HMS Eclipse

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Eclipse, 1807
Type: Sloop ;
Launched : 1807 ; Disposal date or year : 1817
Notes:

Plymouth 5 Jan 1810 Came in from a cruise in the Channel.

Plymouth 9 Jan 1810 departed on a cruise.

5-6 Mar 1811 extract from log when she experienced the effects of a hurricane in the Indian Ocean.

Port Louis 14 Mar 1811 arrived.

20 - 21 Mar 1811 extract from log when she experienced the effects of a hurricane at Port Louis, Mauritius.

21 Nov 1810 off the island of Rodriquez preparing for a joint naval and military expedition to take the Isle of France, where they arrived on 28th, and the capitulation was signed on the 3 Dec.

12 Feb 1811 with a detachment of British troops, took the settlement of Tamatave, Madagascar, from the French.

Plymouth 29 Apr 1811 Is reported to have taken a French brig, letter of marque, with dispatches.

Portsmouth 9 Sep 1812 arrived from the Cape of Good Hope.

Cork 23 Dec 1812 arrived from Portsmouth.

Cork 25 Jan 1813 To sail with the convoy now collecting for the West Indies and Brazils.

Barbadoes 2 Apr 1814 Remains.

St. Thomas's 4 May 1814 departed with a convoy for Great Britain.

Extract from the log of HM brig Eclipse, Captain W. Steed. (in Civil Time)
Hour K. F. Courses Winds Remarks
5 Mar 1811
A.M.          
1 4 0 SSW SE A.M. Light breezes and cloudy.
2 3 4 S by W    
3 3 6 S � W Variable  
4 3 6 S by W    
5 2
1		 0
6		 ESE Variable  
6 2 2 SE by E    
7 3 0 SE � E    
8 3 0 SE    
9 3 0 SE by E    
10 3 0 SE � E    
11 2 6 SE Variable  
12 4 0 SE by E   Course, S 16� 52� E, distance 67 miles.
Lat 20� 20� S, long 54� 44� E
Port Louis, N 44� E, * 105 miles.
P.M.          
1 5 0 E by S � S S by W P.M. Fresh breezes and cloudy.
2 6 0      
3 6 6      
4 6 2     At 4, ditto weather.
5 5 4     At 5, fresh breezes and squally.
6 3 0      
7 2 0 E by S    
8 3 6 E Variable At 8, ditto ditto.
8.50, split the fore-topsail ; shifted ditto, and in four reefs of the topsails.
9 3 4 E � S  
10 3 2    
11 2 0 E    
12 3 4 E � S    
6 Mar 1811
A.M.          
1 3 2 E by S   A.M. Fresh breezes and squally ; furled the fore-topsail, and struck top-gallant mast ; employed securing the booms, furled the boom mainsail.
2 3 0    
3 2 6    
4 3 0 E   At 4, strong gales, with heavy squalls.
5 2 4      
6
7
8		 2
1
6		 0
6
6		 up E by N off NE by E   At 8, ditto weather ; reefed the foresail, and handed the main-topsail ; got the top-gallant masts on deck ; in jib-boom ; got the spritsail-yard on deck.
Course, S 62� E, distance 68 miles.
Lat 19� 48�, long 56� 48� .
Port Louis, S 61� E, 58 miles. �
9
10
11
12		 0
0
0
0		 0
0
0
0		 up ENE off NNE  
P.M.          
1 0 0     P.M. Fresh gales and squally, with rain at times.
1.30, set the fore-staysail and trysail.
2
3
4		 1
1
1		 0
4
4		 up NE by N off N   At 4, ditto weather.
5
6		 1
2		 4
0		 up NNE off N   At 6, ditto, with rain.
7
8		 2
1		 0
6		 up NE by E off N by W   At 8, ditto, ditto.
9
10
11
12		 1
1
1
1		 0
0
0
0		 up N by E off N by W   Noon. More moderate.
* There appears to be some mistake here ; supposed to mean Port Louis N 86� 17� E, 154 miles.
� Supposed to mean Port Louis, S 75� 6� E, 86 miles.
Extract from the log of HMS Eclipse, Captain W. Steed, lying in Port Louis, Mauritius. In Civil Time.
Hour K F Courses Winds Remarks
20 Mar 1811
          A.M. Strong breezes and clear weather ; afternoon came on to blowing very hard.
21 Mar 1811
A.M.       Variable A.M. Begins blowing very strong, with constant rain ; pilot brought an anchor to lay out a-stern.
P.M.         P.M. More moderate, with heavy rain.