Alert was a hired armed lugger that served the British Royal Navy from 27 March 1804 to 4 March 1805. Alert had a burthen of 11980⁄94 tons and was armed with six 12-pounder and eight 6-pounder guns, and two 12-pounder carronades. During 1804 Alert was renamed Lucy.[1]
Lucy was under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Delafons on 30 December 1804 when she captured the Spanish ship St Andero.[2][3] St Andero, Beragorte, master, came into Plymouth. She had come from Vera Cruz and was carrying 100,000 dollars, and a cargo of sugar, indigo, and cochineal.[4][5]
Later, Lucy captured and sent into Plymouth the chasse maree Deux Freres, which had been sailing from Île de Ré to Bordeaux.[6]
Citations
edit- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 393.
- ^ "No. 15931". The London Gazette. 24 June 1806. p. 803.
- ^ Marshall (1832), pp. 153–154.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4183. 15 January 1805. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232953. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "Ship News". Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), 23 January 1805, Issue 2976.
- ^ "SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL LIST". Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), 4 April 1805, Issue 13038.
References
edit- Marshall, John (1832). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 3, part 2. London: Longman and company. p. 153–154.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.