HMS Chanticleer (1808)
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom
|
|
| Name: | HMS Chanticleer |
| Ordered: | 31 December 1807 |
| Builder: | Daniel List at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight |
| Laid down: | March 1808 |
| Launched: | 26 July 1808 |
| Completed: | 5 October 1808 |
| Commissioned: | September 1808 |
| Decommissioned: | 1848, transferred to Coastguard |
| Fate: | Sold and broken up in June 1871 at Sheerness |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Cherokee-class brig |
| Tons burthen: | 237 bm |
| Length: |
|
| Beam: | 24 ft 7 in (7.5 m) |
| Draught: | 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m) (laden); 6 ft 0 in (1.8 m) (unladen) |
| Depth of hold: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan: | Brig |
| Complement: | 75 as a ship-of-war |
| Armament: | 8 x 18-pounder carronades + 2 x 6-pounder guns |
HMS Chanticleer was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy. Chanticleer was launched on 26 July 1808. She served in European waters (mainly the North Sea) during the Napoleonic Wars and was paid off and laid up at Sheerness in July 1816. She was chosen for an 1828 scientific voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Her poor condition on her return meant that the Admiralty replaced her for the second voyage in 1831 with another Cherokee-class brig, Beagle, which subsequently became famous because of the association with Charles Darwin. Chanticleer then spent 15 years as a customs watch ship at Burnham-on-Crouch and was broken up in 1871.
Her initial base was Great Yarmouth. She was commissioned in September 1808 under Commander Charles Harford, but he drowned in an accident on 19 October, so Commander Richard Spear took command in November 1808. On 27 July 1809, Chanticleer captured the Russian lugger Emperor. Then on 24 October, Sheldrake captured the Jupiter. Leverett and Chanticleer shared in the prize money by agreement.
On 2 September 1811 while off the coast of Norway, Chanticleer became involved in an action with three 18-gun brigs of the Royal Danish Navy, Lolland, Alsen and Samsøe. Outgunned and outnumbered, Chanticleer made good her escape, leaving her consort, Manly, for the Danes to capture.
On 28 August 1810, Chanticleer captured the Dutch fishing boat Hoop.Chanticleer was under the command of John G. M'Bride M'Killop (Acting Commander) when she took possession of the derelict vessel Haabet on 16 November 1811.
Chanticleer was in company with Parthian when they captured the Jobb on 2 January 1812. Then on 9 April 1812, Chanticleer captured the Danish vessel Christine.
On 23 October 1812, Chanticleer, Clio and Oberon captured the Jonge Henrick.
Chanticleer served chiefly as an escort vessel and cruised off the European coast. Commander Stewart Blacker assumed command in May 1813. In 1813, she took three prizes near the German archipelago of Heligoland in the North Sea. Commander J. Thomson replace Blacker in July 1814.
...
Wikipedia