HMS Abercrombie

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Abercromby, 1809
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 74
Taken : 17 April 1809 (late D'Hautpoult) by Neptune, Pomp�e, Castor, Latona, Recruit, and Hazard ;
Disposal date or year : 1817 Tons (BM): 1908 ;
Notes:

Commanders : Charles Napier, June, 1809; John Richards, September, 1809; Commodore William Charles Fahie, December, 1809. Per the Naval Chronicle, Vol 38.

27 Jan - 22 Feb 1810 Abercrombie and Sceptre involved in a naval and military expedition to take the island of Guadaloupe, and the peaceable surrender of the Dutch islands at St.-Martin, St.-Eustatius, and Saba.

Falmouth Sep 18 1811 Has sent in a small prize.

Falmouth Apr 28 1811 Reported to be in the Tagus

Plymouth Dec 2 1811 Came in from off Brest, to refit, and overhaul her rigging.

Plymouth Dec 6 1811 Docked.

Plymouth Dock Dec 23 1811 departed for Portsmouth

Portsmouth Jan 1 1812 arrived.

Portsmouth Apr 9 1812 departed to cruise off Brest

Plymouth Sep 10 1812 arrived from off Brest

Plymouth Oct 1 1812 departed to join the Channel fleet

Plymouth Jan 21 1813 arrived from the Channel fleet

Plymouth, Jun 5 1813 arrived from off Brest

Plymouth Jun 6 1813 departed this morning from Cawsand Bay to join the blockade off Brest.

Plymouth Jun 7 1813 departed for off Brest

Plymouth Sep 6 1813 departed to join the Channel fleet.

Plymouth Sep 7 1813 Put back.

Plymouth Jan 17 1814 arrived from the westward