Plumper, 1813
Type: Gun brig ; Armament 12
Launched : 1813 ; Disposal date or year : 1833
BM: 181 tons
Notes:

22 Aug 1815 departed Deal for Sheerness, to be paid off.

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based on Cork.

6 Nov 1826 Court Martial held on Assistant Surgeon Robert Marshall, on charges of intoxication and improperly associating with the Ship's company ; the charges were not proved and he was duly acquitted.

25 Nov 1826 Portsmouth harbour.

10 Dec 1826 departed Spithead for the Lizard where sealed orders would be opened.

6 Jan 1827 Based at Oporto.

18 Oct 1827 John Barrow, Admiralty Office, wrote to Lieut. Medley, commanding HM Gun-Brig Plumper, transmitting for information and guidance, a Copy of an Act, 5 Geo. IV. c. 113, intituled, "An Act to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to the Abolition of the Slave-trade," with reference to the Treaties which have been entered into with Spain, Portugal, and The Netherlands, for the prevention of an illicit traffick in Slaves, and of which Copies are contained in the said Act; I am also to enclose to you 3 Instructions, signed by His Royal Highness, authorizing you, in conformity with the Treaties, to search Vessels bearing those Flags; in doing which, as well as in the whole of your conduct towards such Vessels, you are to be strictly governed by the said Treaties, and the Instructions attached to them. I am, &c. John Barrow.

20 Nov 1827 Put in to Lisbon to repair damage received in the gale whilst en route for the coast of Africa.

14 Mar 1828 off Prince's Island, Coast of West Africa, and is shortly to take Governor Lumley to Sierra Leone. The condition of the Plumper is said to be very rotten.

17 May 1828 at Sierra Leone.

17 Oct 1828 detained the Brazilian slave sloop Minerva de Conceicao, in or about lat. 1� 36' N. long. 2� 26' E., with 105 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 19 Dec 1828 sentenced to be condemned. 17 Jun 1831 the proceeds arising due for payment.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1829 the Gun brig Plumper, 12 guns, Complement: 50, was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 3 Deaths.

Falmouth 19 Jan 1829 arrived from Sierra Leone with the crew of the slave vessel Presidenta, captured by the Black Joke.

6 Aug 1829 detained the Brazilian slave schooner Ceres, Joao Baptista Bregara, master, at lat. 1� 30' N. 9� 16' E, ; bound from River Cameroons to Rio de Janeiro, 279 negroes being on board when the vessel was taken, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Brazilian Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 22 Sep 1829 sentenced to be condemned. 100 Negroes died during the passage to Sierra Leone, and 50 following the vessel's arrival, during the court process, leaving only 128 to be registered as emancipated.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1830 was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 2 Deaths.

12 May 1830 detained the Spanish slave schooner Loreto, alias Corunera, Joz� Garcia Basurto, master, with 186 negroes on board, in lat. 5� 24' N., long. 10� 8' E., whilst en route from Little Bassa to Havana, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 27 May 1830 sentenced to be condemned.

Prior to arriving at Sierra Leone spent time at Ascension, St. Helena.

9 Oct 1830 has departed Sierra Leone to cruise amongst the rivers to the north with a view to attempting to disrupt the slave trade, which, from intelligence received, is reported to be thriving in that region.

7 Nov 1830 detained in the Rio Pongos the Portuguese slave schooner Maria, formerly La Felis, Carlos Magnus Bergstrand, master, with 35 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Portuguese Court of Mixed Commission, Sierra Leone, and on 25 Nov 1830 sentenced to be condemned.

29 Nov 1830 50 miles from Sierra Leone and sighted the Dryad, which had just arrived on station. Inspected a French vessel loaded with slaves, but was unable, at this date, to detain her as she was flying the French flag. Her Commanding Officer reports that a few week previously he was in search of slave vessels up the River Pongos and that 38 of his crew were taken to hospital at Sierra Leone, 14 of whom have since died.

