Hired armed lugger Venus

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His Majesty's hired armed lugger Venus, which was renamed Agnes in 1804, [1] served the British Royal Navy from 8 March 1804 until she foundered in the Texel in March 1806.

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She was of 6687⁄94 tons (bm), and her armament consisted of six 12-pounder carronades. [1] She had a crew of 23 men. [2] She served on a contract from 26 April March 1804 to 25 October 1806, [1] during which time the Admiralty paid £2017 12s per year for her hire. [2]

On 11 November 1804 Glatton, together with Eagle, Majestic, Princess of Orange, Raisonable, Africaine , Inspector, Beaver, and the hired armed cutters Swift and Agnes shared in the capture of Upstalsboom, H.L. De Haase, master. [lower-alpha 1]

Around early March 1806 Agnes sent into Yarmouth Amelia Sophia, Kahler, master, which had been sailing from Amsterdam to Bordeaux. [4]

Agnes was under the command of Lieutenant William Morgan when she foundered off the Texel. The date of her loss may be 4 March 1806, [1] or 28 March 1806. [5] The fate of her 30-man crew is unknown. [6]

Notes

  1. ↑ The prize money for an ordinary seaman was 10d. [3]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 Winfield (2008), p. 393.
  2. 1 2 "Answers" (1911) Mariner's Mirror. Vol. 1, №6, pp.187-8.
  3. ↑ "No. 16322". The London Gazette . 5 December 1809. p. 1960.
  4. ↑ Lloyd's List 4 March 1806, №4302.
  5. ↑ Hepper (1994), p. 113.
  6. ↑ Grocott (1997), p. 212.

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