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Lavinia, 1806
Type: 5th Rate ; Armament 40
Launched : 6 Mar 1806 ;
Disposal date or year : 1868
Disposal Details : Sunk in collision with SS Cimbria in Plymouth harbour
BM: 1172 tons
Notes:
1799 The replacement of long-guns by carronades meant that the Lavinia, originally designed as a 40 gun frigate, was to be armed with additional carronades, making a total of 50 guns, thus making a nonsense of the rating system.
May 1805 Building
23 Feb 1808 detached to gain intelligence on a French fleet under M. Ganteaume, in the Mediterranean.
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. 11 Aug a part of a squadron of frigates to sound and buoy the Baerlandt channel.
Portsmouth 5 Jan 1810 Sailed for the Mediterranean.
24 June 1811 Reported to be off Toulon.
Portsmouth 8 Jan 1813 Arrived from Lisbon.
Plymouth 19 Jan 1813 Went up the harbour to be refitted.
1830 Plymouth
1836 Harbour Service
20 Dec 1848 Quarantine Service, Liverpool.
1860 Coal Depot, Devonport