HMS Dauntless

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Dauntless, 1808
Type: Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1808 ; Disposal date or year : 26 May 1825
Notes:

Falmouth 29 Oct 1811 arrived with two transports from Plymouth, for Cork.

Plymouth 14 Nov 1811 arrived with a convoy from Cork.

Plymouth 16 Nov 1811 Returned with her convoy due to the weather.

Plymouth 19 Nov 1811 departed with a convoy of transports for Cork.

Plymouth 20 Nov 1811 departed for Cork.

Cork 30 Nov 1811 Takes convoy to Lisbon in a few days.

Cork 2 Jan 1812 arrived from a cruise to the westward.

Cork 12 Jan 1812 departed with a convoy of West Indiamen.

Portsmouth 25 Nov 1812 arrived from Plymouth.

Falmouth 30 Nov 1812 arrived from Portsmouth with a convoy for the West Indies.

Falmouth 1 Dec 1812 Remains with the West Indies convoy.

Cork 17 Oct 1813 departed with a convoy for Portugal and Spain.

Plymouth 5 Dec 1813 Boarded the ship Phoenix, a transport, en route from Portsmouth for the Cape of Good Hope, which was dismasted on 3 Dec., and rendered her every assistance. The Phoenix returned to Plymouth.

Deal 21 Dec 1813 arrived with a convoy from the Mediterranean, to be placed under quarantine.

Portsmouth 4 Apr 1814 To sail on Wednesday for Newfoundland.

23 Sep 1814, arrived Halifax, from Labrador, last from Canso, with 3 vessels in convoy.

26 Aug 1815 departed Cape of Good Hope for England.

Portsmouth 31 Jan 1819 Is preparing for a passage to the East Indies, and Ceylon and Calcutta.

Trincomalee 18 Aug 1819 Is reported to have arrived from England.

11 Oct 1820 the Admiralty announced that the commanding officers of the following vessels now cruising on the East Indies Station, ie the Leander, Liverpool, Topaze, Dauntless, Curlew, and Carron, have been supplied with their instructions, should the right circumstances arise, authorising them to detain Portuguese or Spanish accordance with the several Treaties with foreign powers for preventing the Illegal Traffic in slaves with those countries.

Madras 2 Jun 1821 Had been sent to Lima, for silver for the Chinese market.

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based in the East Indies.

6 Jan 1822 departed Spithead, the Tees with despatches for the Cape of Good Hope and Bengal and to relieve the Dauntless.