HMS Sharpshooter

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Sharpshooter, 1805
Type: Gun Brig ; Armament 14
Launched : 1805 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:

May 1805 Building.

9 Sep 1806 Constance, Strenuous, and Sharpshooter chase the French store-ship Salamandre on shore, but she was subsequently got off by the French and repaired.

20 Apr 1810 Sharpshooter, Firm, and Surly captured the French privateer Alcide off Granville.

Plymouth 10 Aug 1812 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 28 Sep 1812 arrived from a cruise.

Plymouth 16 Nov 1812 arrived from Guernsey.

Plymouth 9 Dec 1812 departed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 26 May 1813 arrived with a convoy from Guernsey.

Portsmouth 5 Sep 1813 arrived from Guernsey.

Portsmouth 9 Sep 1813 Came into harbour.

Portsmouth 7 Dec 1813 departed for the Guernsey station.

Portsmouth 12 Dec 1813 Recaptured and sent in the Mercurius from Cadiz,

Portsmouth 11 May 1814 departed with a convoy, for Guernsey and Jersey.

Portsmouth 14 Jun 1814 departed to the westward.

Portsmouth 6 Jul 1814 departed to watch for an American privateer ready for sea at Cherbourg.

Cove 21 Jul 1814 Will sail with the convoy for North America on the first shift of wind.

Cork 25 Jul 1814 departed with a convoy for Newfoundland and Halifax.

14 Sep 1814, Akbar arrived Halifax, with the Sharpshooter, and a convoy from Cork and Portsmouth, in 55 days.

5 Nov 1814 the Hamadryad arrived Halifax, with the Sharpshooter, and a convoy from Quebec.

24 Nov 1814 arrived Halifax, with the Wasp, from Shelburne, N.B.

22 Dec 1814, arrived Halifax, from New Brunswick.

17 Jun 1815 departed Ramsgate with a convoy of transports.

23 Jul 1815 departed Deal for Ostend.

26 Jul 1815 arrived Deal from Ostend.

22 Aug 1815 arrived Portsmouth from a cruise.