HMS Exertion

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Exertion, 1805
Type: Gun Brig ; Armament 12
Launched : 1805 ; Disposal date or year : 8 Jul 1812
Disposal Details : Wrecked in the river Elbe, and afterwards destroyed by the boats of that ship. Lieutenant James Murray
Notes:

1805 Building

20 Oct 1808 captured the French privateer Jena on the Home station.

Sheerness 29 Jan 1810 arrived.

Yarmouth 20 Jan 1811 departed for the Nore.

1 Aug 1811 whilst cruising off the coast between the Texel and the Elbe, the ships' boats of a small squadron were sent to the island of Nordeney with a view to cutting out a number of gun-boats.

Yarmouth 3 Nov 1811 Remains.

Yarmouth 7 Nov 1811 departed on a cruise.

Yarmouth 1 Jan 1812 departed for Heligoland with convoy.