As a part of a squadron under the command of Sir James BrisbanePembroke, in company with Alcmene and Aigle, on 11 April 1814 captured Fortune, Notre Dame de Leusainte, and a settee of unknown name, at Fort Maurigio, in the Gulf of Genoa, near Monaco. The squadron silenced the fort's guns, and attacked 20 vessels; 4 were captured, and the cargoes of another 15 taken off ships whose crews scuttled them.[3][4][5][Note 1]
In 1836 Pembroke formed part of an experimental squadron, which were groups of ships sent out in the 1830s and 1840s to test new techniques of ship design, armament, building, and propulsion. In March 1837, she was driven ashore at Gibraltar, but she later was refloated with assistance from the French steamshipMinos.[7][8]
Pembroke was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855.[1] On 16 September 1857, she ran down and sank the British brigLady Sale off the Isle of May.[9] The Admiralty Court found Pembroke to blame for the collision.[10] She was transferred to the Coastguard in 1858, and used as a base ship from 1887. She was renamed HMS Forte as a receiving hulk in 1890, and was eventually sold out of the navy in 1905.[1]
Squadron under the command of Sir J Brisbane attacking Fort Maurigio 1814HMS Pembroke in a squall, 12 April 1839
Notes
↑ A first-class share of the prize money was worth £95 4s 0d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 12s 7d.[6]
↑ Clarke, James Stanier; McArthur, John (1814). "Naval History of the present year, 1814". The Naval Chronicle: Volume 31, January-July 1814: Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects, Volume 31 (Reprint 2010ed.). Cambridge University Press. p.506. ISBN9781108018708. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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