HMS Bold (1801)
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HMS Bold was a 14-gun Archer-class gun-brig of the Royal Navy built at Blackwall Yard. She took part in several minor actions and captured some prizes before she grounded in 1811 and was broken up shortly thereafter.
Service
Bold was commissioned under Lieutenant James Ides Short, for the Nore.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=334}} Lieutenant James Agassiz replaced him in October 1801, and then in June 1802, Lieutenant William Chivers replaced Agassiz.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=334}}
On 18 October 1804, Bold was in company with the hired armed brig Ann and cutter Florence and the brig-sloop Cruizer when Cruizer captured the 17-gun privateer Contre-Amiral Magon in the North Sea.{{London Gazette|issue=15755|date=17 November 1804|page=1412}} Actually, Cruizer left Bold, Ann and Florence behind during the pursuit and they played no part in the capture.
On 15 March 1805 Bold was in company with Cruizer and {{HMS|Minx|1801|2}} when they captured the Industria.{{London Gazette|issue=15945|date=12 August 1806|page=10670}}{{efn| A seaman's share of the prize money was £1 18s 2½d.{{London Gazette|issue=15950|date=30 August 1806|page=1142}}}} On the last day of March Bold and Ann captured the Neptunus.{{London Gazette|issue=16012|date=21 March 1807|page=366}} On 3 August, Bold was in a squadron with Blazer, {{HMS|Basilisk|1801|2}}, {{HMS|Tigress|1804|2}}, {{HMS|Piercer|1804|2}}, {{HMS|Ariadne|1776|2}} and {{HMS|Furious|1804|2}} when they captured Frederick Wilhelm.{{London Gazette|issue=16187|page=1341|date=27 September 1808}}
On 2 November Bold and {{HMS|Watchfl|1804|2}} recaptured Ceres, John and Amy, and George.{{London Gazette|date=14 January 1806 |issue=15881 |page=64}}
On 1 October 1806 Bold captured Conceicas e Almas.{{London Gazette|issue=16180|date=6 September 1808|page=1233}}
Lieutenant William Slaughter took command in 1805; Then at some point in 1806 Lieutenant William Chivers resumed command.
On 29 May 1810 boats from Bold, {{HMS|Desiree|1800|2}}, {{HMS|Quebec|1781|2}}, and {{HMS|Britomart|808|2}}, all under the command of Lieutenant Samuel Radford, attacked several French armed vessels in the Vlie. They drove ashore and burned a French lugger of six guns and 26 men, and captured and brought out another lugger of 12 guns and 42 men, a French privateer schuyt of four guns, a Dutch gunboat, and a small row boat. The British had no casualties; the French lost one man killed and three wounded.{{London Gazette|issue=16375|page=807|date=2 June 1810}}
Fate
Bold was one of several vessels driven ashore near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight in a gale on 6 January 1811,{{cite news|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105232920?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=4526 |date=8 January 1811 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044105232920?urlappend=%3Bseq=15 |access-date=11 February 2021}} but the crew was saved. She was broken up at Sheerness in April that year.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=334}}
Notes
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References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
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Category:Gunvessels of the Royal Navy