HMS Prevost (1803)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Prevost |
| Acquired | 1803 by purchase |
| Captured | August 1806 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Schooner |
| Tons burthen | 145 tons (bm) |
| Armament | 10 or 12 guns |
HMS Prevost was a 12-gun schooner of unknown origin that the Royal Navy purchased in 1803. In 1806 the French privateer Austerlitz captured her.
Prevost was commissioned in the Leeward Islands in October 1803. In 1805 she was under the command of Lieutenant McLean until Lieutenant Noel Swiney replaced him.[1] However, he died that same year at Barbados.[2]
In 1806 Lieutenant Samuel Stout took command of Prevost.
In July and early August 1806, Prevost was part of a squadron that included Attentive and Express, and that was under the command of Commander Donald Campbell (acting), in Lilly. Together, they supported General Francisco de Miranda, aboard his ship Leander, in his quixotic and unsuccessful attempt to liberate the Captaincy General of Venezuela from Spain.