Espoir, 1826
Type: Brig-sloop ; Armament 10
Launched : 9 May 1826 ; Disposal date or year : 1857
BM: 233 tons
Propulsion: Sail / screw
Machinery notes: 80
Notes:

25 Aug 1827 departed Portsmouth for the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, with despatches and specie.

26 May 1829 recently arrived Simon's Bay from Mauritius, now refitting here.

25 Jul 1829 refitting at St Helena.

25 Oct 1829 refitting at Cape of Good Hope.

29 Oct 1830 departed Cape of Good Hope.

9 Nov 1830 arrived at St. Helena and departed 17th.

22 Nov 1830 arrived Ascension and departed 25th. Ascension was very healthy, and a friend who had not visited it for the last three years states that it has much improved in its resources

2 Jan 1831 arrived Portsmouth from the Cape of Good Hope ; Commander Greville in command.

15 Jan 1831 was paid off at Portsmouth ; the ship's company subscribed �7. 1s. for the Grampus hospital ship, in the river Thames.

4 Jan 1834 refitting at Portsmouth for commission.

15 Jan 1834 is in the Basin at Portsmouth.

21 Nov 1834 departed Falmouth with provisions and supplies for windbound shipping detained in the Channel by the strong easterly winds.

23 Aug 1835 arrived Falmouth with mail from Lisbon (9th).

28 Mar 1836 arrived Falmouth from Lisbon with mail.

19 Sep 1836 arrived Lisbon from England.

2 Oct 1836 departed Lisbon for Falmouth.

29 Oct 1836 arrived Lisbon with mail from England.

25 Dec 1836 departed Lisbon for Falmouth.

10 Feb 1837 arrived Falmouth from Lisbon. She reports that influsenza was endemic amongst the British squadron in the Tagus causing a number of deaths.

13 Mar 1837 departed Lisbon for Falmouth with mail..

15 Apr 1837 arrived Lisbon from Falmouth with the mail of the 8th.

30 Apr 1837 departed Lisbon for Falmouth with mail.

30 May 1837 arrived Lisbon from Falmouth with mail of the 20th.

2 Jul 1837 arrived Lisbon from Falmouth with mail of 24th ult.

16 Sep 1837 is to be paid off at Plymouth.

5 Jan 1839 departed Lisbon for Cadiz.

4 Jul 1839 in the Tagus.

13 Jul 1839 at Lisbon

5 Apr 1840 departed from Lisbon for Cadiz.

18 May 1840 at Lisbon

27 Jul 1840 at Lisbon.

5 Sep 1840 the Donegal having departed for Plymouth to be paid off the Espoir brig will be the only ship of war at Lisbon.

9 Dec 1840 left Lisbon for Cadiz.

7 Jan 1841 at Lisbon.

3 Mar 1841 arrived at Gibraltar, from Lisbon in 3 days.

19 Mar 1841 Gibraltar, departed for Cadiz.

6 Apr 1841 at Lisbon.

10 May 1841 Lisbon, departed for the Western Isles, in search of the missing steamer President, or as it was put in the Hampshire Telegraph : on a cruise to the Canaries, which perhaps clarifies where the Western Isles were in those days, and not off the west coast of Scotland, IIRC.

17 Jun 1841 in the Tagus.

9 Jul 1841 arrived at Cadiz, from Lisbon, 12 Jul 1841 arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon and Cadiz.

19 Jul 1841 Gibraltar, departed for Lisbon.

25 Jul 1841 arrived in the Tagus.

10 Aug 1841 at Lisbon.

12 Sep 1841 departed from Lisbon, for Gibraltar.

17 Oct 1841 arrived at Gibraltar from Lisbon and returned on the 20th.

15 Nov 1841 at Lisbon.

4 Dec 1841 Lisbon, departed for England.

11 Dec 1841 arrived Plymouth Sound, from Lisbon.

15 Dec 1841 taken into Plymouth Harbour, to be paid off.

24 Dec 1841 paid off.

13 Jan 1842 is ordered to be fitted for further service.

25 May 1842 taken into dock at Plymouth to be repaired and brought forward for commission.

19 Sep 1843 detained in Cabinda Roads the Brazilian slave cutter Aguia, A. P. da Silva, master, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 10 Nov 1843 sentenced to be condemned.

29 Nov 1843 detained in lat. 8� 12' S., long. 12� 23' E., bound from Ambriz, to Pernambuco, the Brazilian slave brigantine Helena, with 546 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 6 Jan 1844 sentenced to be condemned.

12 Mar 1844 detained in lat. 6� 30' S., long. 12� 19' E., when bound from Cabinda to St. Paul de Loanda, a slave boat, Mambo Mangaio, Cafapiaza, master, with 38 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, St. Paul de Loanda and on 30 Mar 1844 it was decided that the Court was not competent to decide the case.

12 Mar 1844 detained in lat. 6� 30' S., long. 12� 19' E., when bound from Cabinda to St. Paul de Loanda, a slave boat, Name Unknown, Joao Piato, master, with 25 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, St. Paul de Loanda and on 30 Mar 1844 it was decided that the Court was not competent to decide the case.

29 Sep 1844 detained in Lat. 5� 20' S. Long. 2� 30' E., the Spanish slave vessel Il Noze / El No Se, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 1 Nov 1844 sentenced to be condemned.

5 Jan 1845 detained the slave vessel Caseve, 95 tons, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Helena and on 6 Feb 1845 sentenced to be condemned.

27 Mar 1845 detained in lat. 3� 41' S. long 10� 42' E., off Loango the Brazilian slave vessel Vinte Nove, Joao Antonio da Silva, master, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 21 Apr 1845 sentenced to be condemned.

29 Jan 1846 there are at present no vessels in the River Pongos, and apart from 3 coasting American vessels the river has been very quiet, with the inhabitants now turning their attention to earning their livelihoods by more honest means, and one has set up a factory for that purpose.

12 Mar 1846 the Espoir and Kingfisher detained in lat. 7� 22' N. long. 12� 37' W., bound from Rio to the Coast [of West Africa] the Brazilian slave vessel Ligeiro, Manuel Pazeres Machado, master, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at Sierra Leone and on 27 Apr 1846 sentenced to be condemned.

Jul 1846 sent up to watch the Rio Pongos for Slave Trading.

23 Oct 1846 detained the slave vessel Electra, which was sent for adjudication to the Vice-Admiralty Court at St. Helena and sentenced to be condemned. 11 April 1849 the proceeds arising due for payment.

20 Dec 1848 Devonport

27 Aug 1850 Excess of expenses now payable for Electra.