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HMS Calypso (1805)

August 24, 2023

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Calypso.

HMS Calypso was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop. She was built at Deptford Wharf between 1804 and 1805, and launched in 1805. She served in the North Sea and the Baltic, most notably at the Battle of Lyngør, which effectively ended the Gunboat War. Calypso was broken up in March 1821.[2]

Calypso
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Calypso
Ordered15 October 1803
BuilderJohn Dudman, Deptford, Kent
Launched2 February 1805
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Off Mardoe 6 July 1812"[1]
FateBroken up March 1821
General characteristics
TypeCruizer-class brig-sloop
Tonnage382 (bm)
Length
  • 100 ft 0 in (30.5 m) (gundeck)
  • 77 ft 3+1⁄2 in (23.6 m) (keel)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.3 m)
Draught6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (unladen);10 ft 0 in (3.0 m) (laden)
Depth of hold12 ft 9 in (3.9 m)
Sail planBrig rigged
Complement121
Armament
  • 16 × 32-pounder carronades
  • 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

Service

Commander Matthew Foster commissioned Calypso and in February she was in the Downs.[2] On 14 June 1805 Calypso and a large number of other British warships were in company when the gun-brig Basilisk captured the American ship Enoch.[3] Between 18 and 23 July 1805, she participated in attacks on French convoys off Calais, Wimereux, and Ambleteuse.

On 18 July, Calypso, Fleche (Captain Thomas White), and the 20-gun sixth-rate post ship Arab (Captain Keith Maxwell) and two or three gun-brigs drove on shore six French gun-vessels. However, the bank off Cape Grinez, and the shot and shells from the right face of its powerful battery, soon compelled the British to haul off from the shore. Arab suffered seven wounded and a great deal of damage. Fleche was the closest inshore owing to her light draft of water; she had five men severely wounded and damage to her rigging.[4] Forster received a severe shoulder wound and had to give up command of Calypso.[a]

On 8 June 1809, Calypso sailed from Yarmouth as escort to vessels sailing for Hudson Bay.[5]

Commander Matthew Martin Bradby replaced Forster.[2] He commanded her off Dieppe and in the Downs until he received promotion to post-captain in June 1810.

Commander Henry Weir was promoted out of the 10-gun HMS Alban to take command of Calypso on 28 June 1810. In December Calypso detained and sent into Yarmouth Endracht, Vandervalk, master. endracht had a cargo of tar.[6]

She was in sight on 12 April 1811 when the hired armed cutter Princess of Wales captured Dragen, S.N. Svarer, Master, Emanuel, H.M. Hansen, Master, and Haabet, N.S. Lauristen, Master.[7]

On 2 May Calypso captured Edell Catharina.[8] On 14 June Weir captured the Danish privateer Nayahada off the coast of Jutland and destroyed another.[9][10] Both were armed with ten guns.

Early in September 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 Tremendous, Ranger, Calypso, Algerine, Musquito, Earnest. and Portia.[11]

That autumn Calypso was caught in a storm in October or November in which she lost her top masts and suffered extensive damage. To survive, she had to throw her guns overboard.

On 26 October Calypso captured Den Norske Bonde.[12] On 28 March Calypso captured Tallette.[13] 12 April 1812 Calypso captured the Danish galliot Phoenix.[14] Then on 14 April Calypso captured Mette Catharina.[13]

Gunboat War

 
Battle of Lyngør

On 6 July 1812, during the Gunboat War, Calypso, still under Weir, was off the island of Merdø on the coast of Norway. She was together with the 64-gun third rate Dictator (Captain James Patteson Stewart), 14-gun brig-sloop Podargus (Captain William Robilliard) and gun-brig Flamer (Lieutenant Thomas England), when the squadron sighted and chased a Danish squadron.[15]

During the ensuing Battle of Lyngør Flamer stayed with Podargus to protect her after Podargus grounded. Dictator and Calypso succeeded in destroying the new, 40-gun frigate Najaden and badly damaging the 18-gun brigs Laaland, Samsoe, and Kiel, as well as a number of gunboats. The British tried to take out Laaland and Kiel but abandoned them when they grounded.[15] The British did not set fire to either as the Norwegian vessels still had their crews and wounded aboard.[15]

The action cost Dictator five killed and 24 wounded, Calypso three killed, one wounded, and two missing, Podargus, nine wounded, and Flamer one killed and one wounded.[15] Najaden lost 133 dead and 82 wounded and the Danes acknowledged losing some 300 men killed and wounded overall.

