Pelican, 1795
Type: Brig/sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1795 ; Disposal date or year : 1806
Notes:

14 Dec 1795 captured a French privateer, name unknown, off Mariegalante.

27 Apr 1796 Sainte-Lucie. A squadron, including the Pelican, Captain John Clarke Searle, arrived with troops, to reduce the Island, which was achieved by 26 May.

26 May 1796 captured a French privateer, name unknown, at St. Lucia.

8 Jun 1796 Dutch frigate Jason captured by her crew mutinying and carrying her into Greenock where the Pelican is reported to have taken possession of her.

Mid to late Jun 1796 Grenada, W.I., the Mermaid, Captain Robert Waller Otway, Hebe, Pelican, Beaver, arrived with troops, to reduce the Island.

23 Sep 1796 meeting, off the island of D�sirade, between the brig-sloop Pelican, Captain John Clarke Searle, and the French frigate M�d�e.

17 Sep 1797 destruction of the French privateer Trompeur / Trompeuse, of 12 long French 6-pounders.

18 Oct 1797 capture of La Perle, French privateer, [head-money per London Gazette of 13 Nov 1827].

30 Oct 1798 departed Port Royal, Jamaica, on a cruize with the Squirrel and Renomme.

Between Jun 1798 and Feb 1799 captured the French privateer Belle en Cuisse on the Jamaica station.

12 Jan 1799 Kingston, arrived from a cruise.

12 Feb-30 Mar 1799 captured 4 merchant vessels on the Jamaica station.

12 Feb-30 Mar 1799 the Legere and Pelican, captured 1 merchant vessel on the Jamaica station.

19 Dec 1799 Plymouth, arrived from the eastward.

14 May 1800 at St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, Captain John Thickness, of the Pelican, married Miss Sarah Augusta Fraser, only daughter of Angus Fraser, Esq. of the Royal Invalids, in the citadel of that place.

12 Sep 1800 Plymouth, departed with the Penguin, and Spider schooner, on a cruise.

2 Oct 1800 Portsmouth, arrived from a cruise, with the Resolution, a Swedish ship, laden with masts, which she detained in the Channel ; and a smuggler, laden with 400 casks of spirits.

6 Oct 1800 Portsmouth, departed for Jersey.

16 Oct 1800 Plymouth, arrived from Jersey.

8 Nov 1800 Jersey, the Pelican, 18, was driven from her anchors on shore on the rocks, and lay bilged in St. Alban's bay, Jersey, but was got off and repaired, as was the Lion, 14, the officers and crews' with difficulty saved their lives.

19 Nov 1800 Plymouth, departed for Jersey, L'Ambuscade, 44, to take in the stores saved from the wrecks of the Havick and Pelican, lost on that coast - although that was the case for the Havick the Pelican wasn't actually sold until 1806, so I reckon there must have been a change of mind and she was repaired and returned to service.

23 Nov 1800 Plymouth, arrived from Jersey Ambuscade, 40, with the officers and crews of the Havick, 18 ; and Pelican, 16, in St. Aubyn's Bay. Their description of the storm is dreadful : for nearly six hours, after all their masts were gone, they were exposed to the drifts of a sea running mountain high, which made so clear a breach over each ship, that the Officers and crews expected every moment would be their last ; providentially the tide, which had risen thirty-two feet perpendicular, suddenly receded, and the Officers and crews saved their lives, but lost all their property. The Havick is a total wreck ; but the Pelican is towed along-side the Pier of St. Helier, though so much damaged that it is thought she cannot be repaired.

10 May 1801 arrived Falmouth from a cruise, and brought in the American brig, George Washington, from Boston, with sugar and coffee &c., for Nantz ; the American schooner, Blossom, from Charleston, with sugar and coffee, &c. for Amsterdam ; and the galliot Jonge Christoff, Lunnings, master, from Bourdeaux, with wine and brandy, &c., for Hamburgh.

11 Jun 1801 came into Plymouth Sound, under jury-masts, to repair the damages she sustained in a violent gale in St. Aubyn's Bay, when she was driven on shore, (where the Havick, of 18 guns, Captain Bartholomew, was lost), the Pelican, of 18 guns, Captain Thicknesse. By her it is learnt all apprehension of an invasion at Jersey had subsided.

25 Jun 1801 so great was the hurry and bustle at this Port to get out every ship ready for sea, that all the hands on board the Cambridge ; from the gun-boats, Captain Hawker; from the prison ships; slop ships ; from the Nimrod, of 20 guns, Rear Admiral Dacres in Hamoaze, and from the Pelican, of 18 guns, Captain Thicknesse, in Plymouth Sound, were sent on board the Namur, to man her for sea.

8 Jul 1801 went up the Harbour, and is now rigged overhead and only waits for men to be quite ready for sea.

26 Jul 1801 departed Plymouth Sound with a convoy for the Downs.

6 Aug 1801 arrived Plymouth Sound, the Pelican, Capt Thicknesse, from the Downs.

13 Aug 1801 departed Plymouth Sound with a convoy of coasters for the Downs.

24 Aug 1801 remains at Spithead.

20 Oct 1801 departed Spithead for the West Indies with dispatches relative to the peace between this country and France.

3 Nov 1801 the Falmouth packet Leicester, Steel, arrived Port Royal, Jamaica, where the Santa Margarita, Crescent, Carnatic, Retribution, Topaze, Mosquito/Musquito, and Abergavenny were present. During the Leicester's stay at Port Royal the HM ships Bourdelais, Snake, Echo, Ambuscade, Tisiphone, Calypso, Juno, Sans Pareil, Melampus, Pelican, Captain, Goliah/Goliath, Brunswick, and Elephant arrived there.

Circa 24 Apr 1802 Lieutenant Whitby, of the Leviathan, is promoted to the rank of Commander, and succeeds to the command of the Pelican.

Circa 24 Apr 1802 Captain Gower, of the Pelican, is made a Post Captain, and appointed to the Santa Margarita in the room of Captain Parker, who is come home.

Circa 21 Aug 1802 Lieutenant Trelawny, to the Pelican, pro tempore.

28 Dec 1802 when the Falmouth packet Princess Elizabeth arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica the Leviathan, Desiree, Trent, Racoon and Pelican were lying there, and the she departed in company with the Bellerophon and Elephant.

13 Jan 1803 when the Falmouth packet Leicester arrived at Port Royal, Jamaica, she found lying there the Leviathan, 74 ; Bellerophon, 74 ; Vanguard, 74 ; Elephant, 74 ; Desiree, 40 ; and sloops Shark, Pelican and Racoon ; the De Ruyter arriving on the 17 Jan, with the 87th Regt., from Curacoa, and on the 21st the Theseus, 74 ; Cumberland, 74 ; Goliath, 74 ; and Ganges, 74, from a cruise.

19 Sep 1803 at Jamaica, it is reported that the Pelican had been watching the Port of Aux Cayes. See London Gazette of 10 Dec 1803 for more details.

Circa 20 Oct 1804 Lieut S Chambers is promoted to the command of the Pelican sloop.

May 1805 Plymouth, refitting.