HMS Scourge

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Scourge, 1803
Type: Sloop ; Armament 16
Purchased : 1803 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:

C 15 Aug 1803 Capt Wooldridge apptd to the Scourge.

6 Oct 1803 arrived N Yarmouth from a cruise.

10 Oct 1803 departed N Yarmouth.

11 Jan 1804 off the Vlie Island, was advised by a Prussian master that a British vessel with Naval Stores was lying in Vlie Roads as a prize to a Dutch privateer, and at about midnight sent in a number of boats to cut out the vessel, which turned out to be carrying 400 tons of timber, having been captured off the coast of Norway.

21 May 1804 the Scourge, Capt Wooldridge, arrived Spithead with 4 East Indiamen from the Downs.

25 May 1804 departed Spithead for the Downs.

12 Jun 1804 arrived Spithead with a convoy from the Downs.

17 Jun 1804 the Scourge, Capt Wooldridge, departed Spithead, with a convoy for the Downs.

2 Jul 1804 arrived at Spithead with a small convoy made up of the Mangles, Monarch and Alexander, East Indiamen, from the Downs.

12 Jul 1804 departed Spithead with a convoy for the Downs.

22 Jul 1804 arrived Spithead with a convoy from the Downs.

24 Jul 1804 departed Spithead with a convoy for the Downs.

Circa 29 Sep 1804 the Scourge, Capt Wooldridge, with 3 bombs and 2 gun brigs was sighted off Plymouth. 1805 Deptford, to repair in Ordinary.

Deal 14 Sep 1814 Remains in the Downs.

Deal 18 Jan 1815 Remains in the Downs.

Deal 15 Feb 1815 Remains.