| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Camilla |
| Owner | Shane & Co. |
| Launched | 1799, France |
| Acquired | 1800 by purchase of a prize |
| Captured | Late 1800 or early 1801 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 285 (bm) |
| Complement | 38 |
| Armament | 18 × 9-pounder guns |
Camilla was built in France in 1799 and was taken in prize by the British. Camillia first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1800 with Caitchern, master, Swane & Co., owners, and trade London–Barbados. Captain Robert Hunter Caitchion acquired a letter of marque on 20 August 1800.
LL reported on 16 January 1801 that the French privateer Mouche had captured three vessels:
- Camilla, Calcheon, master, sailing from London to Barbados;
- Defiance, Pervis, master, Liverpool to Madeira; and
- Elizabeth, Liverpool to Demerara.
The entry for Camilla in the 1801 volume of Lloyd's Register carried the annotation "Captured".
Notes
- Mouche probably was a 14-gun privateer from Dunkirk commissioned in 1799. She did a first cruise under Pierre-François Lefebvre, from Calais, with 60 men and 14 guns, from 1799 to 1800. She made a second cruise in 1801 under a Captain A.-T. Warnier, from Calais, with 43 men and 14 guns. Her third cruise took place under Pierre-François Lefebvre with about 60 men and 14 guns from August 1801 to later the same year.
Citations
- ^ LR (1800), "C" supple. pages.
- ^ "Letter of Marque, p.55 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4117. 16 January 1801. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735020.
- Demerliac (2003), p. 227, n°1526.
- LR (1801), Seq.№C31.
References
- Demerliac, Alain (2003). La Marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1800 A 1815 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-903179-30-1.