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SWIFTSURE
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Built in 1804, Bucklers Hard.
Receiving ship in 1819. |
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- 1805 Capt. W. G. RUTHERFORD, off Cadiz.
- 1807 Flagship of Sir John WARREN, to Halifax at beginning of December.
Capt. John CONN. - Capt. Charles John AUSTEN was posted into her on 10 May 1810 from INDIAN and then removed to CLEOPATRA.
- 1811 Capt. LLOYD, Portsmouth.
- 1812 Capt. Edward Stirling DICKSON, who removed from STATELY, acting, later confirmed, Mediterranean.
On 26 November 1813 her boats, directed by Lieut. William SMITH, captured the French privateer schooner CHARLEMAGNE (8), off Cape Rousse in Corsica.
Mr Joseph DOUGLAS, midshipman, and four seamen were killed and Lieuts. FULLER and HARVEY, Lieut. Thompson of the marines, Mr FIELD, midshipman, and 11 seamen were wounded.
The schooner had sailed from Genoa 24 days earlier, stored for a six month cruise and was trying to escape from SWIFTSURE using her sweeps when the boats were sent after her. - In 1814 Capt. DICKSON joined RIVOLI.
- 1815 Capt. William WEBLEY (known as William Webley PARRY after 1815), to the West Indies.
- 1816 Out of commission at Portsmouth.
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