Английская Википедия:HMS Ferret (1806)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Ferret was a Royal Navy Шаблон:Sclass built by Benjamin Tanner at Dartmouth and launched in 1806, 19 months late.Шаблон:Sfnp She served on the Jamaica, Halifax, and Leith (North Sea) stations during which time she took three privateers as prizes before she was wrecked in 1813.
Service
She was commissioned in March 1806 under Commander George Cadogan. On 21 June he sailed for the Leeward Islands.[1] In early 1807 Lieutenant John Bowker may have briefly commanded Ferret before being promoted to commander and captain of Шаблон:HMS.[1]
Commander George Gustavus Lennock then took command of Ferret in Jamaica. On 23 August 1807, Ferret, in company with Шаблон:HMS, captured the French privateer schooner Mosquito, out of Santo Domingo.Шаблон:Sfnp She had eight guns and a crew of 58 men, and had been cruising for some time without success.[2]
Commander Samuel John Pechell took command of Ferret on 23 March 1808, on the Jamaica station. In April he sailed her for the Halifax station. On 16 June 1808, he received a promotion to post-captain.
From June 1808 she was under Commander Richard Walter Wales.Шаблон:Efn On 26 October Ferret chased a French privateer schooner for four hours before Ferret was able to take her. The schooner was named Becune, and she was armed with one long 9-pounder gun amidships and two carronades, and carried a crew of 38 men.[3] She was ten days out of Martinique and had made one capture.[4]Шаблон:Efn
In March 1809, Ferret and Шаблон:HMS captured three French schooners. They were June Rose (3 March), Rivals (12 March), and Duguay-Trouin (30 March).[5] Duguay Trouin was a letter of marque schooner. She was commissioned in April in the Royal Navy to carry eight guns. She then served in Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron as Шаблон:HMS.Шаблон:Sfnp
Between November 1811 and February 1812 Ferret underwent repairs at Portsmouth, with Commander Francis Alexander Halliday assuming command in December 1811.Шаблон:Sfnp
Fate
On 6 January 1813 Ferret left Leith and sailed for Portsmouth. The next evening she grounded and bilged near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea (Northumberland), due to the inattention and ignorance of her pilot.Шаблон:Sfnp The pilot, Robert Muckle, was barred from ever serving as a pilot again and was sentenced to three months in the Marshalsea prison. The court martial reprimanded the Master, Charles Lupton, for failing to keep track of her position and sentenced him to the loss of one year's seniority.Шаблон:Sfnp
Her crew was saved and ten days later she was abandoned as a wreck. One boat crew from Ferret took advantage of the opportunity to desert. A press gang picked up three of the deserters, who received sentences of 100 lashes on their bare backs with a cat o' nine tails.Шаблон:Sfnp
Notes
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References
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- Шаблон:WarshipHist
External links
Шаблон:Cruizer class brig-sloop Шаблон:1813 shipwrecks
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette.
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Gentleman's magazine and historical chronicle, Volume 79, Part 1, p.265.
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
