HMS Forward

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Forward, 1805
Type: Gun-brig ; Armament 12
Launched : 1805 ; Disposal date or year : 1815
Notes:

7 Feb 1806 captured the French privateer Rancune in the Channel.

23 Apr 1808 a part of a small squadron cruising off the coast of Denmark, destroyed a Danish sloop laden with provisions, part of a convoy lying at Flodstrand.

25 Apr 1808 the ship's boats capture 10 laden vessels.

23 Nov 1809, Yarmouth, arrived from Leith, the Forward, gun brig, and Gluckstadt, and Starling, sloops of war, the latter having parted with her convoy in the late gale.

Leith Roads 31 Oct 1811 On Tuesday afternoon a boat from the ship picked up men from the Plover, whose boat was swamped.

Deal 10 Feb 1812 departed for Leith.

Falmouth 21 Oct 1812 departed on a cruise.

Leith 17 Nov 1812 Detained and sent in yesterday the Torsaquet, a prize.

Yarmouth 27 Jan 1813 departed for Leith.

Yarmouth 2 Nov 1814 Passed by with a convoy from the Baltic.

Portsmouth 11 Nov 1814 arrived from the Eastward.

Portsmouth 13 Aug 1815 arrived from America.