Stork, 1796
Type: Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1796 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:

15 Aug 1797 captured the French privateer Lynx.

17 Jun 1798 - from the Captain's Log - commencing, I would think, at Port Royal, Jamaica, in view of the fact that the Abergavenny appears to be in harbour, which was the Flag ship based there from 1797-9.

Please note that the day starts at noon :

Tuesday	19 June 1798	Moderate and clear weather People employed occ aft AM D Wr �.ead Captain Laroche commissions for this ship Answered our signal For a Lieutenant and General Signal for all Lieutenants People employed getting Gunners, Boatswain and Carpenters stores ready for survey.
Wednesday	20 June	PM Moderate and clear weather Answered our signal for a Lieutenant Surveyed remains of Gunners, Boatswain�s and Carpenters stores AM DW Answered our signal to take the Guard and signal for all Lieutenants received. Water from Abergavenny�s launch H.M. cutter Sparrow arrived.
Thursday	21 June	PM Fresh breezes and cloudy weather. Received 3 puncheons rum, 7 Barrells of Beef, 6 do of Pork, 4 casks of Pease, and 4 Baggs of Cocoa. People employed stowing and doing other necessary works. AM moderate with Lightning and thunder. Survey�d and Condem�d one small bower Cable, one Messenger, one Main Sail, one Driver, the Cutters covering, 2 windsails and the Hammock Cloths. Sent the Top Gallant Sails to the Dock Yard to be repaired Received Boatswain and Carpenters Stores and returned Condemned Stores. departed HM Cutter Sparrow arrived HM Ship La Prompt and a merchant man People variously employed Answer the signal for all Midshipmen
Friday	22 June	PM Squally with Thunder and Showers of rain. Parted the hawser by which the ship was steadied Sent the Warrant Officers on duty to the Dockyard Completed our stock of water to 30 tons. AM Moderate and fair Loosed sails to dry Rec[eived] a New Bower Cable and a ?ess, a Main Sail and Sundry other Boatswains Stores.
Saturday	23 June	Moderate breezes and cloudy weather Employed getting ship ready for sea Answer a signal for a Midn Rec 3 casks of bread from Launch HM Ships Adventure, Queen, Tourtorelle arrived Weighed the kedge and got ready for heaving up.
Sunday	24 June	Fresh breezes and cloudy weather At 4.30 hove up and made sail At 5 Passed the Mole head At 6 Took 3rd reef in the top sails At 8.30 Tacked and set the main sail At 12 Fresh breezes and squally At 2 AM wore ship At 4 Fresh breezes and clear, wear At 6.30 Tacked ship and let a reef out of the top sails At 9 Tacked Ship. Mustered ship�s company. Opened 2 Puncheons of Water. Rems. (Remains) 35 Tons.
Monday	25 June	Moderate breezes and cloudy weather. Tacked ship. Occ. Aft. At 3 Squally. Spring our Main Top sail yard. Carried [away] one of our Fore top sail sheets Split the fore top mast stay sail. Carried away one of the Mizen top mast shrouds At 5 PM Abreast of Port au Paix ; hove to ; out cutter and sent her on shore with the Flag of Truce. At 6 D boat returned ; hoisted her in. Stood off and between the Island and the main during the night. At 9 hove too, [lowered] cutter and sent her to Port au Paix with the Flag of Truce Tacked ship. Made sail����..ed 2 Puncheons of water. Remains 34.3 tons. [bits lost at the bottom of the page]
	26-30	Missing
Sunday	1 July	First part fresh breezes and clear weather. Sway�d up the Main G. Mizen Top Mast and Main Yard. Sent the launch a Watering. Enquired about the rigging ? Departed this life James Bannister, Serg. Of Marines Latter part clear weather. HM Ships Hannibal and Renommmee working into the mole Employed ratling down Top Mast rigging.
Monday	2	First part fresh breezes. Came to an anchor HM Ships Hannibal and Renommmee Middle squally Latter more clear AM departed HM ships Aquilon and Ratler Employed about rigging.
Tuesday	3	First part moderate breezes and clear. 3 PM Came to an anchor HM ships Adventure and Ratler and an armed brig Middle calm and clear Employed about the rigging At 11 �. Made the signal for all the Boats Manned an Armed to chase SW with gun �. the cutter, manned and armed under the Charge of the First Lieut. to chase SW. 2 strange vessels of[f] the Mole. Latter clear.
Wednesday	4	First part moderate and clear We ar 3 Pile Bent the Fore Yard, Fore Top and driver 6.30 St Georges fort fired 2 guns quick sent the Marines ashore 7 marines came onboard again at 9 cutter came onboard having left off the chase. Middle calm and clear latter moderate At 11 o�clock Hannibal annulled the signal for Court Martial Bent the main course Opened a cask of Pork ?A. N : 853 Contents 50 prs. [cent?] Compleat.
Thursday	5	First part moderate and squally Queen made the signal for Lieut. emp occ aft rec the Hammock cloths which was left on shore to be painted Cleard hawse. Carpenters emp painting the Ships Sides rec. 126 casks of Water from Queen�s Launch from the Queen employ�d Starting water ? 11 PM Came to an anchor HM Frigate Alarm recd on board the Main and Mizen Top sail from the Dock yard which was left to be repair�d Anser sigl for all Lieutt Unmoored and have short on small bower Cable rec on board 1 Bullock latter moderate Draught of Water � Abaft 14 � 2 " Forw 13 � 10 " Compleatd our Stock of Water to 34 tons.
