Gauchapin, 1800
Type: Brig ; Armament 16
Acquired : Sans Pareil detained Spanish letter of marque Guachapin in the Leeward Isles.
Date acquired : 9 Apr 1800
Notes:

9 Apr 1800 as with many suitable vessels detained in the West Indies she would appear to have been bought into the Service.

18 August 1801 the brig Gauchapin, Lt S. Butcher, detained the Spanish letter of marque Ill Teressa, 18, and 60 men, following an action of an hour and a half, with her consort, the frigate Heureux in sight ; she suffered 6 casualties : 3 dead, and 3 wounded. The Gauchapin has now gone to Antigua to refit.

5 Jan 1803 when the Falmouth packet Leicester arrived at Barbadoes, the Blenheim, Centaur, Excellent, Thalia, Gauchapin, and schooner Netley were lying there.

Circa 27 Mar 1803 lying at Antigua, the Asp, Capt Ferrier ; Gauchapin, Capt McKenzie ; Drake, Capt Ferris ; and the Osprey, Capt Younghusband.

12 May 1803 a letter as dated from Barbadoes reports that the Centaur, Argo, Emerald, Heureux, Cyane, Osprey, Gauchapin, Drake, Netley, and L'Eclair are now gone to Martinique, and the Venus and Hornet cruise off Guadaloupe.

12 Dec 1803 the Centaur, Commodore Hood, Capt Maxwell, and the Gauchapin, and Vigilant tender, Lieut Dommett, arrived Barbadoes with the Sophie French privateer of 6 guns and 68 men, which had taken 11 prizes. She was chased for 13 hours by the Centaur, during which time she had thrown all her guns overboard and started to cut her gunwhales down.

12 Dec 1803 the following recent deaths of Naval officers in the West Indies have been reported at Barbadoes :
Lieut Evans of the Ulysses, at Trinidad ; Lieut Boyd of the Marines, of the Blenheim, off Martinique ; Mr Adams, purser, and Mr Brown, midshipman, of the Hippomenes ; and Mr Adams, the Commissioner's first clerk ; Mr Blackmore, and Mr Phillips, midshipmen of the Centaur ; at Prince Rupert's Bay, Lieut Holmes, on half pay of the Navy ; at Antigua, Lieut Marshall, of the Gauchapin.

8 Apr 1804 2,000 men embark at Barbadoes on HM ships Centaur, Pandour, Serapis, Alligator, Hippomenes, Drake, schooner Unique and transports, for Surinam, and arrive off the mouth of the Surinam on the 25-26 Apr 1804.

25 Apr 1804 seamen and the Army was landed to take Surinam, which was surrendered on 5 May.

Circa 23 Jun 1804 Lieut J Ayscough apptd to the Gauchapin.

Circa 18 Aug 1804 Lieut Henderson apptd to the command of the Gauchapin.

Circa 15 Sep 1804 Capt Henderson of the Gauchapin has been apptd to the Alligator.

Circa 15 Sep 1804 Lieut E Woolcombe apptd in command of the Gauchapin.

May 1805 Leeward Islands.