HMS Calliope (1808)

HMS Calliope was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1808. She was broken up in 1829.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calliope.
History
UK
Name: HMS Calliope
Ordered: 31 December 1807
Launched: 8 July 1808
Fate: Broken up 13 August 1829
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Cherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen: 236​14⁄94 (bm)
Length:
  • 90 ft 0 in (27.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 73 ft 5 1⁄2 in (22.4 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m)
Draught: 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) (laden); 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) (unladen)
Depth of hold: 11 ft 2 in (3.4 m)
Sail plan: Brig
Complement: 75
Armament: 8 x 18-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder guns

Career

On 5 January 1809 Calliope was in company with Pigeon off Kingsgate Point near Margate. That evening the two vessels were off Flushing when a heavy gale and snowstorm parted the two vessels. Pigeon grounded and was lost, though almost her entire crew survived.[2]

Calliope served during the War of 1812 under the command of Alexander Maconochie.[1]

On 23 May 1813 Calliope was in company with Urgent, Drake, Hearty, and the hired armed cutter Princess Augusta when they captured the Danish vessels Jonge Greenwoldt, Hoffnung 1 and 2, and another vessel, name unknown.[Note 1]

On 10 July 1813 Calliope was part of a squadron that captured eight small vessels in the Elbe and Weser. The squadron included Desiree, Brev Drageren, Shamrock, Thrasher, Princess Augusta, and gunboats.[4][Note 2]

On 27 October Calliope was under the command of Commander John M'Kerlie, and in company with Thrasher. The shared in the proceeds of the capture on that day of Frou Magaretha.[Note 3]

Calliope was one of the Royal Navy vessels that participated in the battle of Lake Borgne in 1814.[Note 4][Note 5]

Main article: Battle of Lake Borgne

Notes, citations and references

Notes

  1. The prize money for an ordinary seaman was 17s 9d.[3]
  2. The prize money for an ordinary seaman for the eight small vessels was 15s 9¾d.[5]
  3. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £23 3s 6½d; a sixth-class share of the prize money, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 9s 1½d.[6]
  4. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £34 12s 9¼d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 7s 10¾d.[7]
  5. 'Notice is hereby given to the officers and companies of His Majesty's ships Aetna, Alceste, Anaconda, Armide, Asia, Bedford, Belle Poule, Borer, Bucephalus, Calliope, Carron, Cydnus, Dictator, Diomede, Dover, Fox, Gorgon, Herald, Hydra, Meteor, Norge, Nymphe, Pigmy, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Seahorse, Shelburne, Sophie, Thames, Thistle, Tonnant, Trave, Volcano, and Weser, that they will be paid their respective proportions of prize money.' [8]

Citations

  1. Winfield (2008), p. 313.
  2. Hepper (1994), p. 127.
  3. "No. 16956". The London Gazette. 12 November 1814. pp. 2242–2243.
  4. "No. 17046". The London Gazette. 1 August 1815. p. 1566.
  5. "No. 17116". The London Gazette. 5 March 1816. pp. 432–433.
  6. "No. 17121". The London Gazette. 23 March 1816. pp. 561–562.
  7. "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1561.
  8. "No. 17730". The London Gazette. 28 July 1821. p. 1561.

References

  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.


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