HMS ''Partridge'' was a ''Cormorant''-class
ship-sloop launched in 1809. She captured some small vessels while serving in the Mediterranean in 1813–1814. She participated in the blockade of Naples in 1815 with the result that her officers and crew received a great deal of prize money for its fall. She was broken up in 1816.
Career
Commander William Foote commissioned ''Partridge'' in September 1809. She escorted a convoy to the West Indies on 26 October 1810.
In October 1810 Commander J. M. Ayde assumed command of ''Partridge''.
When news of the outbreak of the
War of 1812
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reached Britain, the Royal Navy seized all American vessels then in British ports. ''Partridge'' was among the Royal Navy vessels then lying at Spithead or Portsmouth and so entitled to share in the grant for the American ships ''Belleville'', ''Janus'', ''Aeos'', ''Ganges'' and ''Leonidas'' seized there on 31 July 1812.
In 1813 and 1815 ''Partridge'' served in the Mediterranean.
On 18 July 1813, while off
Manfredonia
Manfredonia is a town and commune of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Foggia, from which it is northeast by rail. Manfredonia is situated on the coast, facing east, to the south of Monte Gargano, and gives its name to the gulf to the east of ...
, and ''Partridge'' attacked a small convoy and captured or destroyed all the vessels. They captured one Neapolitan gunboat armed with one 18-pounder gun, and burnt another. They also destroyed a
pinnace
Pinnace may refer to:
* Pinnace (ship's boat), a small vessel used as a tender to larger vessels among other things
* Full-rigged pinnace
The full-rigged pinnace was the larger of two types of vessel called a pinnace in use from the sixteenth c ...
armed with one 6-pounder gun. Lastly, they captured two trabaccolos armed with three guns each and laden with salt, and destroyed two others of the same strength and cargo.
On 24 July ''Partridge'' captured the ''Guisto Benfattore'', ''Le Gere'', and ''Desegno''.
On 6 November 1813 ''Partridge'' recaptured ''London Packet'', Holman, master.
On 13 May 1815 ''Partridge'', was present at the surrender of Naples during the
Neapolitan War
The Neapolitan War, also known as the Austro-Neapolitan War, was a conflict between the Napoleonic Kingdom of Naples and the Austrian Empire. It started on 15 March 1815 when King Joachim Murat declared war on Austria and ended on 20 May 1815 ...
. A British squadron, consisting of the
74-gun
The "seventy-four" was a type of two- decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently-de ...
, the frigate , ''Partridge'', and the brig-sloop blockaded the port and destroyed all the gunboats there.
Parliament voted a grant of £150,000 to the officers and men of the squadron for the property captured at the time, with the money being paid in May 1819.
By 1816 ''Partridge'' was at Chatham.
Fate
The "Principal Officers an Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Partridge sloop, of 423 tons" "Lying at Chatham" for sale on 31 July 1816.
She apparently did not sell and was broken up in September.
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1809 ships
Sloops of the Royal Navy