HMS Salisbury

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Salisbury, 1814
Type: 4th Rate ; Armament 58
Launched : 1814 ; Disposal date or year : 1837
BM: 1199 tons ;
Notes:

24 Jun 1815 departed Portsmouth to Ostend, for sick, wounded and prisoners.

19 Sep 1815 arrived Portsmouth from Sierra Leone.

5 Nov 1815 departed St. John's, Newfoundland for England with Gov. R.G. Keats, &c.

19 Nov 1815 arrived recently at Plymouth; having assisted the Betsey in lat. 47. 22. long. 34. 4. dismasted.

29 Nov 1815 arrived Portsmouth from Plymouth.

11 Oct 1820 the Admiralty announced that the commanding officers of the following vessels now cruising in the Leeward Islands, ie the Salisbury, Capt John Wilson ; Tribune, Capt N Willoughby ; Sapphire, Capt A Montgomery ; Falmouth, Capt Edw Purcell, have been supplied with their instructions, should the right circumstances arise, authorising them to detain Portuguese or Spanish vessels in accordance with the several Treaties with foreign powers for preventing the Illegal Traffic in slaves with those countries.

3 Mar 1822 has been slated in to go out to Spithead, to prepare for service on the West Indies station.

7 Mar 1822 is ready to depart Spithead for Plymouth and Bermuda, but the wind is unsuitable at the present time.

13 Mar 1822 departed Spithead for Bermuda fitted for the Flag of the CinC North America station.

Jul 1830 Portsmouth.

18 Feb 1832 per the Hampshire Advertiser is supposedly to be replacing the Ceylon as a troop ship, but we shall see.

11 Jul 1835 in Ordinary at Portsmouth. Appropriated as a barrack for British volunteers for service with the Queen of Spain. 120 recruits joined the ship this morning.