Friday	6	Fresh breezes and Squally at 5 hove short, then veared again 1/3 of a cable Squally at 6 Moderate Rec 2087 lb of bread from the contractor at 12 Moderate at 5 Weighed and departed in with HM Frigate Alarm at 7 o�clock spoke the Alarm Capt. went on board at 8 boat returned then made Sail upon a wind to Nward at 11 fired 6 prs. Shotted at American Ship to bring her too board her � from Baltimore bound to Leogane [?] At noon boat returned �� up and made sail Expended 2 Puncheons water Rems 33 1/3 Tons
Saturday	7	Moderate and clear At 2.30 took in 3rd Reef Topsails at 4 fresh breezes and clear Wr. at 7 SW Pt of Great Heneage NNW ./2 5 or 6 miles then tacked ship at 8 Alarm ESE ./4 mile 12 Alarm SE b E 2 miles at 2 fresh breezes and cloudy Wore ship and hauled up the fore sail at 4 Alarm NE � ? �. Mile at 8 fresh breezes and squally made and shortened sail occ aft at 8.30 SW Pt of Great Heneaga N � W at 9.30 Passed round and spoke the Alarm at 11.30 wore ship Alarm SW by S � mile Expend 2 Punc of water remains 32 2/3 Tons Weight of Beef rec on 5th inst. 357 lbs
Sunday	8	Fresh breezes and clear we arrived at 4 fired 2 6 prs to bring too a schooner at 5 board the American schooner Lark from Petit Guave, bound Baltimore at 6.30 made the sigl to speak the Alarm at 6.45 sent the Jolly boat on board her, for the surgeon to visit the sick at 7 hoisted up the boat and made sail at 8 wore ship Alarm SE b E � mile made and shortened sail occ aft at 12 Alarm not in sight thick weather at 1.30 saw the Alarm bearing SE b E at 3 wore ship. At 4 Alarm N b E 2 or 3 miles At 8 D N � W 4 miles Shortened sail Occ aft To keep in our station At 11.30 tacked ship Noon Alarm SE b S 2 or 3 miles Expended 2 Puncheons water remains 32 Tons
Monday	9	Fresh Breezes and squally At 2 tacked At 4 W�erd (weathered) Great Heneaga �. 5 leagues Alarm NNE b E 4 or 5 miles Wm ? Tarrant / Surgeon / [d]eparted this life At 5.30 tacked ship One strange sail in SE [c]hased ?? sigl At 6 saw the Alarm board a brig, then 3 strange sail in sight in SE Alarm, Made our sigl to chase Etc At 7 cleared ship for action and chase appeared to be ? bearing down, In clearing ship threw over board 14 lime juice cases with the Bottler ? At 8 came on thick weather with ?all rain Lost sight of the sight of the chase then tacked ship and shortened sail Alarm N � W 3 or 4 miles then NW of Pt of Great Heaneaga �. 1 mile 12 wore at 1 wore kept the lead going at 4 Alarm ?west 4 miles at 4.30 wore ship at 7 made a signal for 2 strange sail in SE Then tacked ship and made sail Alarm in ??? At 8 Alarm 2 miles At 9.30 Alarm made our sigl to chase north 11 boarded an American sloop from Charleston to Jamaica
Tuesday	10	Fresh breezes and cloudy weather Made sail to the SW At 2 tacked ship At 3.30 tacked Alarm SSE 5 miles At 5 tacked At 6 Alarm ENE 1 mile At 6.30 tacked ship and took a reef in the top sails At 7 SW of Great Heneaga E b S 4 or 5 miles then hauled up the fore sail Thos Coslett departed this life At 12 D Wr Alarm not in sight Made and shortened sail Occ aft At 8 wore and hove too then W. Point of G. Heneaga NE b E 4 or 5 miles At 10 saw the Alarm bearing ENE At noon Alarm E b S 2 or 3 miles Expended 2 Puncheons of water rems ?? 2/3 Tons People employed with sundreys about the rigging [final line at the bottom of the page unreadable]
	11-14	Missing
Sunday	15	At 1 shortened sail and stood off and on abreast of Lagoone At 1.30 hove 2 and hoisted in the launch At 4 landed the spare ords. ? taken in the schooner yesterday At 6.30 hoisted in the cutter and made sail on the starboard tack At 8 Alarm NE � N 2 miles Schooner in tow At 9.30 tacked ship At 10 tacked At 12 moderate and hazy Alarm NE b N 2 miles At 4 D Wr Alarm East At 5 saw strange sail in the SW At 8 tacked ship Alarm ENE At Noon Alarm ??S 2 miles Punished Chas. Child and David Pollard for neglect of duty Expended 2 Puncheons of water remains 26 2/3 Tons
Monday	16	Moderate breezes and cloudy weather At 2 saw 2 strange sail in the WNW At 4 Alarm SSW 2 miles At 6 Cape Maize S � W 8 leagues one strange sail in sight Alarm in chase At 6.30 saw the Alarm board a schooner ??? reef the top sails at 8 fresh breezes and squally with lightning and thunder at 12 tacked at 3.30 wore ship ????? schooner in tow at 4 Alarm not in sight At 8 D NE b N 6 or 7 miles ?? strange sail in sight Alarm in chase made sail occ aft at 11 saw the Alarm board a schooner at noon Alarm ? b N 5 or 6 miles Carpenters employed repairing the jolly boat ; sailmakers making wind sails and people with sundry jobs about the rigging Expended 2 puncheons of water remains 25 2/3 Tons
Tuesday	17	Moderate breezes and clear weather At 4 saw a sail in the NNE At 4.30 tacked and hove too At 5 sent the cutter to tow the schooner into anchorage under the NW point of Heneage At 6 spoke an American ship from Charleston, then spoke the Alarm who took charge of the American ship. At 8 NW point of Heneage E?SE 7 or 8 miles At 10.30 lose sight of the Alarm At 12 cutter returned then made sail to the SE ? At 5.30 wore ship At 8 fresh breezes and cloudy At noon tack ship Carpenters employed repairing and painting the boats, sailmakers as yesterday
Wednesday	18	Fresh breezes and a heavy sea At 1 tacked At 4 more moderate ?? tacked and took 3 reefs in the top sails at 12 moderate and cloudy ??? 30 SW of Point of Great Heneaga E b N 4 leagues at 5 Alarm hove in sight at 8 Alarm S� W 2 or 3 miles at 9 saw a strange sail in the SW then set all sail and bore up at 11 saw the ?end about Cape Maize answered our signal to pass within hail Carpenters employed with sundrys � washed below and painted with vineagar.

