HMS Cerf (1803)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Spain | |
| Name: | Ciervo |
| Builder: | Havana |
| Launched: | 1794-5 |
| Captured: | Unknown date |
| History | |
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| Name: | Stag |
| Acquired: | By capture |
| Fate: | Sold 15 December 1801 |
| History | |
 France | |
| Name: | Cerf |
| Acquired: | December 1801 by purchase |
| Captured: | 30 November 1803 |
| History | |
 UK | |
| Name: | Cerf |
| Acquired: | 30 November 1803 by capture |
| Fate: | Sold August 1806 |
| General characteristics [1][2] | |
| Displacement: | 170 tons (French) |
| Tons burthen: | 171 79⁄94 (bm) |
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| Beam: | 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) |
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HMS Cerf was the Spanish Navy's 18-gun brig Cuervo, built at Havana in 1794-95, A British privateer captured her and her captors renamed her Stag before in December 1801 selling her to the Captain-General of Guadeloupe. The French Navy took her into service as the 14-gun brig Cerf. The Royal Navy acquired Cerf at the surrender of Santo Domingo on 30 November 1803.
- Prior history
Cerf had a complex history of ownership. She was built at Havana in 1794-95 as the Spanish Navy's Ciervo. The British acquired her and named her Stag. On 15 December 1801 the Captain-General of Guadeloupe purchased her and named her Cerf.
French service
Between end-December 1801 and end-February 1802 she was at Dominica and under the command of lieutenant de vaisseau Drouault.[3] Drouault was still her commander at the time of her surrender.[4]
British service
The Royal Navy commissioned her under Commander George Barne Trollope.[5] Cerf was Trollope's first command, and he was promoted to Commander on 1 May 1804 to her. However, he was invalided home in December 1804 due to an attack of yellow fever.[6][7]
Fate
The Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy offered the "Musette and Cerf sloops" for sale on 27 August 1806 at Plymouth.[8] She was sold at that time.[2]
Citations and references
- Citations
- ↑ Winfield and Roberts (2015), p. 213.
- 1 2 Winfield (2008), p.348.
- ↑ Fonds Marine, p.269.
- ↑ Fonds Marine, p.285.
- ↑ "NMM, vessel ID 382100" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol v. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ Marshall (1829), Supplement, Part 3, p.307.
- ↑ Gentleman's magazine, (December 1850), Vol. 24, p.659.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 15945. p. 1066. 12 August 1806.
- References
- "Fonds Marine. Campagnes (opérations ; divisions et stations navales ; missions diverses). Inventaire de la sous-série Marine BB4. Tome premier : BB4 1 à 482 (1790-1826)" (PDF). http://www.servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr. Service historique du Ministère de la Défense. Retrieved 6 May 2013. External link in
|website=(help) - Marshall, John (1823–1835). Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year 1823, or who have since been promoted ... London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
- Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth Publishing). ISBN 9781848322042
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