Commander Weir received immediate promotion to post-captain; Commander Robilliard received his promotion the next December; Dictator's first lieutenant, William Buchanan, received promotion to commander.[16] In 1847 the surviving British participants were authorized to apply for the clasp "Off Mardoe 6 July 1812" to the Naval General Service Medal.

Several days later the British sent the cutter Nimble to reconnoiter the situation. Nimble reported seeing four vessels at Christiansand, two of 18 guns and two of 16 guns. Nimble also saw numerous gunboats about.[15] The Battle of Lyngør effectively ended the Gunboat War.

Baltic and Azores

Commander Thomas Groube replaced Weir in July 1812.[2] On 7 March 1813, Calypso captured the Christine.[17] Ten days later, Calypso and Bruizer captured Speculation.[b]

On 9 August Calypso captured Marianne, while Orion, Hamadryad and Renard were in company.[19]

Groube conveyed Lord George Walpole to St. Petersburg where Walpole served as Secretary at the Embassy and minister ad interim (i.e. "for the meantime"). Calypso participated at the siege of Danzig in 1813, which led to his promotion to post-captain on 7 June 1814.[20]

Some accounts put Groube in Calypso at Faial in the Azores in late September. She took back to England some of the wounded from the debacle in which the American privateer General Armstrong, under Samuel Chester Reid, inflicted a defeat and heavy losses on cutting-out parties from the third rate Plantagenet, the frigate Rota, and Carnation, a sister ship to Calypso.

Groube's successor in June 1814 was Commander Charles Reid. On 21 February 1815 Reid recaptured Maid of the Mill.[21] Then on 15 March Calypso and Meander were in company with Aquilon when Acquilon recaptured Thomas.[22]

In 1816 Lieutenant John Sisson was acting commander.[2]

Mediterranean

In April 1816, Lord Exmouth concluded treaties with the Regency of Algiers on the exchange of captives and slaves. Calypso carried to Genoa 40 Sardinians who had been slaves and brought back to Algiers eight Algerine captives, together with the ransom for the freed Sardinians.[23]

Fate

Calypso was in ordinary at Chatham from 1817 to 1820. She was broken up in 1821.[2]

Notable passengers

A future governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, who would replace William Bligh after the Rum Rebellion, sailed on board Calypso from Kronstadt, (Russia) to Yarmouth, England in September/October 1807. He briefly visited Copenhagen whilst in transit.

Notes

  1. ^ After Forster recovered in 1808 he was appointed to Majestic. He did not receive a pension (of £250/annum), for his wounds until 1814.
  2. ^ A first-class share of the prize money was worth £15 11s 6d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 4s 7d.[18]

Citations

  1. ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 244.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Winfield (2008), p. 292.
  3. ^ "No. 16253". The London Gazette. 2 May 1809. p. 628.
  4. ^ James (1837) Vol. III, pp.311-2.
  5. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4360. 9 June 1809. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735024. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  6. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4517. 7 December 1810. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735024. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. ^ "No. 16554". The London Gazette. 21 December 1811. p. 2459.
  8. ^ "No. 16625". The London Gazette. 21 July 1812. p. 1421.
  9. ^ The Gentleman's magazine, Volume 171, p.204.
  10. ^ "No. 16837". The London Gazette. 1 January 1814. p. 29.
  11. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4596. 10 September 1811. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232920. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  12. ^ "No. 16745". The London Gazette. 26 June 1813. p. 1252.
  13. ^ a b "No. 16770". The London Gazette. 4 September 1813. p. 1754.
  14. ^ "No. 16768". The London Gazette. 28 August 1813. p. 1710.
  15. ^ a b c d e "No. 16623". The London Gazette. 14 July 1812. pp. 1361–1364.
  16. ^ James (1837), Vol. IV, pp.53-4.
  17. ^ "No. 16874". The London Gazette. 26 March 1814. p. 660.
  18. ^ "No. 17419". The London Gazette. 17 November 1818. p. 2051.
  19. ^ "No. 16968". The London Gazette. 24 December 1814. p. 2512.
  20. ^ The United service magazine, Volume 1863, Issue 2, p.480.
  21. ^ "No. 17071". The London Gazette. 17 October 1815. p. 2108.
  22. ^ "No. 17090". The London Gazette. 12 December 1815. p. 2481.
  23. ^ Playfair (1884), p.254.