Sierra Leone 7 Dec 1830 remained on the departure of the Primrose for England. [would appear to update the previous item] Is reported to have been up the Melacouree, which has brought about a lot of sickness, having lost 27 of 38 men taken to hospital, and the survivors, having been treated with mercury, will probably never fully recover and are being sent home to England at the first opportunity.

26 Dec 1830 detained in lat. 5� 26' N. long. 11� 25' 0" W., in the River Gallinas ; bound from River Gallinas to Havana, the Spanish slave brigantine Maria, Joz� Rodriguez, master, of 180 tons, with 505 slaves on board, which was sent for adjudication to the British and Spanish Mixed Court of Justice, Sierra Leone, and on 19 Jan 1831 sentenced to be condemned.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1831 was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 1 Death, and in the absence of other information I assume the cause of death was from disease etc.

6 Jan 1831 prize money due for Ceres, captured 6 Aug 1829, due to be paid.

20 Jan 1831 had arrived Sierra Leone with a Portuguese [should probably be Spanish?] slaver with 500 slaves and 40 Portuguese. At the time of the capture, the Plumper had only six white men on board.

18 Feb 1831 arrived from the river Nunez where a Spanish slave vessel was reported to be loading her cargo, but she was flying French colours by the time the Plumper arrived and couldn't be touched.

3 Mar 1831 arrived at Sierra Leone.

1 Jun 1831 prize money due to be paid as a result of the capture of the Loreto, alias Corunero, on 12 May 1830.

17 Jun 1831 prize money due to be paid as a result of the capture of the Minerva de Conceicao, on 17 Oct 1828.

11 Sep 1831 Fernando Po. Lt Sullivan, her new commanding officer died soon after arriving on station.

2 Oct 1831 had remained at Sierra Leone for nearly 4 months, during the rainy season, when news arrived that the Natives in the Gambia had risen up and were threatening the destruction of the place, having defeated the small force there and taken Fort Bullen.

5 Oct 1831 in consultation with the Governor of Sierra Leone it was decided that the Plumper should sail today for the Gambia for the protection of St. Mary's, taking 40 Marines, who were on their way home to England from Ascension, in the transport Parmelia, and the Colonial Schooner Governor Findlay, manned by the prize crew of the Pickle. The small squadron departed from Sierra Leone with the troops, for the river Gambia, where their presence was considered necessary to subdue a disturbance which had broken out there among the Mandingos and the colonists.

22 Oct 1831 the small squadron arrived at the Gambia and hired a number of small vessels which were manned by men from the Plumper and the Transport.

Oct 1831 at Fernando Po, a lieutenant, Mr. Sullivan, due to join the Plumper, has died from fever.

10 Nov 1832 embarked the marines and local troops in the small hired boats and departed for the opposite shore where the enemy were entrenched and opened fire with grape and cannister, along with "throwing wheels," and Congreve rockets. This was kept up until dark, and was resumed at daylight. At 10 o'clock, led by the Master of the Plumper and Lieutenant Sanders of the Transport the troops were landed and after about 10 minutes charged into the trenches and cleared them out by about mid-day, by which time Fort Bullen had also been retaken. An attempt was later made on the town of Essau, but the militia not supporting the attempt the marines were too few in number to keep the territory taken and the force had to retire to the fort. A.B. Thomas Bennett, who was shot and killed during the attack, being buried where he died.

Per a report made to Parliament in 1842, at some time during 1832 was involved in combatting the Slave Trade and experienced 1 Death by Accident.

24 Jan 1832 a letter received from the Plumper, from off Bathurst, River Gambia.

31 May 1832 remained at Gambia when the Dryad departed, awaiting the arrival of the Favourite, when she was expected to sail for Sierra Leone to pick up the crew of the Conflict and return to England.

10 Jul 1832 departed Sierra Leone for England.

26 Aug 1832 arrived Spithead with the crew of the Conflict, which now remains as an accommodation hulk at Sierra Leone.

28 Aug 1832 came into harbour at Portsmouth to be paid off.

6 Sep 1832 paid off into Ordinary.

13 Jul 1833 to be sold out of the service at Portsmouth.

30 Aug 1835 offered for sale at Portsmouth by Dutch auction at �500, but taken in at �460.