HMS Mandarin (1810)
{{short description|Dutch gun-brig captured by the British Royal Navy}}
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HMS Mandarin was a Dutch gun-brig of 178 tons burthen (bm) and 12 guns that the British had captured at Amboyna in February 1810.{{sfnp|Winfield |2008|p=350}} She served as part of a four-vessel flotilla that captured Banda Neira. She was wrecked in November 1810.
Capture
The British captured a number of vessels during the attack on Amboyna. One was the ship Mandarine, of 16 guns and 66 men, Captain Besman, that {{HMS|Cornwallis|1805|2}} captured on 3 February after a chase of four hours. Mandarine had been out for four weeks but had captured nothing. Cornwallis suffered only one man wounded in the action.
Another vessel, captured on 15 February, was the Dutch brig Mandurese, Captain Guasteranus. She had 12 guns and was one of three vessels sunk in the inner harbor of Amboyna. However, the British raised her after the island surrendered.{{London Gazette|issue=16407|date=22 September 1810|pages=1486–1487}} From her description, HMS Mandarin appears to have been Mandurese, with confusion arising out of the similarity of her name with that of the vessel that Cornwallis captured.
Service
File:Banda1810Cole.jpg, depicting three of the four ships used to capture the island from the Dutch in 1810, from a sketch by Capt. Cole of {{HMS |Caroline |1795|6}}]]
The British commissioned Mandarin under Lieutenant Archibald Buchanan.{{sfnp|Winfield |2008|p=350}} From May to August, she took part in the Invasion of the Spice Islands, along with Piemontaise (or Piedmontaise), {{HMS|Caroline|1795|2}}, and {{HMS|Barracouta|1807|2}}.{{London Gazette|issue= 16905|date=4 June 1814|page=1159}}
Lieutenant Charles Jeffries (or Jefferis) replaced Buchanan at some point,{{sfnp|Winfield |2008|p=350}} probably well after August.
Fate
Mandarin was wrecked on Red Island, near Singapore, on 9 November.{{sfnp|Hepper|1994|p=134}} Jeffries was carrying dispatches from Amboyna to Madras when his vessel struck an unknown reef in the Straits of Singapore. Jeffries saved the dispatches and he and his crew lived on the island until {{ship|French frigate|Chiffonne|1800|2}}, which happened to be passing, rescued them.{{sfnp|O'Byrne|1849|p=579}}{{sfnp|Hepper|1994|p=134}}
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References
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- {{cite book |last1=Hepper |first1=David J. |year=1994 |title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859 |publisher=Jean Boudriot |location=Rotherfield |isbn=0-948864-30-3}}
- {{cite book| last = James| first = William| authorlink = William James (naval historian)| year = 1837| title = The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV.| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_PSwOAAAAQAAJ| publisher = R. Bentley}}
- {{cite book| author-link=William Richard O'Byrne |last=O'Byrne |first=William R. |year=1849 |title=A Naval Biographical Dictionary: comprising the life and services of every living officer in Her Majesty's navy, from the rank of admiral of the fleet to that of lieutenant, inclusive |volume=1 |location=London |publisher=J. Murray}}
- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
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Category:Maritime incidents in 1810