| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Builder | Yarmouth, Nova Scotia |
| Launched | 1802 |
| Fate | Condemned January 1811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 174, or 175 (bm) |
| Armament | 4 × 4-pounder guns + 8 × 12-pounder carronades |
Recovery was launched at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1802. She transferred her registry to Quebec City, Quebec in 1806, and to London in 1807. [1] She traded to the Cape of Good Hope and the West Indies. In January 1812 she was condemned at Nevis after she had sustained damage at sea.
Recovery first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1807. [2]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1807 | Alexander | A.Grigg | London–Cape of Good Hope | LR |
| 1810 | Alexander Clark | A.Grigg | London–Curacoa | LR; thorough repair 1809 |
She arrived in the Thames on 17 April 1809, having come from Curacoa. On the 14th, off Beachy Head, she had encountered two French privateer luggers, each of about 100 men, and repulsed them after an engagement of an hour and a half. [3]
On 21 October 1809 she was returning to Portsmouth from Corruna when she saw a French privateer lugger capture two merchant vessels off the Isles of Scilly. [4]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source & notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1811 | Clark | A.Grigg | London–Trinidad | LR; thorough repair 1809 |
On 19 January 1811 Recovery, Clark, master, sailed from Nevis. She met with considerable damage shortly thereafter and had to put back into Nevis, where she was to unload. [5] She was condemned at Nevis. [6] The volume of LR for 1812 carried the annotation "Condemned".
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