HMS Zephyr (1809)

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Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
NameHMS Zephyr
Ordered9 June 1808
Builder Portsmouth Dockyard (M/s Nicholas Diddams) [1]
Laid downOctober 1808
Launched24 September 1809
FateSold 29 January 1818
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Crocus-class brig-sloop
Type Brig-sloop
Tons burthen2536⁄94 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 92 ft 5 in (28.2 m)
  • Keel: 73 ft 2 in (22.3 m)
Beam25 ft 6 in (7.8 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail plan Brig rigged
Complement86
Armament2 × 6-pounder bow chasers + 12 × 24-pounder carronades

HMS Zephyr was a 14-gun Crocus-class brig of the Royal Navy built by Nicholas Diddams at Portsmouth Dockyard and launched there in 1809. During her service she captured two armed vessels. The Navy sold her in 1818 for breaking up.

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Career

Commander Francis George Dickins, commissioned Zephyr for the Downs and Channel station in June 1809. [1]

Shortly after midnight on 15 November 1810 HMS Phipps captured the French privateer lugger Barbier de Seville. At daylight Zephyr, came up. Zephyr assisted with the removal of the prisoners. [2]

Zephyr was in sight on 3 February 1811 when HMS Royalist and Castilian captured the privateer lugger Braconnier. [lower-alpha 1]

On 8 February 1811 Zephyr captured the French lugger privateer Victoire, of 16 guns and 68 men. [4] Lloyd's List reported Victoire of 16 guns and 80 men, was from Dieppe, and that Zephyr had taken her into the Downs. [5] Victoire had captured Mary, which had been returning to London from Surinam prior to herself being captured. [6] [lower-alpha 2]

Commander Thomas Cuthbert Hichens was appointed to command of Zephyr on 3 August 1811. On 10 December 1812 Zephyr captured the United States letter of marque schooner Antelope, of 10 guns and 32 men. Antelope had been bound to Bordeaux with a cargo from New York. [8] Antelope arrived at Falmouth on 19 December. [9]

Commander Hichens was promoted to post captain in 7 June 1814. [8] Captain Richard Creyke recommissioned Zephyr in July on the Portsmouth station. [1] He was promoted to post captain on 19 December.

Commander George F. Rich recommissioned her in December. He sailed Zephyr to Saint Helena. [1] She returned to Plymouth on 28 September. She was paid off in June 1816. [1]

Commander John Cook Carpenter commanded Zephyrin 1817.

Fate

The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered Zephyr for sale on 5 June 1817 at Plymouth. [10] She finally sold on 29 January 1818 to Thomas Pitman. for £820 for breaking up. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Braconnier, from Saint-Valery-en-Caux, was commissioned in January 1810 by Frédéric Follin with 50 men. [3]
  2. ↑ Victoire may have been a privateer from Saint-Valery-en-Caux (20 miles (32 km) west of Dieppe), commissioned in February 1810 under a captain Molleghem. Victoire did another cruise in 1810 under captain Piquendaire with 50 men, and two more between 1810 and 1811 under an unknown captain. [7]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Winfield (2008), p. 310.
  2. ↑ "No. 16426". The London Gazette . 17 November 1810. pp. 1841–1842.
  3. ↑ Demerliac (2003), p. 253, n°1877.
  4. ↑ "No. 16452". The London Gazette . 9 February 1811. p. 265.
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4536. 12 February 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920 . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4538. 19 February 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920 . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  7. ↑ Demerliac (2003), p. 254, 1880.
  8. 1 2 Marshall (1829), p. 314.
  9. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4730. 22 December 1812. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920 . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "No. 17253". The London Gazette . 24 May 1817. p. 1211.

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