HMS Pheasant (1798)

History
UK
Name:	HMS Pheasant
Builder:	Edwards of Shoreham
Launched:	1798
Fate:	Sold on 11 July 1827
General characteristics
Class and type:	18-gun sloop
Tons burthen:	365 bm
Length:	106 feet (32 m)
Beam:	30 feet (9.1 m)
Armament:	18 guns

HMS Pheasant was an 18-gun merlin class sloop of the Royal Navy.

She was built in 1798 for the Royal Navy at a cost of £8,087 (equivalent to £767,700 in 2015).

From 1798 to 1803 she was based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In 1805 she was based at the Leeward Island Station. In 1807 she was involved in the Battle of Montevideo (1807) in the Rio de la Plata.

In 1808 she was stationed with the Channel Fleet. On 8 May she captured the French privateer vessel Tropard, formerly Flying Fish. Then on 20 October 1808, Pheasant was in company when Brilliant captured and destroyed the French privateer Ponte du Jour.

On 4 November 1809 Pheasant recaptured Traveller. On 16 November 1809 she re-captured the brig Trust, in company with Rhin.

Later on 3 February 1810, she captured the privateer lugger Comte De Hunebourg from St Malo. Pheasant, under the command of Captain John Palmer, lured the privateer close, with the privateer firing the first shot. The two vessels exchanged fire but it took a four-hour chase before Pheasant was able to make the capture. Comte De Hunebourg, of about 80 tons (bm), had been armed with 14 guns, which she threw overboard during the chase, and had a crew of 53 men. She was three days out of Isle of Bas on her second cruise, but had not yet captured anything.

In October Pheasant recaptured London, of London, which a French privateer had taken. London arrived in Plymouth on 19 October. Pheasant also recaptured Elizabeth, Aiken, master, which had been captured while sailing from Lisbon to Bristol. She arrived in Plymouth on 19 September.

On 17 June 1811, Pheasant captured Héros.

On 1 May 1812 Pheasant, with Semiramis and Scylla, was involved in the detention of the American ship Jenny.

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