Naval Database

Echo, 1782
Type: Sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : 1782 ; Disposal date or year : 1797
Notes:

Gosport 6 Jan 1785 Gone out to Spithead.

Portsmouth 9 Jan 1785 Arrived.

Deal 26 Jan 1785 Remains at the Downs.

Deal 27 Jan 1785 Sailed for the river.

Deal 8 Feb 1785 Came down from the River and sailed.

Portsmouth 13 Feb 1785 Arrived from a cruise.

Portsmouth 22 Feb 1785 Sailed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 15 Apr 1785 Sailed on a cruise.

Portsmouth 16 Nov 1785 Arrived from Newfoundland.

Deal 2 Dec 1785 Passed through for the Nore.

Early Aug 1795 a part of a squadron, the Echo, Captain Temple Hardy, arrived in Simon's bay, Cape of Good Hope, with troops, with a view to taking the province, which was subsequently achieved in the September, following the arrival of reinforcements. During this period the Dutch ship Willemstadt en Boetzlaar was taken, re-named Princess, and fitted out as a 20-gun ship, along with the armed brig Star, the latter being re-named the Hope.

5 Feb 1796 arrived at Negombo, a squadron, including the Echo, Captain Andrew Todd, with troops, with the object taking the important fortress of Colombo, Ceylon, which was achieved on the 15th.

17 Aug 1796 Simon's bay, Cape of Good Hope. Was present at the capitulation of the Dutch squadron, greatly out-gunned by a much larger British squadron.