HMS Herald (1806)
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| Name: | HMS Herald |
| Ordered: | 12 July 1805 |
| Builder: | Carver and Corney, Littlehampton |
| Laid down: | December 1805 |
| Launched: | 27 December 1806 |
| Completed: | 1 April 1807 at Portsmouth Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | March 1807 |
| Out of service: | Broken up 9 September 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | 18-gun Cormorant-class sloop |
| Tons burthen: | 429 38⁄94 bm |
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| Beam: | 29 ft 9 1⁄2 in (9.1 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 11 1⁄2 in (2.73 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 121 |
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HMS Herald was an 18-gun ship-sloop of the Cormorant class in the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Littlehampton. In 1810 she was reclassed as a 20-gun sixth rate ship (but without being re-armed), and again re-rated as 24 guns in 1817, just before she was broken up.
Herald was commissioned in March 1806 under Captain G. M. Hony. On 18 May 1807 he sailed her to the Mediterranean, where he proceeded to cruise off Corfu in the early stages of the Adriatic campaign. Herald attacked French shipping off the island and later in the year cruised off the Dardanelles before returning to the Adriatic off Otranto, attacking a number of coastal merchant vessels with success.
On 25 October 1807, Herald was off Otranto when she found an armed trabaccolo anchored under the fortress. Despite resistance, Herald's boats cut out the vessel, which turned out to be the French privateer César, armed with four 6-pounders. César was sailing from Ancona to Corfu with a cargo of rice and flour. All but four of the crew escaped. Herald suffered four men wounded.
In January 1808 Commander George Jackson took command.Herald operated off the Italian coasts, capturing or destroying numerous French and Italian merchant ships during the year.
In August 1810 Herald was re-rated as a 20-gun post ship, though Jackson did not receive his promotion until one year later, in August 1811. In the meantime, on 9 May 1811, boats from Herald and Pilot cut out four coasting vessels from the town of Monastarrachi.
On 4 July 1812, Jackson sailed Herald for Jamaica. There she captured the American ship Venus on 17 December.
In May 1813 Captain Clement Milward took command of Herald off Halifax, Nova Scotia. Operating off the American coast during the War of 1812, Herald captured one English, one French and four American vessels during 1813, all of which she sent to Nassau, New Providence.
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