Fowey (1798 ship)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Fowey |
| Launched | 1798 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Tons burthen | 221,[2] or 22188⁄94, or 22192⁄94[3] (bm) |
| Length | 67 ft 3 in (20.5 m) |
| Beam | 21 ft 9 in (6.6 m) |
| Depth of hold | 8 ft 6 in (2.6 m) |
| Complement | |
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Fowey was launched in 1798. She spent a little more than a year-and-a-half as a hired armed cutter for the British Royal Navy. She was sold in 1800 and became a privateer. Her fate after 1804 is currently obscure.
His Majesty's hired armed cutter Fowey served under contract from 10 November 1798 until 20 June 1800.[1] During this period she captured, alone or with others, a number of merchant vessels.
On 8 July 1799 the Portuguese schooner Teijo, of Lisbon, came into Plymouth. She had been sailing from Bristol to Lisbon when the French privateer Vengeance had captured her on 1 July. Fowey, Lieutenant Derby, recaptured Teijo on 3 July.[4] Fowey, Lieutenant John Darby, had recaptured Friends on 17 June, and Teijo on 2 July.[5] On 17 July the Bristol underwriters and shippers on Tejo wrote a letter of appreciation for Lieutenant Derby's initiative in her recapture.[6]
On 12 July the sloop Goodwill came into Cork. She had been sailing from Waterford to Lisbon when she was taken.Fowey had recaptured her.[7]
On 23 July Juno, of Stettin, Joachim Frederick Rogerson, came into Plymouth. She had been sailing from Dantzig to Nantes with a cargo of time when Fowey, Lieutenant Darby, detained her.[8][9] The capture took place off the Eddystone.
On 12 October Two Friends, J. Schmid, master, came into Plymouth. She had been sailing from Havana to Altona when Fowey captured her.[10] Two Friends had been carrying a cargo of cotton, sugar, and coffee. The vessel was Danish, but the cargo was suspected of being Spanish.[11]
Fowey was one of the seven Royal Navy vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of a French sloop on 25 November, and a French brig on 28 November.[12]