HMS Norge (1807)

She was fitted out at Portsmouth from 21 November 1807 to 11 December 1808.

She was commissioned in April 1808 under Captain Edmund Boger. She was at Corunna in January 1809. It had been intended to rename her as Nonsuch in 1809 but the order was rescinded. From 1810 she was commanded by Captain John Sprat Rainier and was in the vicinity of Cadiz. In 1811 she was under the command of Temporary Captain William Waller, deployed in the Mediterranean. From 1812 to 1814, she was under the command of Captain Samuel Jackson, and sailed the North Sea.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=90}}

In August 1814, she was under the command of Captain Charles Dashwood. In September 1814, she set sail for North America, in convoy with transport ships carrying Major General John Keane and reinforcements to North America.Surtees, p.325, 'The force that embarked at the same time with us [18th September 1814], consisted of the 93rd (Highlanders), a company of artillery, some rocketeers, a squadron of the 14th light dragoons, without horses, and our five [rifle] companies, the whole under the command of General Keane.' Embarked aboard the Norge were Major Munro's company of the Royal Artillery and Lieutenant Hill.{{sfn|Hill|1836|p=220}} The crew of the Norge participated in the Battle of Lake Borgne where her quartermaster was killed. The British lost 17 men killed and 77 wounded. {{HMS|Anaconda|1813|2}} then evacuated the wounded.Despatch from Lockyer to Cochrane dated 18 December 1814, giving an account of the battle and casualties suffered, reproduced in {{London Gazette|pages=446–449|issue=16991|date=9 March 1815}}{{sfnp|James|1818|pp=349-354}}{{sfnp|James|1902|p=248}} In 1821 the survivors of the flotilla shared in the distribution of head-money arising from the capture of the American gun-boats and sundry bales of cotton.{{London Gazette|issue=17719|date=26 June 1821|pages=1353–1354}}{{efn| A first-class share of the prize money was worth £34 12s {{frac|9|1|4}}d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 7s {{frac|10|3|4}}d.{{London Gazette|page=1561|issue=17730|date=28 July 1821}}}}{{efn|

'Notice is hereby given to the officers and companies of His Majesty's ships

Aetna,

Alceste,

Anaconda,

Armide,

Asia,

Bedford,

Belle Poule,

Borer,

{{HMS |Bucephalus|1808|2}},

Calliope,

Carron,

Cydnus,

Dictator,

{{HMS |Diomede|1798|2}},

{{HMS |Dover |1811|2}},

Fox,

Gorgon,

Herald,

Hydra,

Meteor,

Norge,

{{HMS |Nymphe |1812|2}},

{{HMS |Pygmy|1810|2}},

Ramillies,

Royal Oak,

Seahorse,

Shelburne,

Sophie,

{{HMS|Thames|1805|2}},

Thistle,

Tonnant,

Trave,

{{HMS |Volcano |1804|2}},

and {{ship|French frigate|Weser|1812|2}},

that they will be paid their respective proportions of prize money.'}}

In 1847 the Admiralty issued a clasp (or bar) marked "14 Dec. Boat Service 1814" to survivors of the boat service who claimed the clasp to the Naval General Service Medal.{{efn|The 'Names of Ships for which Claims have been proved' are as follows: warships Tonnant, Norge, Royal Oak, Ramillies, Bedford, Armide, Cydnus, Trave, Seahorse, Sophie, Meteor; troopships Gorgon, Diomede, Alceste, Belle Poule}} {{London Gazette|issue=20939|page=247|date=26 January 1849}}

She was paid off in August 1815. In March 1816 she was sold for £3000 at Chatham.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=90}}

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• {{Cite book|last=Hill |first=Benson Earle |title=Recollections of an Artillery Officer, Vol. 1 |year=1836 |publisher=Richard Bentley |location=London |chapter=H. M. S. Norge |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dKQBhD-zJ3YC |oclc=614334239 }}
• {{Cite book |last=James |first=William |author-link=William James (naval historian) |title=A full and correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America; with an appendix, and plates. Volume II|year=1818 |publisher=Printed for the author and distributed by Black et al. |location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P5U9chAKxQoC |oclc=2226903 }}
• {{cite book|last=James |first=William |year=1902 |title=The naval history of Great Britain (1813–1827) |edition=New six volume |volume=6 |location=London |publisher=Macmillan |url=https://archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr06jameuoft/page/n7/mode/2up}}
• {{cite RNB1823 |wstitle=Boger,_Edmund |volume=sup |part=1 |page=168}}
• {{cite RNB1823 |wstitle=Waller,_William |volume=2 |part=1 |pages=327-329}}
• {{cite NBD1849 |wstitle=Dashwood,_Charles |page=984}}
• {{cite NBD1849 |wstitle=Dashwood, Francis Robert |page=264}}
• {{cite NBD1849 |wstitle=Walker,_John_(a) |page=1239}}
• {{cite book |last=Surtees |first=William |year=2005 |orig-year=1833 |title= Twenty-five years in the Rifle Brigade. |publisher=William Blackwood |oclc= 1191238522 | via=Google Books |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OK6Qgfb8-o8C}}
• {{cite book |first1=Rif |last1=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:War of 1812 ships of the United Kingdom