HMS Portia was a 14-gun Crocus-class brig of the Royal Navy that was launched in 1810. She had a relatively uneventful career before the Navy sold her in 1817 for breaking up.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Portia |
| Ordered | 30 March 1807 |
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard (M/s Robert Nelson) |
| Laid down | December 1809 |
| Launched | 30 August 1810 |
| Fate | Sold 6 March 1817 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Crocus-class brig-sloop |
| Type | Brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 25141⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
|
| Beam | 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 8 in (3.9 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig rigged |
| Complement | 86 |
| Armament | 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers + 12 × 24-pounder carronades |
Career
editCommander Joseph Symes commissioned Portia in September 1810 for the North Sea.[1]
In July 1811 Lloyd's List reported that Rebecca, Robloff, master, had arrived at Yarmouth after Portia had detained her.[2]
Commander Henry Thompson recommissioned her in August 1811. Early in September 1811, Primus, carrying tar and hemp, Worksam, in ballast, Experiment, carrying iron, Columbus, carrying linseed, Neptunus, carrying timber, and Hector, carrying sundry goods, came into Yarmouth. They were prizes to HMS Tremendous, Ranger, Calypso, Algerine, Musquito, Earnest. and Portia.[3]
On 14 August 1812 Portia captured the Dutch schuyt Phoenix.
In August 1813 Lieutenant William Adams took temporary command.[1]
On 27 April 1815 Lieutenant Silas Thomson Hood was promoted to Commander;[4] he commissioned Portia for the Halifax station.[1] On 29 July 1815 Portia captured the sloop Sylph at Bermuda.[a]
On 1 May 1816 Commander John Wilson was appointed to command of Portia, still on the Halifax Station, to take her back to England.[6]
Portia sailed for England on 16 July 1816 and was paid off in August.[1]
Fate
editThe "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered Portia for sale on 30 January 1817 at Sheerness.[7] She finally sold on 6 March 1817 to Mr. Marclark for £800 for breaking up.[1]
Notes
editCitations
edit- ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2008), p. 309.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4577. 5 July 1811. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735025. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4596. 10 September 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Marshall (1833), p. 359.
- ^ "No. 17519". The London Gazette. 25 September 1819. p. 1707.
- ^ Marshall (1832), p. 14=59.
- ^ "No. 17125". The London Gazette. 6 April 1816. p. 645.
References
edit- Marshall, John (1833). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 4, part 1. London: Longman and company. p. 357–359.
- Marshall, John (1832). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 3, part 2. London: Longman and company. p. 159.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd ed.). Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.