HMS Daphne

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Daphne, 1806
Type: 6th Rate ; Armament 22
Launched : 1806 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:

23 Apr 1808 a part of a small squadron cruising off the coast of Denmark, destroyed a Danish sloop laden with provisions, part of a convoy lying at Flodstrand.

25 Apr 1808 the ship's boats capture 10 laden vessels.

18 Sep and 5 Oct 1808 captured the Danish Galliots Goede Hope, Hofnung, Elizabeth Katherine, and Three Danish Boats.

Portsmouth 31 Jan 1811 Will sail to-morrow.

Portsmouth 15 Feb 1811 Has departed with convoy from Spithead.

26 Mar 1811 prize money assessed on the Hulls, Stores, and Cargoes of the Danish Galliots Goede Hope, Hofnung, Elizabeth Katherine, and Three Danish Boats will be paid on next arrival in port.

Yarmouth 6 Nov 1811 arrived.

Yarmouth 7 Nov 1811 Will sail shortly if the wind remains favourable.

Hull 11 Nov 1811 The brig Hoffnung (Danish), with wheat, bound from Dantzic to London, with a British license, was captured by the Danes on the passage, but set free. She was afterwards taken by the Daphne, and sent into Yarmouth, from whence she departed to Leith and was taken by the French off Tynemouth.

Yarmouth 23 Feb 1812 departed for Anholt.

Portsmouth 6 Nov 1812 arrived from the Baltic.

Plymouth 21 Nov 1812 departed for the coast of France.

Yarmouth 27 Jan 1813 departed for the Baltic.

Yarmouth 29 Sep 1813 Remains wind-bound.

Yarmouth 3 Oct 1813 Is expected to sail this afternoon for the Baltic the wind having veered to the SE.

Plymouth 21 Dec 1813 arrived from Newfoundland.

Yarmouth 15 May 1814 Passed by with a convoy from the Baltic.

Deal 18 May 1814 departed for the River.

Deal 30 Oct 1814 arrived from the Westward, and departed for Dunkirk.

Deal 10 Nov 1814 arrived from Dunkirk.

Portsmouth 2 Dec 1814 arrived from the Downs.

Portsmouth 21 Dec 1814 departed for Lisbon.

Lisbon 10 Jan 1815 In the Tagus.

Lisbon 10 Jan 1815 departed with a convoy of transports for Falmouth.

Plymouth 26 Aug 1815 arrived.

Plymouth 26 Aug 1815 departed.