Nautilus, 1804
Type: Ship-sloop ; 6th rate ; Armament 18
Launched : 12 Apr 1804 ; Disposal date or year : 4 Jan 1807
Disposal Details : struck an uncharted rock on a Reef between Pori and Antikythera, Cenigotto, a barren rock in the Greek Islands and sank ; part only of crew saved. Captain Edmund Palmer
Notes:

Circa 16 Apr 1804 Capt Aldham, apptd to the Nautilus.

8 Dec 1804 notice regarding prize money due to the Nautilus following the recapture of the Ship William Heathcote from the French on 9 Aug 1804, will be paid on board at Plymouth, on Friday the 14 Dec 1804.

May 1805 Channel Fleet

2 Jul 1805, regarding prize money due to the Nautilus following the capture of the Spanish Ship Carmela, will be paid on board on board on her Arrival at Plymouth.

Aug-Sep 1805 25 Russian seamen from the Groff Souroroff, detained by the Nautilus and appear on her books for victuals only.

3 Oct 1805 captured the Johanna Catharina and L'Esperance. Prize money due to be paid 13 Oct 1808.

3 Apr 1806 Renomm�e and Nautilus chased by a Spanish squadron, off Carthagena : the latter was despatched to Lord Collingwood, off Cadiz, with news of the escape.

4 Apr 1806 Nautilus captured the Spanish brig Vigilante.

3-4 May 1806 ship's boats of the Renomm�e and Nautilus cut out the Spanish schooner Giganta from the port of Vieja.

By 2 Jan 1807 Active and Nautilus had joined the squadron under R.-adm. Sir T. Louis in Azire bay, at the western end of the Dardanells. 1 Feb the squadron weighed, and anchored off the island of Tenedos.

11 Feb-3 Mar 1807 With Sir John Duckworth on what some have described as his somewhat less than successful expedition to Constantinople. 14th anchored off Cape Janizary, ships' boats used to rescue men from the burning Ajax. 19th steered for Constantinople. 2 Mar returned to the Mediterranean. But would appear to have been lost during this period ?