HMS Portia was a 14-gun Crocus-class brig of the Royal Navy that was launched in 1810. She had a relatively uneventful career before the Navy sold her in 1817 for breaking up.

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Portia
Ordered30 March 1807
BuilderDeptford Dockyard (M/s Robert Nelson)
Laid downDecember 1809
Launched30 August 1810
FateSold 6 March 1817
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCrocus-class brig-sloop
TypeBrig-sloop
Tons burthen2514194 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 92 ft (28.0 m)
  • Keel: 72 ft 8 in (22.1 m)
Beam25 ft 7 in (7.8 m)
Depth of hold12 ft 8 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement86
Armament2 × 6-pounder bow chasers + 12 × 24-pounder carronades

Career

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Commander Joseph Symes commissioned Portia in September 1810 for the North Sea.[1]

In July 1811 Lloyd's List reported that Rebecca, Robloff, master, had arrived at Yarmouth after Portia had detained her.[2]

Commander Henry Thompson recommissioned her in August 1811. Early in September 1811, Primus, carrying tar and hemp, Worksam, in ballast, Experiment, carrying iron, Columbus, carrying linseed, Neptunus, carrying timber, and Hector, carrying sundry goods, came into Yarmouth. They were prizes to HMS Tremendous, Ranger, Calypso, Algerine, Musquito, Earnest. and Portia.[3]

On 14 August 1812 Portia captured the Dutch schuyt Phoenix.

In August 1813 Lieutenant William Adams took temporary command.[1]

On 27 April 1815 Lieutenant Silas Thomson Hood was promoted to Commander;[4] he commissioned Portia for the Halifax station.[1] On 29 July 1815 Portia captured the sloop Sylph at Bermuda.[a]

On 1 May 1816 Commander John Wilson was appointed to command of Portia, still on the Halifax Station, to take her back to England.[6]

Portia sailed for England on 16 July 1816 and was paid off in August.[1]

Fate

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The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered Portia for sale on 30 January 1817 at Sheerness.[7] She finally sold on 6 March 1817 to Mr. Marclark for £800 for breaking up.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ A first-class share of the prize money was worth £3 16s 3+34d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 3s 2+14d.[5]

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2008), p. 309.
  2. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4577. 5 July 1811. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735025. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  3. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4596. 10 September 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  4. ^ Marshall (1833), p. 359.
  5. ^ "No. 17519". The London Gazette. 25 September 1819. p. 1707.
  6. ^ Marshall (1832), p. 14=59.
  7. ^ "No. 17125". The London Gazette. 6 April 1816. p. 645.

References

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