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CURLEW (18) Built in 1812, Bridport (Cruizer class).
Sold in 1822.

  • 1814 Michael HEAD, 27/06/1812, Halifax station.
    CURLEW, in company with SHANNON, NYMPHE and TENEDOS, captured the brig THORN on a cruise from Marblehead on 31 October 1812 and recaptured the brig FRIENDSHIP on 6 November. She had been taken by a privateer while on passage from Quebec to Teneriffe.
  • 1815 Hugh PEARSON, Halifax.
  • 1816-17 Chatham.
  • 1818 William WALPOLE, East Indies.
    In December 1819 CURLEW came under the orders of Capt. COLLIER in LIVERPOOL as part of an combined naval and military expedition against pirates in the Persian Gulf. They anchored off Ras-al-Khyma on 2 December and two days later debarked the troops, Capt. WALPOLE commanding the gun boats and an armed pinnace which covered the landing. CURLEW stood in near the shore and opened her fire on the town. When it was found that 12 and 18-pounders produced no effect on the walls, three 24-pounders were landed from LIVERPOOL on the 8th and the following day the troops were able to enter a deserted town. Capt. WALPOLE brought home the SERINGAPATAM (46).
  • 1820 G. C. GAMBIER, 12/1819, East Indies.
  • 1822 Francis Price BLACKWOOD, 06/1821, East Indies.


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