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Acheron, 1803
Type: Bomb ; Armament 8 x 24-pounder carronades
Purchased : 1803 ;
Disposal date or year : 4 Feb 1805
Disposal Details : Captured, with the Arrow, by the French frigates Hortense and Incorruptible Mediterranean ; Captain Arthur Farquhar
Complement: 67
Notes:
19 Jul 1804 following the receipt of supplies from England the fleet sailed for the gulf of Palma, leaving the Belleisle, Fisgard, Niger and Acheron to watch Toulon. 5 Aug returned, having been driven away by gales.
3-4 Feb 1805 Arrow and Acheron captured by the French frigates Hortense and Incorruptible.