Grampus, 1802
Type: 4th Rate ; Armament 50
Launched : at Portsmouth on 20 Mar 1802 ;
Disposal date or year : 1832
Notes:

20 Mar 1802 large crowds entered the Dockyard to watch the launching of the Grampus. After being launched she was taken into dock to be coppered.

7 Mar 1803 is ordered to be commissioned at Portsmouth ; Capt T. Gordon Caulfield has been apptd in command.

10 Mar 1803 has been commissioned.

13 Mar 1803 the Grampus being intended for the flag of Adm Gambier, Capt Caulfield is to quit her and has been apptd to the Endymion, in command.

6 Apr 1803 the Eurydice arrived Spithead from Jersey and came into Portsmouth harbour where her men assisted in rigging the Grampus, before their vessel, the Eurydice, was paid off.

11 Apr 1803 the Grampus went out of harbour to Spithead.

12 Apr 1803 Adm Lord Gardener has shifted his flag from the Dreadnought, based for the present at Plymouth, to the Grampus, Capt Caulfield, based for the present at Spithead.

29 Apr 1803 the Pique frigate, and Censor and Locust gun brigs, arrived yesterday from the Eastwards with over 200 pressed men for the ships being fitted out for commission in Portsmouth harbour, including the Russel, Capt Williams ; Grampus, Capt Caulfield.

7 May 1803 under orders for the Downs. Adm Gardener has shifted his flag to the Puissant.

9 May 1803 as soon as her complement of men is completed, and her bounty paid, the Grampus will sail to join Adm. Thornborough's Squadron off Goree.

17 May 1803 departed Spithead for the Downs, the Grampus, Capt Caulfield.

20 May 1803 came down to the Downs from the Nore, in the Kite, Sir James Saumarez, to hoist his flag on board the Grampus, and command a cruising squadron off the Coast of France. The Topaze, Capt Lake, at Portsmouth, is ordered to join the squadron.

Circa 28 May 1803 Capt Downman apptd in command of the Grampus.

19 Jun 1803 arrived from Guernsey the Grampus, Capt Caulfield.

20 Jun 1803 is ordered to fit for the East Indies, with a convoy of HEIC vessels ; plus �100,000 to be shipped to Bengal for HEIC.

29 Jun 1803 departed Spithead with the Essex, Lord Melville, Princess Mary, Earl Spencer, East Indiamen under convoy for Bengal, but not the Tigress, which remains.

4 Jul 1803 passed by Falmouth in the evening, beating to the Westward with her convoy of 8 East Indiamen.

18 Mar 1804 the Grampus, Capt Caulfield, and the Caroline, Capt Luke, are reported to have departed Bengal for England, with a convoy of 7 ships.

1805 Convoy to China.

Deal 23 Sep 1811 arrived convoy from China.

Portsmouth 24 Dec 1811 arrived from the River for South America.

Portsmouth 9 Apr 1812 Dropped down to St. Helen's, to sail later for the South America station.

Portsmouth 2 Sep 1812 departed for Cadiz.

Plymouth 15 Sep 1813 arrived with the Leeward Island convoy, left St. Thomas 1 Aug.

Deal 20 Sep 1813 arrived last night with a convoy, from the Leeward Islands.

Portsmouth 23 Nov 1813 departed for the Downs.

Deal 9 Dec 1813 Awaiting the arrival of troops for Holland.

Deal 12 Dec 1813 The troops were all safely embarked yesterday on board by the Deal boatmen.

Deal 13 Dec 1813 departed the expedition for Hobart, [Holland].

Portsmouth 28 Feb 1814 departed for Plymouth.

Plymouth 5 Mar 1814 arrived.

Portsmouth 9 Apr 1814 departed with a convoy for the East Indies.

8 Aug 1814 arrived at Anger Roads with her convoy for China.

Portsmouth 24 Jun 1815 departed to Ostend, for sick, wounded and prisoners.

Deal 25 Jun 1815 arrived from Portsmouth.

Deal 26 Jun 1815 Embarked French prisoners of war and departed to Portsmouth.

Portsmouth 28 Jun 1815 departed with French prisoners bound for Plymouth.

Milford 7 Aug 1830 The Dreadnought is to be fitted as a hospital ship for sick and distressed seamen in the River Thames, replacing the Grampus.

1820 reduced for Harbour Service.

1824 Deptford Society for Destitute Seamen.

1830 Deptford.

3 Mar 1832 it is reported at Portsmouth that the Grampus and Ethalion are to be fitted at Woolwich to receive Cholera patients for use during the current epidemic, both in the UK and abroad.

27 Oct 1832 described in the Hampshire Telegraph as a late Seaman's Hospital Ship, and that she was being used in an experiment at Deptford, in front of the Admiralty Board, with a view to hauling the vessel up a slip using a cradle. However, it is stated that the first attempt didn't succeed. But it transpires that the slip doesn't appear to have been long enough i.e. it doesn't go far enough under the water, so that during a Spring Tide the vessel should ride up more easily ? Trials have thus been postponed until the slip has been extended, following which it will be trialled during the subsequent Springs.

10 Nov 1832 the Grampus is to be replaced by the Warrior as the receiving ship at Woolwich.

1 Dec 1832 a third attempt at hauling the vessel up a slip has failed and the vessel is now stated to be full of water and has been advertised for sale, not even being fit for a hospital ship at Limehouse. The press of the day allude to the fact that a similar exercise is carried out regularly at Leith.......and has been performed recently at Portsmouth......

8 Dec 1832 was got off the railway slip at Deptford last week, but had received so much damage she was laid on the Strand and sold for �640.