Wilmington, 1800
Type: Schooner ;
Acquired : 1800 ? One wonders if this vessel may have been a prize ? It would appear that prizes were often used to make up for the general shortage of despatch vessels etc., on the West Indies stations, the condition of the vessel often not being too important - see note on Lt Fitton, who, it would appear often had to make do and mend, and those were the vessels he was given to chase privateers etc., and not his cloathes - apologies for the play on "make and men" for those who appreciate where I'm coming from ! Ed.
Disposal date or year : -
Notes:

24 Nov 1800 Plymouth, came in from Curacao, after a passage of 6 weeks, the Wilmington, Lt Paul, with dispatches for the Admiralty, from Captain Watkins, of La Nereide, 36, dated Curacoa, containing the official account of that island and its dependencies, with 44 sail of merchantmen, richly laden, for Europe, having surrendered to La Nereide alone; Lt Paul set off express for London.

6 Oct 1801 the Wilmington, schooner, Lt. Paul, is lying in Plymouth Sound awaiting the arrival of dispatches relating to the Peace with France, recently announced, with which she will proceed to the West Indies.