Английская Википедия:Fowey (1798 ship)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsFowey was launched in 1798. She spent a little more than a year-and-a-half as a hired armed cutter for the British Royal Navy. She was sold in 1800 and became a privateer. Her fate after 1804 is currently obscure.
Hired armed cutter
His Majesty's hired armed cutter Fowey served under contract from 10 November 1798 until 20 June 1800.Шаблон:Sfnp During this period she captured, alone or with others, a number of merchant vessels.
On 8 July 1799 the Portuguese schooner Teijo, of Lisbon, came into Plymouth. She had been sailing from Bristol to Lisbon when the French privateer Vengeance had captured her on 1 July. Fowey, Lieutenant Derby, recaptured Teijo on 3 July.[1] Fowey, Lieutenant John Darby, had recaptured Friends on 17 June, and Teijo on 2 July.[2] On 17 July the Bristol underwriters and shippers on Tejo wrote a letter of appreciation for Lieutenant Derby's initiative in her recapture.[3]
On 12 July the sloop Goodwill came into Cork. She had been sailing from Waterford to Lisbon when she was taken.Fowey had recaptured her.[4]
On 23 July Juno, of Stettin, Joachim Frederick Rogerson, came into Plymouth. She had been sailing from Dantzig to Nantes with a cargo of time when Fowey, Lieutenant Darby, detained her.[5][6] The capture took place off the Eddystone.
On 12 October Two Friends, J. Schmid, master, came into Plymouth. She had been sailing from Havana to Altona when Fowey captured her.[7] Two Friends had been carrying a cargo of cotton, sugar, and coffee. The vessel was Danish, but the cargo was suspected of being Spanish.[8]
Fowey was one of the seven Royal Navy vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of a French sloop on 25 November, and a French brig on 28 November.[9]
Privateer
Fowey was offered for sale at Plymouth on 12 July 1800. The advertisement noted that she was less than two years old, had been a hired armed cutter, and that she would make a good privateer.
Captain Christopher Parnall acquired a letter of marque on 24 February 1801.[10]
On 8 June 1803, Captain John Rowe acquired a letter of marque. By this time she had been converted to a brig.[10]
In August 1803, Lloyd's List reported that the Fowey privateer had taken Amité, which had been sailing from Newfoundland to Bordeaux, and sent her into Guernsey.[11]
In November, the Fowey privateer, of Guernsey, recaptured Flying Fish and sent her into Guernsey. Flying Fish, of Cork, had been sailing from Gibraltar to Cork when a French privateer had captured her.[12]
Citations
References
- ↑ "Business". Morning Post and Gazetteer (London, England), 11 July 1799; Issue 9520.
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ Naval Chronicle, Volume 3, p.39.
- ↑ "News". Whitehall Evening Post (1770) (London, England), July 13, 1799 - July 16, 1799; Issue 8109.
- ↑ "Business". Evening Mail (London, England), July 24, 1799 - July 26, 1799.
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ "News". Lloyd's Evening Post (London, England), October 11, 1799 - October 14, 1799; Issue 6573.
- ↑ "News". Bell's Weekly Messenger (London, England), 13 October 1799; Issue 181.
- ↑ Шаблон:London Gazette
- ↑ 10,0 10,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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