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Harpy, 1796
Type: Brig / Sloop ; Armament 18
Launched : 1796 ;
Disposal date or year : 1817
Complement: 120
Notes:
25 Dec 1796, when in company with HM Hired Armed Cutter the Hind captured the ship Hoop.
Feb 1797 captured the French privateer Contentin in the Channel.
22 Jun 1797 captured the French privateer Espérance on the coast of France.
14-20 May 1798 Involved in expedition to Ostende, supporting the army.
5-6 Feb 1800 chase and capture of the French 38-gun frigate Pallas, subsequently purchased into the Service as the Pique.
9 Jan 1801 the hired cutter Constitution, Lieut. W. H. Faulknor, was captured by two large French cutters off Portland, Dorset, but was re-taken the same day by the brig Harpy and revenue cutter Greyhound.
Circa 12 Mar 1801 fleet under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker sailed from Yarmouth roads for Copenhagen. 30 Mar the vessels initially detailed to take part in the forthcoming Battle of Copenhagen. 1 Apr the vessels detailed sail for Copenhagen ; the British ships held in reserve ; the Danish positions : 2 Apr the battle commences : the truce : the casualties : the wash-up :
12 Apr 1801 the fleet sailed from Copenhagen into the Baltic.
2 Feb 1802 will be paid respective Proportions of a Final Dstribution for the Ship Hoop, at Portsmouth.
21 Jul 1802 head money for those present at the Engagement at Copenhagen, on the 2d April 1801, due for payment.
31 Oct 1803 attack on shipping along the French coast.
19-20 Jul 1804 action of the road of Boulogne
25-28 Aug 1804 seminal action off Boulogne
Off Boulogne, 29 Jan 1805 cut out a lugger from a flotilla of some 30 small vessels sailing close in along the coast from the westward. I have sent her to the Downs with the Bruiser. www.gazettes-online.co.uk Gazette Issue 15776.
23-25 Apl 1805 was a part of a squadron which captured off Boulogne the Dutch Armed Schuyts Nos 43, 44, 45, 48, 52, 54, 57, and 58, and the unarmed Transport No 3 and is entitled to Head-Money being one of the actual Captors.
May 1805 Downs Station
28 Jul 1809 a part of a large fleet which sailed from the Downs, with troops, with the aim of demolishing the dock-yards, and arsenals at Antwerp, Terneuse, and Flushing, often known as the ill-fated Walcheren Expedition.
3 Aug 1811 a part of the fleet involved in the invasion of Java, which terminated with the surrender of Dutch and French forces on 16 Sep.
Plymouth circa 28 Feb 1816 Arrived from the Cape of Good Hope.
Navy Office 19 Aug 1817 Ordered to be sold.
Woolwich 18 Nov 1817 Has been condemned and will be broken up.