HMS Garland (1807)
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Garland |
| Ordered: | 30 January 1805 |
| Builder: | Richard Chapman, Bideford |
| Laid down: | August 1805 |
| Launched: | 25 April 1807 |
| Completed: | 8 September 1807 at Plymouth Dockyard |
| Commissioned: | March 1807 |
| Fate: | Sold 9 May 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Laurel-class post ship |
| Tonnage: | 526 burthen tons (builder's measurement) |
| Length: |
118 ft 1.5 in (36.005 m) (gundeck) 98 ft 8 in (30.07 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 10 ft 3.5 in (3.137 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement: | 155 |
| Armament: |
22 guns:
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HMS Garland was a 22-gun Royal Navy Laurel-class post ship. She was built by Richard Chapman at Bideford and launched on 5 May 1807. She saw action in the War of 1812 and was sold in 1817.[1]
Career
On 11 November 1807 Captain Hender Whittier sailed her to the West Indies. She served under a number of captains there, including Rowland Bevan (1808), Thomas Thrush (1 May - August 1809), William Henry Shirreff (18 November 1809 - 1811), Graves, and Thomas Huskisson (May 1811 to June 1812).
In 1814 Garland was off the north coast of Spain under Captain Richard Plummer Davies. In 1815, following Napoleon's escape from Elba, the Admiralty sent Garland and Undaunted to the Adriatic, under the orders of Captain Charles Austen, brother of the novelist Jane Austen, in Phoenix, to co-operate with the Austrians in preventing the escape of some Neapolitan men of war. Phoenix and Garland watched two frigates of the largest class at Brindisi, while Undaunted searched the coast to the northward. After the surrender of Naples, following the military convention of Casalanza, the two Neapolitan frigates were persuaded to hoist the colours of the restored monarch, Ferdinand IV of Naples.
Phoenix, Aquilon, Garland and Reynard next proceeded to the Greek Archipelago in search of a French squadron comprising Junon, the 32-gun corvette Victorieuse, two brigs and two large schooners, which had being preying on trade in the area. Unfortunately the enemy was no longer in the islands; shortly afterwards peace was restored.
Fate
In 1816 Garland was out of commission at Deptford. On 18 September she was auctioned at the Navy Office in Somerset Place. The reserve price was ₤2,500 but no one was willing to pay more than ₤1900. Of the 20 vessels on sale only Raven, Oiseau and Bloodhound sold. Garland was finally sold on 9 May 1817.
References
- ↑ Colledge, p. 146
- Colledge, J.J. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy From the Fifteenth Century to the Present. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1987. ISBN 0-87021-652-X.
- Winfield, Rif. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1815: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. 2nd edition, Seaforth Publishing (2008). ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
 
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