HMS Netley
At least six vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Netley, named for the village of Netley.
- HMS Netley (1798) was launched in 1798. The French captured her in 1806, and she became the 21-gun privateer Duquesne. In 1807 HMS Blonde captured Duquesne, which the Royal Navy returned to service as the 12-gun gun-brig HMS Unique. She was expended in an unsuccessful fireship attack at Guadeloupe in 1809.
- HMS Netley (1807) was the French privateer brig Déterminée, which HMS Venus captured in 1807. The British took her into service as HMS Netley; she capsized on 10 July 1808 while on the Leeward Islands station.[1]
- HMS Netley (1808) was the American brig Nimrod launched in 1803 that the Royal Navy captured in 1807 and purchased in 1808. She was broken up in 1814.
- HMS Netley was a 16-gun ship launched as Prince Regent in 1812 that served the Royal Navy on Lake Ontario. She was converted into a schooner in 1813 and renamed Beresford. She was re-rigged as a brig in 1814 or 1815 and renamed Netley, and Niagara in 1817, at which time she served as a base ship. She was broken up in 1843.
- HMS Netley (1823) was a former revenue cutter of eight guns, that served as a tender to various vessels until c.1859.
- HMS Netley (1866) was a Britomart-class gunboat built at Portsmouth. She was sold for breaking up in 1885.
Citations
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p. 124.
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. OCLC 67375475.
- 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 1-86176-246-1.