Hired armed cutter Sandwich
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 UK
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| Name: | Sandwich |
| Acquired: | 22 May 1798 by lease |
| Captured: | 14 June 1799 |
 France
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| Name: | Sandwich |
| Acquired: | 14 June 1799 by capture |
| Captured: | 15 October 1803 |
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UK
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| Name: | HMS Sandwich |
| Acquired: | 1804 by purchase |
| Fate: | Sold 1805 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Cutter |
| Tons burthen: | 110 90⁄94, or 113 (bm) |
| Length: | 66 ft 6 in (20.3 m) (overall); 51 ft 6 in (15.7 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 20 ft 4 in (6.2 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
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His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Sandwich served the Royal Navy from 23 May 1798 until the French frigate Créole captured her on 14 June 1799. She then served in the French Navy until the Royal Navy recaptured her on 15 October 1803. The Navy purchased her in 1804 and she served for some months in 1805 as HMS Sandwich before she was sold in Jamaica. During this period she captured three small French privateers in two days.
On 14 October 1798 Sandwich captured the Dutch hoy Hoop and her cargo. HMS Wolverine was in sight.
Sandwich was under the command of Lieutenant George Lempriere and cruising off the coast of Barcelona on 14 June 1799 when she sighted a large fleet. Lempriere believed the vessels to be a British fleet and sailed towards them. When the strange vessels did not reply to the recognition signals, Lempriere realized that they were enemy vessels and attempted to sail away. The French fleet detached a lugger, possibly Affronteur, to pursue Sandwich. A frigate joined the lugger in pursuit and towards evening the lugger opened fire with her bow chasers. The frigate then too opened fire, with Sandwich returning fire as best she could. By 1a.m. the frigate was within musket shot of Sandwich and any further resistance would have been futile. Lempriere then struck to Créole.
The French Navy took Sandwich into service, retaining her existing name. She was stationed at Lorient in August 1799. She then served in the French Navy until 1803.
HMS Pique, Captain William Cumberland, and HMS Pelican, Lieutenant Henry Whitby, accepted the capitulation of the French garrison, and eight French brigs and schooners at Aux Cayes in Saint-Domingue on 15 October 1803. Among the French vessels were the French 16-gun brig-sloop Goéland, and Sandwich.
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