HMS Mediator

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Mediator, 1804
Type: Store ship ; 5th rate ; Armament: 44
Purchased : 1804 (late Indiaman) ; Disposal date or year : 11 Apr 1809
Disposal Details : Burnt as a fireship in Basque-roads. Captain Jas. Wooldridge
Notes:

Built of Teak

Circa 4 Aug 1804 Capt Sir T Livingstone apptd to the Mediator.

May 1805 Convoy to East Indies 17 Feb

14 Feb 1807 Bacchante and Mediator captured the French national schooner Dauphin, the fort of Samana, and recovered US and British vessels taken by the privateers.

12 Jan 1808 Off Basque roads providing provisions from the UK for the blockading force.

Mar-Apr 1809 Mediator frigate-storeship fitted as a fire-ship for Basque roads. 11 Apr expended as a fire ship.