HMS Volcano

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Volcano, 1810
Type: Bomb ;
Purchased : 1804 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
B.M.: 339 tons
Notes:

1810 Heron renamed Volcano.

18 Sep 1811 departed Spithead with a convoy for the Downs.

25 Dec 1811 departed Spithead with a convoy for Cadiz, Gibraltar, and the Med.

12 Sep 1814 Erebus, Meteor, �tna, Terror, Volcano, and Devastation move up the Patapsco in preparation for an attack on Baltimore, commencing their bombardment on Fort M'Henry, the Star Fort, and the water batteries on the 13th, being ordered to withdraw on the 14th.

12 Nov 1814 remains Jamaica.

14 Dec 1814 distribution of head-money arising from the capture of American gun-boats and sundry bales of cotton, [per London Gazette of 26 Jun 1821].

19 Jul 1816 lying at Portsmouth ; offered for sale for 31 Jul 1816.

28 Aug 1816 lying at Portsmouth ; offered for sale.