HMS Egeria (1807)
![]() HM Ship Egeria, Capt Lewis Hole, with the Aalborg, Danish Cutter, a prize, in Tow, HM Brig Childers shewing her Nos 2 March 1809
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Name | HMS Egeria |
Ordered | 19 November 1805 |
Builder | Nicholas Bools & William Good, Bridport |
Launched | 31 October 1807 |
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Class and type | 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop |
Tons burthen | 42642⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 29 ft 9 in (9.1 m) |
Depth of hold | 9 ft 0+1⁄2 in (2.8 m) |
Sail plan | Ship |
Complement | 135 |
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HMS Egeria was a
Design
Service
In March 1808 Egeria was commissioned in Lieth, for the North Sea, and under Commander Fizowen Skinner. In May, Commander Lewis Hole replaced Skinner.[1]
On 21 December 1808, Egeria captured the Danish 10-gun privateer Noesois, Giermund S. Holme, Master, off
On 2 March 1809 Egeria captured the Danish 6-gun cutter Aalborg, after the
On 24 July Egeria captured the Danish vessel Jagten Nicolini (or Jagten Nicolene).[8] On 9 August Egeria recaptured the American ship Pompey.[9]
Six months later, on 5 February 1810, Egeria captured the Danish cargo vessels Rodefiord, Til Fredjchead, and Sechs Wenner.[10] On 23 October Egeria recaptured the Swedish brig Hoffnung.[11]
On 12 March 1811, Clio, with Egeria in company, captured the Danish brig Krabbes Minde.[12]
On 28 November 1811, Egeria captured the Christiansand.[13] Then two days later, Egeria left Leith to search for vessels from an inbound Baltic convoy. Early the following day, about 70 miles off St Abb's Head, she engaged and captured the Danish privateer cutter Alvor, of 70 tons. Alvor was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 38 men. She was 15 days out of North Bergen without having taken any prizes.[14]
Egeria, together with the
On 17 February 1812, Egeria captured the Danish ship Maria Bonaventura. Then a little over one month later, on 27 March, she captured the Caroline, the Falken and two vessels both named Einighed, while Plover was in sight.[18]
Post-war
In December 1816 Captain Robert Rowley recommissioned her for the Newfoundland Station.[1] In November 1819 Captain Henry Shiffner took command.[1] She sailed back to England bringing with her many of the officers and men of Sir Francis Drake, which remained on station in a reduced state. Egeria was paid off in January 1820.[1]
Captain John Toup Nicolas was captain of Egeria from 5 January 1820 until 1823,[19] at first at Newfoundland. There he served as a "naval surrogate" (judge), trying over 1000 cases.[15] In May 1822 he returned to England. Egeria first formed part of the royal squadron that escorted the king on his visit to Scotland. She then served on anti-smuggling patrol.[15]
On 3 and 4 October 1822, Egeria, under the command of John Toup Nicolas, picked up at sea some spirits, tea and tobacco. In June 1823 she received a reward for the recovery.[b]
In November Nicholas commanded a small squadron, consisting of Egeria, Nimrod, and the cutter Swan, on the Tyne where he subdued "a spirit of insubordination among the keelmen." He broke the strike by using the men of his squadron to man the keelboats and move the coal that had piled up out to the vessels that were waiting for it. Nicholas kept up the operation for six weeks. At one point Nicholas landed from his gig and seized six ringleaders who had been throwing stones and calling out insults. Eventually, he succeeded in talking with the strikers and agreed to take their complaints to the government himself if the grievances were justified. Shortly thereafter the strikers returned to work.[15] The government, the merchants and the corporation of Newcastle all thanked him for this service.[1][21]
Egeria was recommissioned in January 1823 under Captain Samuel Roberts,[22] and she sailed for Newfoundland and the West Indies.[19] She returned home and was paid off. Then, still under Roberts's command, she sailed for Cartagena and Mexico on 16 January 1825. She was carrying Colonel Campbell and Mr. Ward, His Majesty's commissioners, who had been tasked to take up their posts there and to negotiating treaties with Colombia and Mexico respectively. Egeria arrived at Vera Cruz on 11 March. She arrived back at Plymouth on 14 July 1825. She brought as passengers Mr. Morier, the previous British commissioner to Mexico, who brought news of the signing of a treaty between Mexico and the United Kingdom. She also brought two Mexican colonels, representatives of that government.
Fate
Egeria became a receiving ship at Devonport and then at Plymouth in June 1826.[1] The Admiralty lent her to the breakwater department at Plymouth on 16 December 1843.[1] She then became an accommodation ship in December 1845 and police accommodation in April 1860. She was finally broken up in 1865.[1]
Notes
- ^ Neosis was of 72 tons burthen. The notice of sale also gave her measurements.[4]
- ^ [20] There is almost certainly an error in this reference. John Toup Nicolas was captain from 1820 to 1823, not in 1812. The probable year for the recovery is 1822, when Egeria was on anti-smuggling duties, and not 1812.
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Winfield (2008), p. 262.
- ^ "No. 16213". The London Gazette. 27 December 1808. p. 1755.
- ^ "No. 16239". The London Gazette. 21 March 1809. p. 387.
- ^ "No. 16238". The London Gazette. 18 March 1809. p. 365.
- ^ "No. 16236". The London Gazette. 11 March 1809. p. 325.
- ^ "No. 16307". The London Gazette. 17 October 1809. p. 1652.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4341.
- ^ "No. 16490". The London Gazette. 28 May 1811. p. 1002.
- ^ "No. 16411". The London Gazette. 6 October 1810. p. 1587.
- ^ "No. 16396". The London Gazette. 14 August 1810. p. 1229.
- ^ "No. 16477". The London Gazette. 20 April 1811. p. 736.
- ^ "No. 16557". The London Gazette. 4 January 1812. p. 5.
- ^ "No. 16615". The London Gazette. 20 June 1812. p. 1210.
- ^ "No. 16560". The London Gazette. 7 November 1812. pp. 47–48.
- ^ a b c d Marshall (1830), pp. 79–83.
- ^ a b Gentleman's Magazine (1812), p. 174.
- ^ Marshall (1829), pp. 302–4.
- ^ "No. 16710". The London Gazette. 9 March 1813. p. 511.
- ^ a b "HMS Egeria at William Loney website". Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- ^ "No. 17931". The London Gazette. 14 June 1823. p. 966.
- ^ The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 189, p.665.
- ^ "NMM, vessel ID 366110" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
References
- Marshall, John (1830). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. sup, part 4. London: Longman and company. pp. 79–83.
- Marshall, John (1829). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. sup, part 3. London: Longman and company. pp. 302–304.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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