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Nautilus, 1784
Type: Sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : 1784 ;
Disposal date or year : 2 Feb 1799 : Wrecked off Flamborough Head : crew saved. Capt. Henry Gunter.
Notes:
Portsmouth 28 Jan 1785 Remains at Spithead.
Portsmouth 24 Apr 1785 Sailed for Plymouth.
Portsmouth 2 May 1785 Arrived from Plymouth.
Portsmouth 11 May 1785 Sailed for Plymouth.
Portsmouth 16 May 1785 Arrived from Plymouth.
Plymouth 20 May 1785 Sailed on a cruise.
Portsmouth 27 Jun 1785 Sailed on a cruise.
Plymouth 28 Jun 1785 Arrived from Portsmouth.
Plymouth 19 Nov 1785 Arrived from Bristol.
12 Apr 1793, Troops embarked at Barbadoes, on board the Trusty, 18-gun sloop Nautilus, Hind armed schooner, and Hero merchant-ship, 14th, arrived in Great Courland Bay, Tobago and the troops landed. Following the failure of the local commander to surrender the British troops attacked and carried the fort.
2 Feb 1794 Vice-admiral Sir John Jervis sailed from Barbadoes with a fleet, including the Nautilus, for Martinique. Seamen from many of the ships played an important role in moving heavy guns over difficult terrain and in the various assaults required to subdue the Island. Elements from the fleet then went on to take Sainte-Lucie, Guadeloupe, and other islands, in subsequent months.
5 Jun - 3 Jul 1794 the arrival of a French squadron in the resulted in a number of movements and operations by the ships Boyne, Veteran, Winchelsea, Nautilus, Vanguard, Vengeance, Solebay and Winchelsea.