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Tenedos, 1812
Type: 5th rate ; Armament 38
Launched : 11 Apr 1812 ;
Disposal date or year : 1875
BM: 1083 tons
Notes:
Portsmouth 25 Aug 1812 Gives instructions to vessels waiting for the convoy to the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and Newfoundland.
Portsmouth 28 Aug 1812 Sailed with the convoy for Halifax &c.
21 Mar 1813 Shannon and Tenedos sailed from Halifax on a cruise in Boston bay, and in April reconnoitred the harbour of Boston. 25 May detached the Tenedos
Dec 1813 blockaded the port of Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, where the US frigate Congress was eventually to be laid up.
3 Apr 1814 Junon and Tenedos chased the US frigate Constitution off the port of Marblehead, but the US frigate, having started her water etc., made Marblehead.
26 Aug 1814 Dragon, Endymion, Bacchante, Sylph and 10 transports with troops, sailed from Halifax, Nova-Scotia, for the river Penobscot. The expedition was joined on the 31st, off the Metinicus islands, by the Bulwark, Tenedos, Rifleman and Peruvian.
1-3 Sep 1814 the fleet came to anchor off the fort and town of Castine and on the 2nd the Peruvian, Sylph and ships' boats headed up the up the Penobscot looking for the frigate Adams, at Hamden, which was set on fire by the defending US forces before they escaped inland.
13 Jan 1815 Tenedos joined the squadron blockading New York.
14 Jan 1815 bad weather blew the squadron blockading New York out to sea, and it being surmised that the vessels blockaded in New York would have taken the opportunity to escape the squadron went in search.
15 Jan 1815 Majestic, Endymion, Pomone and Tenedos discovered the President 2 miles ahead and following a long chase she was eventually captured by the frigates, particularly the Endymion.
Jul 1830 Woolwich.
1843 Convict hulk, Bermuda.
20 Dec 1848 Convict hulk, Bermuda.
1860 Convict hulk, Bermuda.
1870 Receiving hulk, Bermuda.