HMS Columbine (1806)
Columbine
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Name | HMS Columbine |
Ordered | 12 November 1805 |
Builder | Balthazar & Edward Admas, Bucklers Hard |
Laid down | January 1806 |
Launched | 16 July 1806 |
Commissioned | August 1806 |
Fate | Wrecked 1824 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | brig-sloop |
Tons burthen | 385 85⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 30 ft 8 in (9.3 m) |
Depth of hold | 12 ft 10 in (3.9 m) |
Sail plan | Brig rigged |
Complement | 121 |
Armament |
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HMS Columbine was a
Career
Commander James Bradshaw commissioned Columbine in August 1806. He then sailed for Halifax on 6 April 1807.[1] In early July Columbine brought to Halifax dispatches concerning the Chesapeake–Leopard affair, which had transpired on 22 June.[2]
Lieutenant George Hills received promotion to commander and command of Columbine on 20 April 1808, replacing Bradshaw.[1]
A mutiny occurred on board Columbine, on 1 August 1809, off St Andrews, New Brunswick.
In July Commander James Collins recommissioned Columbine. He then sailed her for the Mediterranean on 18 September. On 21 October 1810 he received promotion to
On 4 June 1811, near Saint Lucar, Columbine's boats captured a French naval settee, armed with two howitzers and six swivel guns, carrying a crew of 42 men.[7] The settee was Guadalquiver.[8]
Lieutenant
Admiral
In November 1811, Commander Richard H. Muddle replaced Shepheard. Under Muddle, Columbine spent 1812 and 1813 on the Portuguese coast.[1]
On 11 August 1812, Columbine detained the American ship Louisa, which was condemned as a "droit of the Crown".[a]
On 14 April 1813, Columbine recaptured Active,[13] and shared the capture with Magicienne.[b]
In 1814 Columbine, was on the West Indies station. At some point she and the frigate Ister captured the slaver Atrivedo, Catellanos, master. Atrivedo had sailed from Barbados to Guadeloupe. The seizure resulted in the rescue of 90 male slaves, 71 women, and 111 children.[15]
On 16 March Columbine was in the
On 8 March 1813 Columbine was in sight and approaching when Barbados captured the American privateer Avon.
Post-war
Between November 1818 and January 1820, Columbine underwent repairs at Plymouth. Then between April and September 1823 she underwent fitting there for sea duty. Commander the Honourable Charles Abbot commissioned her in September, and later sailed her for the Mediterranean, where she operated off the west coast of Greece.[1]
Columbine destroyed a pirate vessel on 26 November 1823, after removing the pirate's 25-man crew. At some point Columbine captured another pirate vessel that was sold at Carigo.[c] In November 1827 bounty money for the captured men and prize money for the vessel was due for payment.[d]
Loss
On 25 January 1824, Columbine wrecked on Sapientza Island, which is off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, near the city of Methóni. She had sailed from Corfu on 15 January and had arrived at the island on 19 January. Abbott initially went on shore to conduct a survey of the harbour and anchored her off Port Longue. On the night of the 24th, the weather worsened and her single anchor did not hold her securely, with the result that she drove onto a reef and foundered. Almost all her crew survived, having clambered onto the rocks; two crew members were lost. The subsequent court martial reprimanded Abbott and the master, James Atkinson, for having used only one anchor and for not having prepared for the eventuality of bad weather.[19]
Another account reports that The Turkish garrison at Modon, though itself ill-provisioned, sent supplies that permitted the crew to subsist until Alacrity could retrieve them.[20]
Notes
- d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £2 2s 1+1⁄2d.[12]
- ^ For the crew of Magicienne, a first-class share of the proceeds was worth £60 9s 9+1⁄2d; a sixth-class share was worth 16s 6+1⁄2d. The prize money notice stated that Columbine's crew had already been paid, and overpaid at that.[14]
- Cythera.
- ^ A first-class share was worth £52 1s 9+1⁄4d; a sixth-class share was worth 12s 3+3⁄4d.[18]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2008), pp. 295.
- ^ "Documents Relating to the War of 1812". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- ^ a b Akins (1895), p. 144.
- ^ a b Gwyn (2004), pp. 123–4.
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine, September 1850, Part 2, p.326.
- A Naval Biographical Dictionary. London: John Murray.
- ^ "No. 16501". The London Gazette. 2 July 1811. p. 1223.
- ^ "No. 16556". The London Gazette. 28 December 1811. p. 2506.
- ^ a b Marshall (1829), p. 26.
- ^ "No. 16530". The London Gazette. 12 October 1811. p. 1993.
- ^ "No. 16527". The London Gazette. 2 November 1811. p. 2117.
- ^ "No. 17348". The London Gazette. 11 April 1818. p. 644.
- ^ "No. 17240". The London Gazette. 15 April 1817. p. 916.
- ^ "No. 17245". The London Gazette. 26 April 1817. pp. 1009–1010.
- ^ "A return of all vessels engaged in the slave trade and detained by his Majesty's Cruisers". Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 17, p.306, (1818). H.M. Stationery Office.
- . Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Maclay (2004), p. 444.
- ^ "No. 18415". The London Gazette. 16 November 1827. p. 2370.
- ^ Hepper (2023), p. 319.
- ^ Green (1827), pp. 167–9.
References
- Akins, Dr. Thomas B. (1895). History of Halifax City. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Gwyn, Joan (2004). Frigates and Foremasts: The North American Squadron in Nova Scotia Waters, 1745–1815. UBC Press. ISBN 9780774809115.
- Green, Philip James (1827). Sketches of the war in Greece, extracts from correspondence, with notes by R. L. Green.
- Hepper, David J. (2023). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1649-1860. Seaforth. ISBN 9781399031028.
- Maclay, Edgar Stanton (2004) [1899]. A History of American Privateers. New York: D. Appleton.
- Marshall, John (1829). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. sup, part 3. London: Longman and company.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
External links
- Media related to HMS Columbine (ship, 1806) at Wikimedia Commons