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ARIADNE (24) Built in 1792, rebuilt at Northam.
Sold in 1814.

  • 1799 Capt. J. BRADBY. North Sea.
    In May 1800 the ARIADNE's large cutter, coming from Sheerness, was upset in a sudden squall. Seventeen persons including a lieutenant, gunner, two midshipmen, surgeon's mate and purser's steward spent twenty minutes in the water before a small boat from the MALVINA merchant brig came to their assistance. When Lieut. SCOTT saw that the gunner was nearly exhausted and that the steward and a midshipman were actually sinking he directed the boat to go to their assistance first although he could not swim himself.
  • 1800 Capt. Patrick CAMPBELL, 07/OO, promoted out of DART for capturing the French frigate DESIREE. North Sea.
  • 1803 In ordinary at Sheerness.
  • 1804 Capt. ELPHINSTONE, Portsmouth cruising off the French coast.
  • 1805 Capt. Hon. Edward KING, Downs.
    Capt. James SANDERS acted in ARIADNE during the absence of Capt. KING in the spring of 1805 and commanded a small squadron watching the enemy coast between Dunkirk and Calais.
    Capt. KING resumed command a few days before the Dunkirk flotilla forced their way to Boulogne and Calais, resulting in an action with British cruisers during July.
    (Capt. KING died in the West Indies in 1807)
  • 1806 Capt. A. FARQUHAR, Baltic and North Sea.
    On 19 February 1807 ARIADNE captured a French letter of marque cutter CHASSEUR of 32 tons and two carriage guns commanded by one Callier. Twelve of her crew of 36 men were absent in prizes.
  • On the morning of 7 January 1808 Capt. FARQUHAR saw one of his Majesty's brigs to the southward in pursuit of a lugger. He immediately joined in the chase, keeping to the windward of the enemy, and at about three hours later having come within gunshot, he saw the lugger surrender to the brig RINGDOVE. She was the French letter of marque TRENTE ET QUARANTE from Dunkirk. He sent her in to Yarmouth and stood in towards Flamborough Head during the night.
    In the morning he saw another lugger to the W. N. W., signalled RINGDOVE which was still in company, and gave chase. He soon saw that two other brigs were also chasing the lugger, one of which was SAPPHO and the other the ROYAL GEORGE from the Excise to whom the lugger surrendered. She was the French EGLE of sixteen 3 and 4 pounders from Dunkirk, commanded by a M. Olivier. She had made one capture, the brig GABRIEL of Yarmouth which she had scuttled off Scarborough. RINGDOVE examined GABRIEL, which was still above water, but found that it was impossible to save her. Capt. FARQUHAR sent the privateers in to Yarmouth and saw them safely to that port.
  • He left ARIADNE in February 1809.
  • On 29 May 1810 the Danish privateer sloop KJOKKE was captured. She was commanded by Sigismund Richelieu with a crew of fifty men and mounted six carriage guns. The Danish privateer cutter HOEVNESEN of Christiansand was captured on 4 October about 100 miles off Stavanger from which she had sailed four days before. She was commanded by Abraham Steendal and carried four carriage guns and 21 men.
  • 1811 Refitting at Portsmouth. From the end of the year she was in ordinary at Chatham until she was sold.


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