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HMS Dauntless (1808)

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She was launched on 20 December 1808 and commissioned in July 1809 under Commander Josiah Wittman. Her first service was in November 1809, when she escorted a convoy to the African coast. Wittman died in January 1810. His replacement, in May 1810, was Commander Daniel Barber.
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A first-class share of the salvage, as remitted from Newfoundland, was worth £66 7s 9d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £1 3s 9d.
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underwent repairs and fitting out at Portsmouth. In November 1818, she was recommissioned under Commander Valentine Gardner for service in the
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arrived at Portsmouth from Jamaica. She had left there on 31 March, escorting a convoy of 32 vessels. On 29 April she parted from them at
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shared in the proceeds of the capture, between 29 November and 19 December 1814, of the schooner
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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on 5 December and took her in tow, arriving at Plymouth on 18 December. Also on 6 December,
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On 14 August 1821 local inhabitants massacred 10 of the 12 men in a landing party from the
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Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy
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fixed a suitably engraved bronze tablet on a "beetling rock" on the south head of
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for sale on 27 January 1825. She sold on that day to Thomas Smith for £2,330.
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to rejoin the fleet, and returned to Portsmouth to pay off in October 1823.
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The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy offered
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On 7 February 1815, a party of American militia captured a tender to
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The Dalton Journal: Two Whaling Voyages to the South Seas, 1823-1829
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In December 1815, as the Navy contracted after the end of the
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as she was sailing from Portsmouth to the Cape of good Hope.
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in 1770. The tablet has not been seen for some years.
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She returned in early 1810 and on 15 June sailed for
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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(National Library of Australia). 13: 196:29 ft 7 in (9.02 m) 14: 1256: 1211: 1217: 465:in early 1814 she served on the 50: 31: 823: 814: 778:. 8 October 1814. p. 2009. 603:In company with members of the 276: 186: in (27.676 m) (keel) 802: 782: 762: 748: 734: 717: 666: 657: 298: 1: 846: 839:. 8 January 1825. p. 44. 588:at Hanamenu on the island of 798:. 7 July 1818. p. 1224. 691: 7: 1240:Cormorant-class ship-sloops 532: 10: 1261: 1224:HMS Dauntless (ship, 1808) 548:Over the next five years, 238:8 × 18-pounder carronades 18: 1175: 950: 510:near St James Island, in 114: 44: 30: 650: 115:General characteristics 876:Dalton, William (1990) 856:; Warlow, Ben (2006) . 811:(15 April 1815), p.108. 714:Winfield (2008), p.262. 638: 318:Still, on 16 May 1812, 16:Sloop of the Royal Navy 891:Winfield, Rif (2008). 204:9 ft (2.7 m) 360:, Heller, master, at 1226:at Wikimedia Commons 467:Newfoundland Station 495:and the transports 461:After refitting at 422: /  407:, Mait, master, at 375: /  337: /  836:The London Gazette 795:The London Gazette 775:The London Gazette 1222:Media related to 1208: 1207: 1193:-class ship-sloop 1184:-class ship-sloop 944:-class ship-sloop 902:978-1-86176-246-7 869:978-1-86176-281-8 594:Marquesas Islands 568:archipelagos and 341:35.250°N 56.967°W 293:-class ship-sloop 286:Deptford Dockyard 250: 249: 77:Deptford Dockyard 1252: 1221: 934: 927: 920: 911: 910: 906: 873: 841: 840: 827: 821: 818: 812: 806: 800: 799: 786: 780: 779: 766: 760: 752: 746: 738: 732: 721: 715: 712: 685: 670: 664: 661: 525:, she went into 437: 436: 434: 433: 432: 427: 426:45.317°N 9.900°W 423: 420: 419: 418: 415: 390: 389: 387: 386: 385: 380: 379:46.033°N 9.150°W 376: 373: 372: 371: 368: 352: 351: 349: 348: 347: 342: 338: 335: 334: 333: 330: 232:16 × 32-pounder 185: 184: 180: 177: 150: 149: 148: 144: 86:20 December 1808 57: 54: 35: 28: 27: 1260: 1259: 1255: 1254: 1253: 1251: 1250: 1249: 1230: 1229: 1214: 1209: 1204: 1171: 946: 938: 903: 870: 854:Colledge, J. 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Index

HMS Dauntless

Royal Navy Ensign
Deptford Dockyard
Cormorant-class
ship-sloop
bm
overall
Ship
carronades
bow chasers
Cormorant-class
ship-sloop
Royal Navy
Deptford Dockyard
Cormorant-class ship-sloop
Archangel
Cork Station
35°15′N 56°58′W / 35.250°N 56.967°W / 35.250; -56.967
46°2′N 9°9′W / 46.033°N 9.150°W / 46.033; -9.150
45°19′N 9°54′W / 45.317°N 9.900°W / 45.317; -9.900
The Downs
Portsmouth
Newfoundland Station
Cyane
Aeolus
Chesapeake Bay
swivel guns
Napoleonic Wars
Ordinary

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