HMS Forth (1813)
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HMS ''Forth'' was a 50-gun
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of the , launched on 14 June 1813 at Blackwall and broken up at Chatham in July 1819. From June 1813 to 1815 ''Forth'' came under the command of
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Sir William Bolton in The Downs and later in the year off the
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, with a spell under Sir
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in 1814–1815. During service off
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in the
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under Captain Bolton, the American
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''Regent'' was captured on 19 Sep 1814 in
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. From February 1816 until July 1819 ''Forth'' came under the command of Captain Sir John Louis, after undergoing a refitting first as a
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and subsequently as a
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frigate at Chatham.


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* Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy Ships built by the Blackwall Yard 1813 ships {{UK-frigate-stub