Orestes, 1781
Type: Brig sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1781 ; Disposal date or year : Nov 1799 : Foundered in a hurricane in the Indian Ocean : crew perished. Capt. William Haggitt.
Notes:

Portsmouth 6 Jan 1785 Has gone out to Spithead.

Deal 18 Jan 1785 arrived and remains in the Downs.

Deal 26 Jan 1785 Remains at the Downs.

Deal 27 Jan 1785 departed for the river.

Deal 4 Feb 1785 Came down from the River and departed for Glasgow.

Portsmouth 1 Apr 1785 departed on a cruise.

Circa Jun 1785 Court case involving smugglers at Christchurch, and murder on the high seas.

Portsmouth 7 Jul 1785 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 9 Sep 1785 arrived from a cruise.

Portsmouth 11 Sep 1785 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 12 Sep 1785 arrived from the westward.

Portsmouth 12 Sep 1785 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 20 Oct 1785 departed to the Westward.

Plymouth 24 Oct 1785 arrived from a cruise.

Portsmouth 30 Oct 1785 arrived from Plymouth.

Plymouth 1 Nov 1785 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 7 Nov 1785 departed on a cruise.

Cowes 28 Nov 1785 Has sent in a smuggling boat loaded with spirits.

Cowes 8 Dec 1785 arrived from a cruise, with a prize.

Portsmouth 11 Dec 1785 departed for Plymouth.

Plymouth 13 Dec 1785 arrived from a cruise.

3 Sep 1797 captured the French privateer Furet off Portland.

6-7 May 1798, repulse of the French invasion of the Islands of Saint-Marcouf (off Cape la Hogue).