HMS Satellite

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Satellite, 1812
Type: Brig Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1812 ; Disposal date or year : 1824
Notes:

Cork 25 Jan 1813 To sail with the convoy now collecting for the West Indies and Brazils.

Portsmouth 3 Aug 1813 Has arrived from Rio Janeiro.

Portsmouth 27 Feb 1814 Reported to have arrived in the Channel with a convoy from the Cape of Good Hope and Brazils.

Portsmouth 28 Feb 1814 arrived from the Brazils.

Portsmouth 10 Apr 1814 departed with the West India convoy.

Portsmouth 13 Apr 1814 departed with a convoy for the West Indies.

Plymouth 25 Jul 1815 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 31 Aug 1815 Has been paid off and re-commissioned.

Portsmouth 21 Feb 1816 departed for the Mediterranean.

13 Aug 1816 Satellite arrived at Gibraltar, from Algiers, with intelligence of the fortifications &c. She remained at Gibraltar when the fleet departed for Algiers on the following day.

Medals granted to surviving officers, seamen and marines (and soldiers who served as marines) per order of 7th June, 1848

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based in the East Indies.

Sydney, NSW 1 Feb 1823 Remains.

I note that she is reported as being sold in 1824 - if this was so, it may have been to the HEIC, but since she was involved in the Burmese War, I'll include the occasional linked reference made in William James' Naval History of Great Britain.

2 Dec 1824 the Burmese War - Sophie and Satellite involved in defensive operations.

22 Jan 1825 Satellite, Diana and ships' boats &c. involved in offensive operations.

13 Feb 1825 Alligator, Arachne, Sophie, Diana, Satellite and ships' boats &c. involved in further offensive operations.

8 Mar 1826 end of the Burma war.