Source : With thanks to the National Archives ADM 51/1255.

20 Oct 1798 off Faberoon (sp?), not far from Crooked Island in the West Indies.

22 Jul � 27 Oct 1799 the Stork captured a privateer of 6 guns, and 3 merchant vessels.

Circa Feb 1800 Charles Laroche, Esq. late Commander of the Stork, has been advanced to the rank of Post Captain, with the command of the Abergavenny, 54, Jamaica.

Mar 1800 captured the Spanish privateer La Louise, schooner, 8 guns, 55 men, on the Jamaica station.

14 May 1801 arrived at Spithead last night the French brig Louisa, laden with flour and bread, captured on the 6th in Quiberon Bay within gun-shot of the shore by the ship's boats.

15 May 1801 arrived Plymouth Sound La Jeune Nannette, prize to the Stork. She also took two chasse marees. She made one a tender, and sent her in to decoy out some gun-vessels, who smoked the business, boarded her, and retook her.

18 May 1801 arrived Plymouth Sound the Stork from a cruise in the Bay.

25 May 1801 went into dock to refit.

28 May 1801 taken out of dock.

31 May 1801 went down from Hamoaze into the Sound.

3 Jun 1801 departed Plymouth Sound on a cruise to the Westward.

4 Jul 1801 came into Plymouth Sound La Julie, a French chasse marie, with flour and brandy, prize to the Stork, bound from Bourdeaux to Brest.

27 Jul 1801 in company with the Constance, captured the Spanish privateer El Cantara, brig, with a lugger of 12 guns, 22 guns, 110 men, near Cape Ortegal.

4 Aug 1801 arrived Plymouth Sound the St Pedro D'Alacantra, Spanish brig, late Lovely Emily, of Plymouth, with brandy, 22 guns and 130 men, from Corunna, to Vivaro, and a Spanish schooner, in ballast, prizes to the Constance, Stork, and Flirt cutter, detained 27th.