References

  • James, William (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV. Vol. III & IV. R. Bentley.
  • Playfair, R. Lambert (1884) The scourge of Christendom : annals of British... (London: Smith, Elder & Co.).
  • 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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For other ships with the same name see HMS Calypso HMS Calypso was a Royal Navy Cruizer class brig sloop She was built at Deptford Wharf between 1804 and 1805 and launched in 1805 She served in the North Sea and the Baltic most notably at the Battle of Lyngor which effectively ended the Gunboat War Calypso was broken up in March 1821 2 CalypsoHistoryUnited KingdomNameHMS CalypsoOrdered15 October 1803BuilderJohn Dudman Deptford KentLaunched2 February 1805Honours andawardsNaval General Service Medal with clasp Off Mardoe 6 July 1812 1 FateBroken up March 1821General characteristicsTypeCruizer class brig sloopTonnage382 bm Length100 ft 0 in 30 5 m gundeck 77 ft 3 1 2 in 23 6 m keel Beam30 ft 6 in 9 3 m Draught6 ft 6 in 2 0 m unladen 10 ft 0 in 3 0 m laden Depth of hold12 ft 9 in 3 9 m Sail planBrig riggedComplement121Armament16 32 pounder carronades 2 6 pounder bow guns Contents 1 Service 1 1 Gunboat War 1 2 Baltic and Azores 1 3 Mediterranean 2 Fate 3 Notable passengers 4 Notes 5 Citations 6 ReferencesService EditCommander Matthew Foster commissioned Calypso and in February she was in the Downs 2 On 14 June 1805 Calypso and a large number of other British warships were in company when the gun brig Basilisk captured the American ship Enoch 3 Between 18 and 23 July 1805 she participated in attacks on French convoys off Calais Wimereux and Ambleteuse On 18 July Calypso Fleche Captain Thomas White and the 20 gun sixth rate post ship Arab Captain Keith Maxwell and two or three gun brigs drove on shore six French gun vessels However the bank off Cape Grinez and the shot and shells from the right face of its powerful battery soon compelled the British to haul off from the shore Arab suffered seven wounded and a great deal of damage Fleche was the closest inshore owing to her light draft of water she had five men severely wounded and damage to her rigging 4 Forster received a severe shoulder wound and had to give up command of Calypso a On 8 June 1809 Calypso sailed from Yarmouth as escort to vessels sailing for Hudson Bay 5 Commander Matthew Martin Bradby replaced Forster 2 He commanded her off Dieppe and in the Downs until he received promotion to post captain in June 1810 Commander Henry Weir was promoted out of the 10 gun HMS Alban to take command of Calypso on 28 June 1810 In December Calypso detained and sent into Yarmouth Endracht Vandervalk master endrachthad a cargo of tar 6 She was in sight on 12 April 1811 when the hired armed cutter Princess of Wales captured Dragen S N Svarer Master Emanuel H M Hansen Master and Haabet N S Lauristen Master 7 On 2 May Calypso captured Edell Catharina 8 On 14 June Weir captured the Danish privateer Nayahada off the coast of Jutland and destroyed another 9 10 Both were armed with ten guns Early in September 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 Tremendous Ranger Calypso Algerine Musquito Earnest and Portia 11 That autumn Calypso was caught in a storm in October or November in which she lost her top masts and suffered extensive damage To survive she had to throw her guns overboard On 26 October Calypso captured Den Norske Bonde 12 On 28 March Calypso captured Tallette 13 12 April 1812 Calypso captured the Danish galliot Phoenix 14 Then on 14 April Calypso captured Mette Catharina 13 Gunboat War Edit Battle of LyngorOn 6 July 1812 during the Gunboat War Calypso still under Weir was off the island of Merdo on the coast of Norway She was together with the 64 gun third rate Dictator Captain James Patteson Stewart 14 gun brig sloop Podargus Captain William Robilliard and gun brig Flamer Lieutenant Thomas England when the squadron sighted and chased a Danish squadron 15 During the ensuing Battle of Lyngor Flamer stayed with Podargus to protect her after Podargus grounded Dictator and Calypso succeeded in destroying the new 40 gun frigate Najaden and badly damaging the 18 gun brigs Laaland Samsoe and Kiel as well as a number of gunboats The British tried to take out Laaland and Kiel but abandoned them when they grounded 15 The British did not set fire to either as the Norwegian vessels still had their crews and wounded aboard 15 The action cost Dictator five killed and 24 wounded Calypso three killed one wounded and two missing