Hired armed lugger Venus

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Venus and .

His Majesty's hired armed lugger Venus, which was renamed Agnes in 1804,[1] served the British Royal Navy from 8 March 1804 until she foundered in the Texel in March 1806. She was of 6687⁄94 tons (bm), and her armament consisted of six 12-pounder carronades.[1] She had a crew of 23 men.[2] She served on a contract from 26 April March 1804 to 25 October 1806,[1] during which time the Admiralty paid £2017 12s per year for her hire.[2]

On 11 November 1804 Glatton, together with Eagle, Majestic, Princess of Orange, Raisonable, Africiane, , , , and Agnes shared in the capture of Upstalsboom, H.L. De Haase, Master.[a]

Around early March 1806 Agnes sent into Yarmouth Amelia Sophia, Kahler, master, which had been sailing from Amsterdam to Bordeaux.[4]

Agnes was under the command of Lieutenant William Morgan when she foundered off the Texel. The date of her loss may be 4 March 1806,[1] or 28 March 1806.[5] The fate of her 30-man crew is unknown.[6]

Notes, citations, and references[]

Notes

  1. ^ The prize money for an ordinary seaman was 10d.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Winfield (2008), p. 393.
  2. ^ a b "Answers" (1911) Mariner's Mirror. Vol. 1, №6, pp.187-8.
  3. ^ "No. 16322". The London Gazette. 5 December 1809. p. 1960.
  4. ^ Lloyd's List 4 March 1806, №4302.
  5. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 113.
  6. ^ Grocott (1997), p. 212.

References

  • Grocott, Terence (1997). Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Eras. London: Chatham. ISBN 1861760302.
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.
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