Attack, (late gunboat no. 6), 1794
Type: Gun-vessel ; Armament 12
Launched : 1794 ; Disposal date or year : Oct 1802
BM: 147 tons
Notes:

6 Jan 1799 Plymouth, taken into dock.

19 Mar 1799 at Spithead.

7 May 1799 in Hamoaze.

13 Aug-Oct 1799 employed on expedition to Holland.

20 Oct 1799 Plymouth, departed with a convoy.

30 May 1800 Plymouth, departed to join the fleet with the Mars, Atlas, Ramillies, Ajax, Resolution, Stag, Indefatigable, and Flora, armed brig, with a convoy of merchant vessels.

26 Feb 1801 arrived Deal from Plymouth.

9 Mar 1801 arrived Plymouth with a large convoy of coasters for the Downs.

27 Mar 1801 during the day the North Sea Fleet departed N. Yarmouth, for a cruise off Holland, including : the Prince of Orange, 64, Adm. Dixon's flag ship, Agincourt, 64, Monmouth, 64, Leyden, 64 ; Assistance, 50, Madras, 50, ; 3 frigates, including the Iris ; a sloop ; and the Attack gun brig &c.

2 Apr 1801 arrived N. Yarmouth Adm. Dixon's North Sea Fleet from a cruise off the coast of Holland.

5 Apr 1801 departed Harwich for Sheerness.

18 Jun 1801 a letter of this date, received from Kioge Bay, in the Baltic, reports the presence of the following fleet, this at about the same time as Lord Nelson departed in the Kite for N. Yarmouth, V.-Adm Pole having arrived here in the Aeolus to relieve Nelson : the St George, Elephant, Defiance, Polyphemus, Edgar, Agamemnon, Defence, Adder, Aeolus, Kite, Dart, Zebra, Terror, Explosion, Sulphur, Discovery, Volcano, Hecla, Wrangler, Cracker, Safeguard, Sparkler, Attack, Tigress, Bruiser, Hasty, Biter, Otter, Force, Pleaser, Teazer.

19 Jul 1801 would appear to have arrived N. Yarmouth with the Baltic fleet under the command of Adm Graves, but wasn't included in the listing ; she was, however, included in the list of vessels that departed on the 20th.

20 Jul 1801 The fleet under the command of R.-Adm. Sir Thomas Graves, which arrived yesterday evening from the Baltic, departed N. Yarmouth today, supposed for a cruise off Holland : for the revised make up of the fleet click on Polyphemus.

25 Sep 1801 arrived in the Downs, the Hecla, with the gun brig Attack, and remains.

18 Nov 1801 remains in the harbour at Sheerness.

3 Dec 1801 remains Sheerness with numerous vessels, waiting to be paid off etc.

10 Dec 1801 gun brigs that have been paid off and dismantled at Sheerness, will have been laid up in ordinary in Queenborough Creek.

7 Apr 1802 one of 20+ vessels to be paid off at Sheerness and the Nore.

9 Sep 1802 notice is given that the Attack Gun-Vessel, Copper-bottomed, lying at Sheerness, has been put up for sale.

17 Nov-30 Dec 1802 prize money resulting from the expedition to Holland due for payment.