HMS Ethalion (1802)
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ethalion |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched: | 29 July 1802[1] |
| Commissioned: | 1803 |
| Decommissioned: | 1816 |
| In service: |
As hospital ship, 1823 As breakwater, 1860s |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1877 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Fifth rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 996 tons bm[1] |
| Armament: | 36 guns |
HMS Ethalion was a Royal Navy 36-gun frigate, launched in 1802 at Woolwich Dockyard.
Service
Ethalion entered service in 1803 under Captain Charles Stuart, operating in the North Sea. In May 1804 she captured the 16-gun Dutch brig Union off Bergen. In 1807, command passed to William Charles Fahie, who took Ethalion to the West Indies, where she participated in the invasion of Martinique in 1809 under Captain Thomas John Cochrane and then a distant part in the Action of 14–17 April 1809.
In 1810, Ethalion briefly paid off, before returning to service in 1811 off Lisbon under Captain Heywood and then in the Baltic Sea. On 12 April 1812, Ethalion and Clio captured the Opsloe.[2]
Ethalion sailed from the St Lawrence River on 12 November 1813, but bad weather dispersed the vessels. She recaptured the Pomona, of Teignmouth, off the coast of Ireland.Pomona had been a prize to the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel.[3]
In 1814 Ethalion was operating under Captain William Hugh Dobbie off the Irish Coast and in 1816 was placed in reserve at Woolwich.
Fate
In 1823 Ethalion was converted to a hospital ship, which she remained until becoming a breakwater in the 1860s. She was eventually broken up in 1877.
References
- Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Benyon, P. (2011). "HMS Ethalion". Naval Database. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16683. p. 2551. 19 December 1812. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ↑ Lloyd's List 24 December 1813 - accessed 12 November 2013.
- Bibliography