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HMS Capelin (1804)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	United Kingdom
flag	[[File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg	60px	Royal Navy Ensign]]
name	HMS Capelin
ordered	23 June 1803
builder	Goodrich & Co. (prime contractor), Bermuda
laid_down	1803
launched	1804
fate	Wrecked 30 June 1808
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
header_caption
type
tons_burthen	70 (bm)
length	*55 ft (overall)
*{{convert	40	ft	10+1/2	in	m	1	abbr	on}} (keel)
beam	18 ft
hold_depth	9 ft
sail_plan	Schooner
complement	20
armament	4 × 12-pounder carronades

40 ft (keel)

'*HMS Capelin''' was a Royal Navy Ballahoo-class schooner carrying four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich & Co., in Bermuda, and she was launched in 1804. Like many of her class and the related *Cuckoo''-class schooners, she succumbed to the perils of the sea relatively early in her career.

Career

In May 1804 she was commissioned under Lieutenant Archibald McDonald (or M'Donald; acting) for the Halifax station. On 20 December 1806 he faced a court martial for his conduct after Capelin had run aground while under his command. The court decided that the charge was partly proven and so reprimanded him. It also ruled that he forfeit all seniority on the lieutenants' list. Still, McDonald was promoted to lieutenant on 22 December 1806 and commanded Capelin until February 1807. At some point, possibly in 1806, Lieutenant J. Beckett may have commanded her for a short period.

In 1807 Capelin was off Le Havre and under Lieutenant Thomas Delafons. On 11 August the ship Georgetown and the brig Robert arrived in Malta. A Spanish privateer had captured them off Sicilly, but Capelin had retaken them.

Lieutenant Josias Bray replaced Delafons and took command on 13 January 1808.

Fate

On 25 January Capelin was in company with Champion and Sybille when Sybille captured the Grand Argus. Capellin was reconnoitering the harbour at Brest, France, when she hit the sunken Parquette Rock at 7 am on 30 June. , the hired armed cutter Adrian and the cutter all tried to get her off. However, no sooner had Entreprenante succeeded than water gushed in, causing Capelin to sink quickly, stern first. The vessels in attendance saved her crew. The subsequent court martial for the loss of Capelin reprimanded Bray for not being on deck when she approached the harbour. The court martial board also reprimanded Gunner's Mate Thomas Cole, who had been in charge of the watch, for not calling Bray when the haze had caused him to lose sight of the light at Pointe de Sainte Matthieu.

Citations

References

O'Byrne (1849), p.693.
''Naval Chronicle'', Vol. 16 (1806), p.514.
"NMM, vessel ID 381825". [[National Maritime Museum]].
''Lloyd's List'',[http://www.1812privateers.org/LLOYDS/1807/10-16-1807.jpg] - accessed 25 November 2013.
{{London Gazette. (11 February 1809)

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