HMS Wilhelmina

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Wilhelmina, 1798
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 32 (12-pdr)
Taken : 24 Oct 1798 ; Disposal date or year : 1813
Displacement : 827 tons (BM)
Notes:

24 Oct 1798 Sirius captured the Dutch 36-gun frigate, Furie, previously in company with the Waakzaamheid. The Furie was purchased into the navy under the name of Wilhelmina.

Circa Jan 1800 Captain David Atkins is appointed to the Wilhelmina (late Dutch Furie) 36 guns, one of the ships taken in 1798 by Captain Sir Richard King, in the Sirius, in the North Seas.

Circa 24 Mar to 26 Apr 1800 Captain Charles Hubert is appointed to the Wilhelmina, fitting for a troop ship at Woolwich.

12 Feb 1801 anchored in Table Bay the Romney and Sensible with a division of the 65th Regt of foot on board. Parted company off the Cape de Verds with the rest of a squadron consisting of the Sheerness and Wilhelmina, and a sloop of war. The 61st Regt is to be embarked, destination unknown.

Aug 1801 arrived Jeddah.

9-11 Apr 1804 a long and ferocious action with the French frigate-privateer Psych�.

15th of September 1804 (Vol iii - page 277)

May 1805 East Indies