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GLOUCESTER (74) Built in 1812, Northfleet.
Hospital ship in 1861.

  • 1812 Capt. Robert.
    WILLIAMS.
    In GLOUCESTER, and his previous ships, RUBY and DICTATOR, he was principally employed protecting convoys through the Great Belt, a job he did for five successive seasons.
    He returned to England every winter when the Baltic was closed.
  • 1814 To the Leeward Islands with a convoy on 16 February.
    From there he escorted the 90th. regiment to Quebec and returned home with the trade from Barbados in September. She was paid off at Sheerness son after.
  • 1816 Out of commission at Chatham.
  • 1822 Capt. Sir Edward William OWEN, 11/1822, Commodore, West Indies.
    Re-commissioned under the same captain at Sheerness in March 1824.
    The Jamaica House of Assembly passed a vote of thanks to him for his prompt attention to the commercial and naval interests during the period of his command.
  • 1825 Capt. Joshua S. HORTON, 06/1825, Sheerness.
  • 1828 Capt. Henry STUART, 06/1828.
    Capt. Jenkin JONES, 06/1826, 2nd captain, stationed in the River Medway as a guardship.
  • 1831 Chatham, to be reduced to a 50-gun vessel. She was not re-commissioned.


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