HMS Papillon

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Papillon, 1803
Type: Sloop ; Armament 16
Taken : 1803 ; Disposal date or year : 1806
Disposal Details : Foundered on Jamaica station crew perished. Commander William Woolsey
Notes:

11 Mar 1804 the Elephant, Theseus, Hercule, and Desiree, were at Port Royal Jamaica ; the Bellerophon and Vanguard, with the Tartar and Eolus, were off the West end of St Domingo ; the Port Mahon, and Papillon brigs, off Port Morant ; the Hunter and Mignonne, off Montego Bay ; and the Flying Fish, and Gipsey, were off the coast of Cuba ; the Fairy had sailed for Honduras, and the Camel for Halifax.

15 Apr 1805 captured the Spanish privateer Concepcion, a felucca, 1 gun 25 men, on the Savannah la Mar.

May 1805 Jamaica Station