Poictiers, 1809
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 74
Launched : 6 Dec 1809 ; Disposal date or year : 1857
BM: 1765 tons
Notes:

9 - 11 Mar 1811 Shadowed M. Allemand's Squadron

Plymouth 4 Apr 1811 departed for Basque Roads.

Portsmouth 2 Aug 1811 departed to join the Flushing fleet.

Deal 4 Aug 1811 arrived from Portsmouth.

Deal 5 Nov 1811 Remains in the Downs, due to adverse winds.

Deal 12 Dec 1811 departed for the Texel.

Deal 30 Dec 1811 arrived from a cruise.

Deal 5 Jan 1812 departed.

Portsmouth 7 Jan 1812 arrived from the Downs.

Portsmouth 8 Jan 1812 Came up from St. Helen's.

Portsmouth 6 Feb 1812 departed.

Portsmouth 12 Feb 1812 arrived from off Ushant.

Portsmouth 19 Feb 1812 Came up from St. Helen's.

Portsmouth 1 Mar 1812 departed to blockade Cherbourg.

9 Mar 1812 the Tonnant, Northumberland, Colossus, and Bulwark blockading Lorient, discovered the French squadron had escaped ; departed in search. French sighted by the Diana on the 9th and on the 10th, when she was joined by the Pomp�e and by Tremendous and Poictiers, who spoke with the sloop Myrtle, but lost sight of the French in fog on the 11th.

Portsmouth 20 Apr 1812 arrived from Plymouth.

Deal 21 Jun 1812 arrived from a cruise off Flushing.

3 Nov 1812 captured a U.S. privateer, the ship Wasp.

9 Jan 1813 Poictiers, Capt. Sir JP Beresford, captured a U.S. privateer schooner, Highflyer, 5 guns, 72 men.

Bermuda 18 Feb 1813 departed on a cruise to the coast of America.

10 Mar 1813 captured the Swedish brig Regina Christiana : sent to Bermuda, but.

19 Mar 1813 captured the American brig Armista : sent to Bermuda.

17 Apr 1813 captured the Portuguese schooner Alliance : sent to Bermuda.

28 Apr 1813 re-captured the English schooner, Bermuda : employed as tender.

1 May 1813 captured the American sloop Providence : sent to Bermuda.

10 May 1813 captured the American sloop Factor : Set adrift.

11 Jul 1813 the Nimrod, Poictiers, and Maidstone re-captured the ship Louisa, 11 days out from Newfoundland, en route for Greenock, when captured by the American privateer York Town, arrived Halifax 19 Jul.

11 Jul 1813 the Nimrod, Poictiers, and Maidstone re-captured the H.M. Packet Manchester, 34 days from Falmouth when captured by the American privateer York Town, arrived Halifax 19 Jul.

17 Jul 1813 the Nimrod, Maidstone and Poictiers captured a American privateer ship York Town, 20 gun, 140 men, arrived Halifax 19 Jul.

13 Aug 1813 the Poictiers, Maidstone, and Nimrod captured the Brig Anna.

29 Aug 1813 the brig Watson, having been taken by the US privateer Yankee, was re-captured by the Poictiers, and sent to Halifax where she arrived on 16 Sep.

3 Sep 1813 the brig Mariner, having been taken by the US privateer Yankee, was re-captured by the Poictiers, and sent to Halifax where she arrived on 16 Sep.

15 Sep 1813, arrived Halifax from a cruise.

1-2 Oct 1813 the Poictiers, Maidstone, Marlborough, and Pictou departed from Halifax.

25 Oct 1813, Poictiers, and Maidstone arrived Halifax, from a cruise.

Portsmouth 23 Dec 1813 arrived from Halifax.

Portsmouth 6 Jan 1814 departed for Chatham, to be paid off.

1830 Sheerness

9 May 1840 Surgeon James Lawrence, appointed from the Ocean to the Poictiers, vice James Osborne.

18 Jul 1840 Lieutenant William Henry Goddard ; Boatswain J. Stoyles ; Carpenter John Hutchins, appointed to the Poictiers.

26 Aug 1840 Sheerness, men lent to the Vesuvius return.

28 Aug 1841 Lieutenant R. Lowcay, appointed to the Poictiers ;

4 Sep 1841 Lieutenant William N. Boyce, from the Poictiers, appointed to the Vixen ;

20 Dec 1848 Depot Ship of Ordinary, Chatham.