Podargus nine wounded and Flamer one killed and one wounded 15 Najaden lost 133 dead and 82 wounded and the Danes acknowledged losing some 300 men killed and wounded overall Commander Weir received immediate promotion to post captain Commander Robilliard received his promotion the next December Dictator s first lieutenant William Buchanan received promotion to commander 16 In 1847 the surviving British participants were authorized to apply for the clasp Off Mardoe 6 July 1812 to the Naval General Service Medal Several days later the British sent the cutter Nimble to reconnoiter the situation Nimble reported seeing four vessels at Christiansand two of 18 guns and two of 16 guns Nimble also saw numerous gunboats about 15 The Battle of Lyngor effectively ended the Gunboat War Baltic and Azores Edit Commander Thomas Groube replaced Weir in July 1812 2 On 7 March 1813 Calypso captured the Christine 17 Ten days later Calypso and Bruizer captured Speculation b On 9 August Calypso captured Marianne while Orion Hamadryad and Renard were in company 19 Groube conveyed Lord George Walpole to St Petersburg where Walpole served as Secretary at the Embassy and minister ad interim i e for the meantime Calypso participated at the siege of Danzig in 1813 which led to his promotion to post captain on 7 June 1814 20 Some accounts put Groube in Calypso at Faial in the Azores in late September She took back to England some of the wounded from the debacle in which the American privateer General Armstrong under Samuel Chester Reid inflicted a defeat and heavy losses on cutting out parties from the third rate Plantagenet the frigate Rota and Carnation a sister ship to Calypso Groube s successor in June 1814 was Commander Charles Reid On 21 February 1815 Reid recaptured Maid of the Mill 21 Then on 15 March Calypso and Meander were in company with Aquilon when Acquilon recaptured Thomas 22 In 1816 Lieutenant John Sisson was acting commander 2 Mediterranean Edit In April 1816 Lord Exmouth concluded treaties with the Regency of Algiers on the exchange of captives and slaves Calypso carried to Genoa 40 Sardinians who had been slaves and brought back to Algiers eight Algerine captives together with the ransom for the freed Sardinians 23 Fate EditCalypso was in ordinary at Chatham from 1817 to 1820 She was broken up in 1821 2 Notable passengers EditA future governor of New South Wales Lachlan Macquarie who would replace William Bligh after the Rum Rebellion sailed on board Calypso from Kronstadt Russia to Yarmouth England in September October 1807 He briefly visited Copenhagen whilst in transit Notes Edit After Forster recovered in 1808 he was appointed to Majestic He did not receive a pension of 250 annum for his wounds until 1814 A first class share of the prize money was worth 15 11s 6d a sixth class share that of an ordinary seaman was worth 4s 7d 18 Citations Edit No 20939 The London Gazette 26 January 1849 p 244 a b c d e f Winfield 2008 p 292 No 16253 The London Gazette 2 May 1809 p 628 James 1837 Vol III pp 311 2 The Marine List Lloyd s List No 4360 9 June 1809 hdl 2027 uc1 c2735024 Retrieved 13 December 2020 The Marine List Lloyd s List No 4517 7 December 1810 hdl 2027 uc1 c2735024 Retrieved 13 December 2020 No 16554 The London Gazette 21 December 1811 p 2459 No 16625 The London Gazette 21 July 1812 p 1421 The Gentleman s magazine Volume 171 p 204 No 16837 The London Gazette 1 January 1814 p 29 The Marine List Lloyd s List No 4596 10 September 1811 hdl 2027 hvd 32044105232920 Retrieved 24 May 2022 No 16745 The London Gazette 26 June 1813 p 1252 a b No 16770 The London Gazette 4 September 1813 p 1754 No 16768 The London Gazette 28 August 1813 p 1710 a b c d e No 16623 The London Gazette 14 July 1812 pp 1361 1364 James 1837 Vol IV pp 53 4 No 16874 The London Gazette 26 March 1814 p 660 No 17419 The London Gazette 17 November 1818 p 2051 No 16968 The London Gazette 24 December 1814 p 2512 The United service magazine Volume 1863 Issue 2 p 480 No 17071 The London Gazette 17 October 1815 p 2108 No 17090 The London Gazette 12 December 1815 p 2481 Playfair 1884 p 254 References EditJames William 1837 The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV Vol III amp IV R Bentley Playfair R Lambert 1884 The scourge of Christendom annals of British London Smith Elder amp Co Winfield Rif 2008 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 1817 Design Construction Careers and Fates Seaforth ISBN 978 1 86176 246 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Calypso 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