Dispatch Packet (1808 ship)

Dispatch Packet (or Dispatch) was launched in France in 1807, probably under another name. She was taken in prize and from 1808 sailed from Falmouth, Cornwall, as a packet for the Post Office Packet Service. She sailed primarily to the Iberian peninsula, but also made voyages to North America, Suriname, and the Mediterranean. She was wrecked on 14 April 1812 while returning to Falmouth from Malta.

For other ships with the same name, see Dispatch (ship).

History
United Kingdom
Builder: France[1]
Launched: 1807[1]
Acquired: 1808
Fate: Wrecked 14 April 1812
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 180[1] (bm)
Armament: 10 × 6-pounder guns[1]

The following information is from Howat.[2]

Captain Date of appointment
John Harris 18 August 1808
Edward Vinscombe 10 January 1810
John Parsons 30 July 1810
William Kirkness November 1810

Fate

Dispatch was wrecked on a shoal between Malta and Mazara del Vallo, Trapani.[2] All on board and the mails were rescued.[3][2]

Captain Kirkness returned to England aboard the store ship HMS Abundance.

Citations and references

Citations

  1. Register of shipping (1812), Seq.No.269.
  2. Howat (1984), p. 24.
  3. "Marine List". Lloyd's List (4672). 9 June 1812.

References

  • Howat, J.N.T. (1984). South American packets: the British packet service to Brazil, the River Plate, the West Coast (via the Straits of Magellan), and the Falkland Islands, 1808-80. York, England: Postal History Society in Association with William Sessions. ISBN 0900657952.
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