HMS Thistle (1812)
Thistle
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Name | HMS Thistle |
Ordered | 16 November 1811 |
Builder | Mrs Mary Ross, Rochester, Kent |
Laid down | March 1812 |
Launched | 13 July 1812 |
Commissioned | 12 September 1812 |
Fate | Broken up at Portsmouth July 1823 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | gun-brig |
Tons burthen | 18639⁄94 bm |
Length |
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Beam | 22 ft 3 in (6.8 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 0+1⁄2 in (3.4 m) |
Sail plan | Brig |
Complement | 50 |
Armament | 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder bow chasers |
HMS Thistle was a 12-gun gun-brig built by Mary Ross at Rochester, Kent. She was launched in 1812 and broken up at Portsmouth in July 1823.
Design and construction[]
The Bold class were a revival of Sir William Rule's gun-brig design of 1804. They were armed with ten 18-pounder carronades and two 6-pounder bow chasers. Built at Rochester, Kent by Mary Ross, Bold was launched on 13 July 1812 and commissioned on 12 September 1812 under Commander James K White.[1]
Service[]
In early January 1814 during the War of 1812, some crew volunteered to reinforce the squadron on the Great Lakes, together with men from Fantome and Manly. Seventy men left Halifax; they reached Kingston, Ontario on 22 March, having traveled some 900 miles in winter, almost entirely on foot.[2] Mathew Abdy, Master of Thistle was one such volunteer, but he died of exposure in Woodstock, New Brunswick in February 1814.[citation needed] She was subsequently commanded by Lieutenant I. Burch during the operations in the Chesapeake, and was present during the actions at Washington and Baltimore.[3]
After the Battle of Lake Borgne, with Thistle, Aetna, Meteor, Herald and Pigmy, went up the Mississippi River to create a diversion.[4] These latter five ships were to take part in the Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815).[5] She was subsequently captained by Commander J. Montague in January 1815. She returned to Great Britain after the end of the War of 1812, and was paid off on 7 August 1815.[1]
Thistle was recommissioned in May 1819,[citation needed] and was commanded by Lieutenant Robert Hagan, and deployed to the African station, under whose command he captured 40 sail of vessels and liberated 4000 slaves.[6] She was broken up at Portsmouth in July 1823.[1]
Footnotes[]
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 365.
- ^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 33, pp.123-7.
- ^ Allen, Joseph (January 1850). The New Navy List and General Record of the Services of Officers of the Royal Nayy and Royal Marines. London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker. p. 132. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "No. 16991". The London Gazette. 9 March 1815. pp. 449–451.
- ^ Fraser (1930), p. 294.
- ^ Allen, Joseph (January 1850). The New Navy List and General Record of the Services of Officers of the Royal Nayy and Royal Marines. London: Parker, Furnivall & Parker. p. 64. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Fraser, Edward, & L. G. Carr-Laughton (1930). The Royal Marine Artillery 1804-1923, Volume 1 [1804-1859]. London: The Royal United Services Institution. OCLC 4986867
- Parkinson, C. Northcote, & Charles Ernest Fayle, eds. (2006). The Trade Winds: A Study of British Overseas Trade During the French Wars .... (London: Taylor & Francis)
- Snider, C.H.J. (1928) Under the Red Jack; Privateers of the Maritime Provinces of Canada in the War of 1812. (London: Martin Hopkinson & Co.)
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
- Brigs of the Royal Navy
- 1812 ships
- Ships built in Kent
- War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom