HMS Pilchard

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Pilchard, 1805
Type: Schooner ; 4
Acquired : 1805 ; Disposal date or year : 1813
Notes:

1804 Built at Bermuda of the pencil cedar, measure, BOM, from 75 to 78 tons ; mount four 12-pounder carronades, with a crew of 20 men and boys.

25 Jul 1805 in company with the squadron that captured the French frigates Armida, Gloire, Minerve, and Indefatigable.

16 Jul 1806 in company with the vessel that captured the brig La Caesar.

26 Oct 1806 in sight of the gun brig Rapid as she captured the brig L'Conductor.

1808 a less than complimentary comment on this type of vessel, which, although built in 1804, is included by William James in the volume for 1808, presumably in the light of the experiences of those who had departed them, and the results achieved or otherwise.

Deal 3 Jul 1811 arrived from the Eastward.

Deal 25 Aug 1811 arrived from off Flushing.

Deal 14 Oct 1811 departed for the Nore.