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CORMORANT
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The French L'ETNA taken by MELAMPUS, Capt. J. MOORE, and CHILDERS off the coast of France on 13 November 1796. She was built at Havre de Grace in 1793.
Wrecked in 1800. |
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- 1797 Capt. J. C. SEARLE, 10/1797.
- 1798 Capt. Robert Mark KERR, 01/1798.
On 27 October CORMORANT captured the French privateer TARTAR. - On 7 November 1798 she took part in ST. VINCENT's attack on Minorca.
ARGO, CORMORANT and AURORA covered the landing at Addaya Creek, there not being enough water for the line of battle ships. A Spanish battery of four 12-pounders fired one gun but then the gunners fled after blowing up the magazine and spiking the guns. - On the 10th. she took possession of the Spanish ship FRANCISCO VAVIAR, alias ESPERANSA, laden with drugs and bale goods, in the harbour at Minorca.
On the 15th. the island capitulated. - Letters from Gibraltar in January 1799 reported that CORMORANT had captured a very valuable Spanish packet from the River Plate bound for Barcelona. One boat was lost boarding the packet but the crew was saved. Lieut. WOOLDRIDGE boarded her in the jolly boat with eight men and took possession of her though there were 55 Spaniards on board.
- On 19 March 1799 CORMORANT gave chase to a brig to windward and after four hours brought her to. She was the Spanish VINCELO, mounting eighteen 6-pounders on her gun deck and six brass 4-pounders on her quarter deck and two on her forecastle, and having 144 men on board. During the chase she threw six of the 6-pounders overboard.
- 1799 Capt. Hon. Courtenay BOYLE, 09/1799.
On 20 May 1800 she was wrecked on the coast of Egypt when she ran on shore three and a half miles from the Bogaz of Rosetta All the crew were saved.
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