30 Aug 1801 came into Plymouth Sound a French chasse marree, laden with plaister (sic) of paris, prize to the Stork.

15 Sep 1801 came into Plymouth Sound La Legere, French packet, of 14 guns and 50 men, prize to the Stork, of 18 guns from Guadaloupe to Bourdeaux with a valuable cargo of cocoa, coffee, indigo, and cotton ; she has several passengers on board.

1 Oct 1801 Captain Seymour it appointed to the Belleisle, of 84 guns, Captain Domett, appointed flag-captain to the channel fleet ; Captain Seymour departed Plymouth Sound this day in the Stork, to join the fleet.

3 Oct 1801 departed Plymouth for a cruise to the Westward.

17 Nov 1801 arrived at Spithead, from the Westward.

30 Dec 1801 departed Spithead the Stork, 16, Captain Taylor, with Governor Halkett on board, for the Bermuda Islands.

18 Jan 1802 a prize crew from the Stork brought into the port of Hull the Camilla, Lewis, master, bound from London to Whitby, retaken last Friday in Robin Hood Bay by the Stork. However, the original crew of the Camilla had been taken on board the French privateer. At the same time it is also of interest to note that the privateer which detained the Camilla, has now also been detained, by the Favourite on Thursday, after a 7 hour chase, after being sighted off Flamboro' Head, so whether the crew of the Camilla were still on board or had been sent back to France in one of the several merchant vessels captured by French privateers operating on that coast at that time is not yet known.

12 Mar 1802 arrived Spithead, through the Needles, the Stork, from New Providence.

18 Mar 1802 a Court Martial was held on board the Gladiator, in Portsmouth harbour, to try George Everett, belonging to HM sloop Stork, for stealing three guineas and some shillings from F. Wilson, the charge being in part proved, he was sentenced to receive 300 lashes.

7 Apr 1802 departed Spithead the Stork, 18, with dispatches for the West Indies.

Circa 14 May 1802 arrived Jamaica.

14 Jul 1802 a letter received at Portsmouth from the Stork reports her arrival at Jamaica with an account of the signing of the Definitive Treaty 37 days after departing Spithead.

16 Mar 1803 Mid Murray of the Leviathan, has been promoted Lieut, for service on the Stork.

Circa 29 Jul 1803 Lieut Le Geyt promoted and apptd in command of the Stork on the Jamaica station.

Circa 1 Aug 1803 Capt Cotterelt of the Stork apptd to the Hercule.

18 Aug 1803 arrived N Yarmouth with the Bold from a cruise.

19 Aug 1803 departed N Yarmouth on a cruise.

30 Mar 1804 captured the French privateer Hirondelle, 3, 44 men, off Cape Nicola Mole, on the Leeward Islands' station.

23 Mar 1805 ship's boats cut out the Dutch privateer schooner Antelope and a brig.

May 1805 Jamaica Station.

30 Aug - 3 Sep 1806 officers and men from the schooners Stork, Sup�rieure, Flying-Fish, and Pike capture a Spanish fort, a felucca, a schooner, 4 privateers and 6 vessels with cargoes.

12 Dec 1808 a part of a small squadron which discovered a small squadron, recently arrived in the West Indies from France with stores, which it attempted to destroy before the stores could be landed.

30 Jan-24 Feb 1809 a part of a expedition under R.-adm Sir A Cochrane which arrived off Martinique with a view to taking the Island.

Plymouth 20 Sep 1811 Has made signal for convoy to the westward.

Cork 22 Sep 1811 arrived from Plymouth.

Cork 27 Sep 1811 As soon as the weather moderates, goes to Loughswilly.

Plymouth 28 Oct 1811 departed for Cork, with a convoy.

Cove 29 Dec 1811 departed with a convoy up Channel, as far as the Downs.

Plymouth 8 Jan 1812 arrived from the Cork station.

Plymouth Dock 9 Jan 1812 arrived from the Cork station.

Plymouth Dock 11 Jan 1812 departed to Stonehouse Pool to refit.

Plymouth 28 Oct 1812 departed with a convoy, for Portsmouth.

Portsmouth 6 Nov 1812 departed with a convoy for Cork.

Plymouth 24 Nov 1812 arrived from the Irish station, and appointed to take a convoy to Cork.

Plymouth 27 Nov 1812 departed with a convoy for Ireland.

Cork 3 Dec 1812 Is appointed convoys for the next West India fleet.

Plymouth 21 Jan 1813 departed with a small convoy for Ireland.

Cove 9 Jul 1813 Friday last departed on a cruise.

Cork 13 Sep 1813 arrived from having accompanied convoys to St. Andero.

Portsmouth 25 Oct 1813 Is ordered to Plymouth.