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Cordelia, 1808
Type: Sloop ; Armament 10
Launched : 1808 ;
Disposal date or year : 1833
Notes:
Deal 29 May 1811 Arrived in the Downs, driven from station by bad weather.
Deal 19 Jun 1811 Sailed with a convoy for the River.
Deal 4 Jul 1811 Arrived from the westward.
Deal 28 Jul 1811 Arrived from a cruise.
Deal 1 Sep 1811 Arrived from a cruise.
Deal 25 Sep 1811 Arrived having been driven off her station by a gale.
Deal 26 Sep 1811 Sailed to resume her station off the French coast.
Deal 9 Feb 1812 Sailed with thel outward-bound convoy for Portsmouth.
Deal 1 Mar 1812 Sailed with convoy for Portsmouth.
Dover 24 Sep 1812 Came in the Robert and Sarah, from Cork, bound to London, captured by a privateer off Beachy Head, and recovered by the Cordelia.
Deal 19 Nov 1812 Sailed on a cruise off the French coast.
Portsmouth 12 Jul 1813 Sailed with a convoy for the Downs.
Deal 29 Nov 1813 Sailed with a convoy for Portsmouth.
Portsmouth 2 Dec 1813 Arrived from a cruise.
Deal 18 Jan 1814 Arrived from a cruise.
Portsmouth 28 Feb 1814 Arrived from a cruise.
Deal 28 Mar 1814 Sailed with the outward-bound convoys of East and West Indiamen, transports, coasters, and colliers, for Portsmouth.
Deal 4 Oct 1814 Arrived from the westward.
Portsmouth 31 Oct 1814 Arrived from the Downs, the Downs establishment being broken up.
Portsmouth 7 Dec 1814 Arrived from the Downs.
Portsmouth 23 Dec 1814 Sailed with a convoy for Cork.
Portsmouth 1 Jan 1815 Arrived from Cork.
Portsmouth 3 Jan 1815 Sailed with a convoy for Lisbon and the Mediterranean.
Portsmouth 8 Jan 1815 Arrived from Plymouth.
Portsmouth 2 Feb 1815 Sailed on a cruise.
Torbay 14 Feb 1815 Arrived and sailed again on a cruise.
Portsmouth 18 Apr 1815 Arrived from the coast of France.
Portsmouth 17 May 1815 Sailed on a cruise.
Portsmouth 2 Aug 1815 Sailed on a cruise.
28 Jul 1816 sailed as a part of a fleet of 19 vessels from Plymouth Sound, for Gibraltar and the bay of Algiers.
9 Aug 1816 the fleet arrived at Gibraltar, where it joined the Dutch squadron, which had arrived the previous evening, and which, it was agreed, would join the expedition. Whilst at Gibraltar the fleet was victualled and preparations made for the forthcoming battle, with gunnery practice &c. taking place.
27 Aug 1816 circa 1400 hours, no reply having been received to Lord Exmouth's demands, the ships of the fleet took up their stations and the Battle of Algiers commenced, ceasing about 2200 hours.
Account of casualties.
Account of powder and shot expended.
Conferences &c. held with the Dey following the battle regards the demands of the allies and settlements made : honours and awards. See also p. 226 at www.archive.org/details/royalnavyhistory06clow.
3 Sep the fleet sailed from Algiers for Gibraltar and England.
Medals granted to surviving officers, seamen and marines (and soldiers who served as marines) per order of 7th June, 1848
The Tagus 15 Jun 1828 Reported to be cruising off Oporto.
Portsmouth 17 Aug 1828 Arrived from Lisbon and sailed again on the 18th for Chatham.
Madeira circa 16 Oct 1828 Had passed here for the purpose of cruising off Teneriffe in search of pirates.
Portsmouth 23 Feb 1830 Arrived from Gibraltar.
Smyrna 2 Jan 1830 Sailed for Paros.
Paros 5 Jan 1830 Sailed for Malta.
Malta 20 Jan 1830 Sailed for Gibraltar.
Gibraltar 11 Feb 1830 Sailed for Portsmouth.
Portsmouth 23 Feb 1830 Arrived from the Mediterranean.
Portsmouth 23 Feb 1830 Sailed for Sheerness to be paid off.
Dover 26 Feb 1830 Passed by for Sheerness.
8 Jun 1832 Will convoy vessels bound westward through the Archipelago.
Portsmouth 15 Oct 1833 Arrived from Plymouth.
Portsmouth 16 Oct 1833 Sailed but later returned due to the gale.
Portsmouth 18 Oct 1833 Sailed for Chatham.
Chatham 23 Nov 1833 To be sold out of the service.