Sir Sidney Smith (1799 ship)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svgGreat Britain
NameSir Sidney Smith
NamesakeAdmiral Sidney Smith
LaunchedFrance
Acquired1799 as a prize
In service12 October 1799
Out of service13 October 1801
Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svgUnited Kingdom
NameSir Sidney Smith
Acquired1801 by purchase
FateLast listed in 1814
General characteristics [1]
Tons burthen15131⁄94, or 160, [2] or 166 (bm)
Armament
  • Royal Navy: 12 × 12-pounder carronades
  • Mercantile service: 2 × 4-pounder guns

Sir Sidney Smith (or Sidney Smith, or Sir Sydney Smith) was a French vessel taken in prize in 1799. She served the Royal Navy for two years during the French Revolutionary Wars as a hired armed schooner. She then became a merchantman, sailing to the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and the West Indies. She was last listed in 1814.

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Career

Sir Sydney Smith's contract with the Royal Navy lasted from 12 October 1799 to 13 October 1801 AD. [1]

She brought a convoy into Plymouth on 15 October 1799. [3]

On 10 May 1801 she arrived at Plymouth from Jamaica. Then, on 24 May, while under the command of Lieutenant C. Patey (or Paty or Paloy), she sailed from Plymouth with dispatches for Egypt. [4] On her voyage she stopped at Oporto, and returned to Portsmouth on 3 July.On 16 July a storm at Portsmouth caused extensive damage to her. [5]

On 9 October, Sir Sidney Smith, Petrie, master, arrived at Falmouth from Egypt.

Because Sir Sidney Smith had served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801 AD), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 AD to all surviving claimants. [6]

After the navy ended Sir Sidney Smith's contract, she appeared in the 1801 volume of Lloyd's Register (LR). The entry described her as a ship of 160 tons (bm) that had been raised and received a new deck in 1801. The register also described her as a French prize. [2]

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1801S.PartridgeWhiteLondon–FalmouthLR; raised and new deck 1801
1801PartridgeWhiteLondon–Falmouth
Liverpool–Newfoundland		LR; raised and new deck 1801

In March 1802 Lloyd's List reported that Sir Sidney Smith, Partridge, master, had arrived at Venice, from London. By July she had arrived at Hoylake from Patras.

On 2 December 1803 Sir Sidney Smith was reported to have to have arrived at Portsmouth from Memel.

YearMasterOwnerTradeSource & notes
1806Partridge
C.Liddle		WhiteLiverpool–Newfoundland
London–Demerara		LR; raised and new deck 1801
1809C.Liddle
Coffery (or Caffry)		WhiteLondon–DemeraraLR; raised and new deck 1801

Later, her trade became London–Hayti.

Citations

  1. 1 2 Winfield (2008), p. 390.
  2. 1 2 LR (1801), "S" supple. pages.
  3. ↑ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 4, p.341.
  4. ↑ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 5, p.462.
  5. ↑ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4169. 17 July 1801. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735020 . Retrieved 20 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "No. 21077". The London Gazette . 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

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