HMS Bristol

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Bristol, 1812
Type: 3rd Rate ; Armament 64
Completed : 1796 ; Disposal date or year : 1814
Notes:

Jan 1812 Agincourt (1796) renamed Bristol.

[Some sources suggest she was converted for use as a prison ship, but the evidence below, and which is confirmed by Rif Winfield in his book British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817, would suggest she was in fact used as a troop ship.]

Portsmouth 13 Feb 1812 arrived from Plymouth.

Portsmouth 11 Mar 1812 Got under weigh with the Lisbon convoy ; the wind however, came to the northward, and they all anchored again.

Portsmouth 28 Feb 1814 arrived from Lisbon.

Portsmouth 28 Aug 1814 arrived from the Eastward.

Plymouth 3 Sep 1814 Came in from Prussia.