Shearwater, 1808
Type: Sloop ; Armament 10
Launched : 1808 ; Disposal date or year : 1832
Notes:

Falmouth 27 Jan 1810 Sailed with a convoy for Spain, Portugal and the Mediterranean.

15 Jul 1810 manoeuvres with the squadron which remained off the port of Toulon when the Mediterranean fleet left the coast to seek shelter.

Deal 21 Aug 1814 Arrived with a convoy from the Mediterranean and placed under quarantine.

Deal 29 Aug 1814 Arrived in the Downs with a convoy from Gibraltar and has sailed for Sheerness, to be paid off.

Sheerness 27 Oct 1814 Paid off.

5 Jun 1817, the Beaver, Pelican and Shearwater, arrived Kingston, Jamaica, in the light of problems being experienced by commercial shipping 1817-1825, so-called Spanish privateers and piracy, initially at least, supposedly supporting one side or the other in the problems relating to Carthagena etc., a problem that the US Navy was also attempting to resolve, but would take a few more years to actually solve.

St Helena 19 Nov 1820 Remains.

St Helena 10 Sep 1821 Shortly due to return to England.

27 Nov 1821 Is in commission and based at the Cape.

Jul 1830 Portsmouth.