1 6, on 19 April, 1782 ; C. and C. 1786-90 (c. Wm. Domett and S. Edwards) ; C. and C. 

 1796-9 (c. Hen. Raper and G. E. Hammond), present at Sir Home Popham's attempt on 

 Ostend, 19 May, 1 796, took Anacreon, 1 6, on 26 June, 1799; Med. 1800-2 (c. Lord Wm. 

 Stewart), retook H.M.S. Bulldog, 18, on 16 Sept. 1802 ; N.S. 1803-5(0 R. H. Bromley), 

 engaged batteries off Ostend, 23 July, 1805, when 5 k. and w. ; N.A. 1806; Ch. 1807-8 

 {c. K. Mackenzie and J. C. Crawford); C. and C. 1809 (c. R. Henderson). R.S. Sheerness, 

 1810-16. Sold 1816. 



SPITFIRE (sloop), 421 tons, 16 guns; built at Ipswich 1782. Services: As fireship, Ch. 

 1782 (c. Robt. Mayston) ; Nore, 1783 ; Ch. 1790-1 (c. R. Watson and T. Fremantle). As 

 sloop, C. and C. 1792 (c. J. Woodley), 1793 (c. P. C. Durham), on 13 Feb. took LAfrique, 

 1794 (c. J. Cook), 1795-6 (c. A. Morris), 1797-1801 (c. M. Seymour), 1802-3 ( c - Robt. Keen), 

 took Les Bans Amis, 6, on 2 April, 1797, UAimable Manet, 14, on I May, 1797, Wilding, 14, 

 on 28 Dec. 1798, Resolve, 14, on 31 March. 1799, Heureux Sodete, 14, on 17 April, 1800, 

 Heureux Courier, 14, on 19 June, 1800; Ireland 1804; N.S. 1806 (c. H. S. Butt); Leitli 

 Station, 1808-10 (c. J. Ellis); C. and C. 1811-14. Convict H.S. Portsmouth, 1818-20. 

 Sold 1823. 



MEG^ERA (fireship), 425 tons, 14 guns; built at Ipswich 1783. Services: Ch. 1794-5 

 (c. Hen. Blackwood), 1796 (c. A. C. Dickson), 1797-8 (c. G. J. Shirley), 1799 (c. Geo. White), 

 1800-2 (c. H. West); N.S. 1804-5. Sold 1817. 



CRUISER (sloop), 384 tons, i8,guns; built at Ipswich 1797. Services: N.S. 1798-1800 

 (c. Chas. Wollaston), took Jupiter, 8, 27 April, 1798, Deux Freres, 14,011 21 May, 1799, 

 Courageux, 14, on 13 July, 1799, Perseverant, 14, on 23 March, 1800, Filibustier, 14, on 25 March, 

 1800 ; Copenhagen, 1801 (c. Jas. Brisbane); c. Brisbane sounded and laid down buoys in the 

 Middle Ground to replace those removed by the Danes and was commended by Nelson in his 

 official report ; N.S. 1802-6 (c. John Hancock), took Contre-amiral Magon, 17, on 1 8 Oct. 1804, 

 Vengeur, 14, on 13 Nov. 1805 ; Copenhagen, 1807 (c. P. Stoddart), action with Danish flotilla 

 on 22 Aug., took Jena, 16, on 6 Jan., took Brave, 16, and recaptured two merchantmen on 

 26 Jan. ; Baltic, 1808-12 (c. G. C. Mackenzie) ; N.S. 1813-14. Sold by A.O. of i Dec. 

 1818. See also ante, p. 243. 



DARING (gunbrig), 177 tons, 12 guns; built at Ipswich 1804. Services: N.S. 1808-10; 

 west coast of Africa (Lt. W. R. Pascoe), 1812-13. Destroyed I Feb. 1813, to prevent capture by 

 the enemy. 



IMOGEN (sloop), 282 tons, 16 guns; built at Ipswich 1805. Services: Med. 1806-13; 

 Irish Station 1814. Sold 1817. 



ORESTES (sloop), 280 tons, 16 guns ; built at Ipswich 1805. Services : C. and C. 1805-14 

 (c. Hon. G. Powletc and J. R. Lapenotiere) ; took La Dorade, 10, on 9 May, and Loup Garou, 1 6, 

 on 27 Oct. 1810. Sold 1817. 



HEARTY (gunbrig), 183 tons, 12 guns; built at Ipswich 1805. Services: Ch. 1805-6; 

 Portsmouth Station 1807-8 ; Baltic 1809; N.S. 1810-14. Sold 1816. 



JULIA (sloop), 248 tons, IO guns; built at Ipswich 1806. Services: C. and C. 1806-7 

 (c. Robt. Yarker) ; W.I. 1808-11 (c. Chas. Kerr and Robt. Dowers) ; N.A. 1812. Wrecked 

 off Tristan d'Acunha, 2 Oct. 1817 ; 55 men drowned. 



SAPPHO (sloop), 384 tons, 10 guns; built at Ipswich 1806. Services: Copenhagen and N.S. 

 1807-8 (c. Geo. Langford), took the (Danish) Admiral Yawl, 28, 2 March, 1808 ; W.I. 1808-14 

 (c. Wm. Charlton and T. Graves). 



PEACOCK (sloop), 386 tons, 18 guns ; built at Ipswich 1807. Services: C. and C. 1807-8 

 (c. Wm. Peake) ; N.S. 1809-11 ; C. and C. 1812 ; W.I. 1813. Taken and sunk by U.S. man- 

 of-war Hornet, 2O, on 24 Feb. 1813 ; the Peacock lost nine men drowned and thirty-eight k. and 

 w. including c. Peake, killed. The Hornet lost one man killed and two wounded. The Peacock 

 had long won the admiration of lady visitors by the 'spit and polish' resplendence of her get-up. 

 The guns were kept brillantly polished but apparently the gunnery left much to be desired. 



BARRACOUTA (sloop), 385 tons, 18 guns; built at Ipswich 1807. Services: E.I. 1808-14 

 (c. Geo. Harris, Wm. Wells, and Sam. Leslie). Sold 1815. 



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