HMS Daedalus

Naval Database

| Next Page | Index

Daedalus, 1780
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 32 (12-pounder)
Launched at Liverpool in 1780 ; Disposal date or year : 1811
Displacement : 703 tons (BM)
Complement : 212
Notes:

Daedalus 1 Jan 1799 in the East Indies.

9 Feb 1799 captured French 36-gun frigate Prudente, and departed, with her prize in tow, for the Cape of Good Hope, arriving on the 15th.

14-16 Aug 1799 uses a lot of valuable powder and shot at Kosseir in the Red Sea.

21 Jan 1800 T. Tring, a seaman belonging to the Centurion, was executed on board the Suffolk, at Bombay, pursuant to the sentence of a Court Martial. Tring, with some others, was sent with a prize to the Centurion for the Cape of Good Hope, but the vessel was re-captured on her passage, and carried into the Mauritius : the Prize-master and his crew shortly after received permission from the French Commander to return home ; but Tring and another, instead of doing so, entered on board the French frigate La Prudente, which was afterwards captured by the Daedalus. Tring entered as an American on board the Daedalus, and proceeded with her into the Red Sea, where joining the Centurion, he was recognized. His companion was killed in the action between the frigates.

23 Aug 1800 Dutch brig De Vrow Elizabeth Christiana, of 6 guns, 20 men, and 120 tons, from Batavia, in ballast, taken off Batavia, by the Daedalus, Centurion, Braave, and La Sybille. In addition the Vrow Cornelia, of 6 guns, 10 men, and 70 tons taken along with a fairly large number of merchant and Dutch vessels in the Roads were detained, burnt and scuttled etc. See pp 410-411 of Vol 6 of Naval Chronicle for more detail.

12 Apr 1803 the Romney, Capt Popham, and Daedalus, Capt Waller, arrived off Plymouth Sound last night, from the East Indies.

Circa 24 Sep 1803 the Unite, 40 ; Modeste, 38 ; Heroine, 32 ; Solebay, 32 ; Daedalus, 32 ; Quebec, 32 ; Iris, 32 ; Retribution, 32 ; Vestal, 28 ; Resource, 28, are to be jury rigged and to depart shortly for Long Reach, to take in their guns and power ; after which they'll drop down to the Lower Hope, to be moored across the River for the protection of the Thames. The manning of these vessels will be the responsibility of the Trinity Board.

May 1805 Lower Hope, Thames, in Ordinary ; Floating Battery

11 Nov 1808 Daedalus, Aurora, Franchise, and Pert captured the French privateers Exchange and Guerrier.