Flora, 1800
Type: Hired Brig ; Armament 14
Hired : 1800 ; Disposal date or year : 1801
Notes:

21 Nov 1800 Plymouth, last night the Flora, armed brig, of 14 guns, Lieutenant Carpenter, at anchor in Hamoaze, by some accident drifted on shore, on the rocks between Mount Wip and the Old Gun Wharf, to prevent her from falling over, the crew cut away her masts, notwithstanding which she soon afterwards hauled off, and sunk in deep water, on her larboard beam-ends. She was a well equipped brig, found in all stores, and bound for the Straits. At low water she appeared not the least bilged and hopes are entertained she will be soon weighed up, by means of casks and lighters. It was a most fortunate circumstance it did not happen in the night, as the whole crew must have been drowned in their hammocks.

1 Dec 1800 Plymouth, was weighed up, and towed into Catwater, to be repaired ; fortunately, from the ground where she lay being pretty clear, her damage is trifling.

3 Dec 1800 Plymouth, a court of enquiry was held on Lt Carpenter, of the Flora, bound to the Straits, which drifted, tailed ashore, swung off at low water, and overset on her larboard beam ends, near the old gun wharf. The Court, after taking the existing circumstances of the case into their serious consideration, did not attach blame personally to Lieut. C. in the business, but did honourably acquit him. The Officers and crews of the Sylph, 18, and Telegraph, 18, were very active in getting out the men from the Flora, when she upset, or the whole crew would have been drowned. The Flora is now refitted, and almost ready for sea.

10 Feb 1801 departed Penzance to the Westward, in search of a French privateer that was reported to be on the Coast.

31 Jul 1801 departed Falmouth the Flora, Lt Carpenter, for Liverpool.

3 Aug 1801 arrived Falmouth from a cruise, having detained the Russian ship Agneta, Capt H. Berenda, from Lisbon, to Embden, with sugar and coffee &c.

3 Aug 1801 departed Falmouth again on a cruise.

23 Dec 1801 came into Plymouth Sound the Flora, from Penzance, to be paid off.

9 Oct 1802 having been returned to her owners she was being employed as a Straits trader, from Plymouth, but was reported to have gone ashore on island of Majorca on the night of the 8th inst. with a cargo of pilchards for Venice, and by the following day no trace of the vessel could be found by her master and crew. They were put in quarantine for a week on a remote part of the island, and were eventually united with the Vice Consul who arranged for their return to Plymouth by the first vessel.