| Previous Page | Next Page | Index
Camilla, 1776
Type: Sloop ; Armament 20
Launched at Chatham 1776 ;
Disposal date or year : 1831
Tons (BM) : 433
Notes:
19 Apr 1797 the Diamond, Minerva, Cynthia, Camilla, and hired cutter Grand Falconer captured the American ship Favourite.
1 Jan 1799, Capt. R. Larkan. Channel.
14 Jan 1799 Portsmouth, arrived from before Havre-de-Grace.
9 Feb 1799, Plymouth, sailed for Jamaica with General Maitland, Colonels Grant and Nightingale at short notice.
1 Dec 1799 Portsmouth sailed on a cruise.
12 Jan 1800 captured the Speculation with the Fly Hired Cutter in sight.
29 Jan 1800 with the Duchess of York Hired Cutter in sight, captured the French privateer lugger Le Vigoureux, 3 guns, 26 men, of Cherbourg ; out 19 days, but had not taken any thing.
6 Mar 1800, Portsmouth, the Camilla, Capt. Larkan, has a signal hoisted for a convoy to Newfoundland.
19 Mar 1805 Convoy to Newfoundland
14-15 Aug 1805 Camilla chased the French brig-corvette Faune, and was joined on the 15th by the Goliath, when the corvette was taken.
2 Mar 1808 with a small squadron captured the Island of Guadaloupe with a view to reducing the number of havens available to French privateers.
13 Aug 1808 landed Lieutenant Lake, former commanding officer of the Recruit, sent home from the West Indies as sick.
1830 Receiving ship Sheerness