HMS Forth (1813)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Forth.

HMS Forth was a 50-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Endymion class, launched on 14 June 1813 at Blackwall and broken up at Chatham in July 1819.[1]

Service

From June 1813 to 1815 Forth came under the command of Captain Sir William Bolton in The Downs and later in the year off the Scheldt, with a spell under Sir Edward Codrington in 1814–1815. During service off North America in the War of 1812 under Captain Bolton, the American privateer brig Regent was captured on 19 Sep 1814 in Little Egg Harbor.[1][2]

From February 1816 until July 1819 Forth came under the command of Captain Sir John Louis, after undergoing a refitting first as a flagship and subsequently as a fourth rate frigate at Chatham.[3][1]

Pactolus and the Saracen accompanied Forth, the flagship of Rear Admiral Griffith, to spend the winter at Bermuda, setting sail from Halifax on 10 November 1816.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "British Fifth Rate frigate 'Forth' (1813)". Threedecks. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ^ "USN 903319 American Privateer REGENT Captured by Boats from HMS FORTH, September 1814". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Forth". Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Ship News". Sun (London). 9 December 1816. p. 3. Retrieved 24 September 2019. The Forth, 40, Sir Thomas Louis, arrived there [Halifax] on the 24th October, wth the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, from England. Admiral Griffith shifted his flag into her [Forth], and sailed to Bermuda on the 10th [November 1816] for the winter; the Pactolus and Saracen in company. The Dee also sailed for Bermuda with mails.


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