HMS Elizabeth was a Spanish dispatch cutter named Elizabet that HMS Bacchante captured off Havana in 1805. The British Royal Navy took her into service under her existing name. She disappeared in 1807, believed foundered without a trace.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Elizabeth |
| Acquired | 1805 by capture |
| Fate | Foundered c. September 1807 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 110 (bm) |
| Sail plan | Cutter (or schooner) |
| Complement | 55[2] |
| Armament | 10 guns |
Capture
editOn 3 April 1805, Bacchante captured the Spanish naval cutter or schooner Elizabeth of ten guns and 47 men under the command of Don Josef Fer Fexegron. Elizabeth had been carrying dispatches from the Spanish governor of Pensacola, but had thrown these overboard before her capture.[3][a]
HMS, and loss
editThe Royal Navy commissioned Elizabeth in 1806 under Lieutenant John Sedley.[1] She disappeared c. September 1807 without a trace, presumed to have foundered with all hands.[5]
See also
editNotes
editCitations
edit- ^ a b Winfield (2008), p. 366.
- ^ Gilly (1864), p.377.
- ^ "No. 15815". The London Gazette. 11 June 1805. pp. 772–773.
- ^ "No. 17676". The London Gazette. 3 February 1821. p. 296.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 120.
References
edit- Gilly, William O.S. (1864) Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy Between 1793 and 1857 Compiled Principally from Official Documents in the Admiralty. (Longman, Green).
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- 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.