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HMS ''Intrepid'' was a 64-gun

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of the

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, launched on 4 December 1770 at

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. She was sold in 1828.

Initial service

In 1772 ''Intrepid'' sailed to the Dutch East Indies. The ship's master on this journey was John Hunter, later an admiral and the second

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. She took part in the

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in 1781.

French Revolutionary Wars

''Intrepid'' and captured the advice-brig ''Serin'' off San Domingo on 31 July 1794. The Royal Navy took her into service as . In February 1796, ''Intrepid'' was patrolling near Cap-François looking for reinforcements expected from

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when she encountered a French corvette. After a chase of ten hours, the corvette ran ashore in a cove to the east of Porto Plata, where her crew abandoned her, enabling the British to retrieve her. She turned out to be , armed with twenty 9-pounder guns and six

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2-pounders, with a crew of 200 men under the command of ''Citoyen'' Jacque Clement Tourtellet. She had left

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on 6 December 1795 under orders from the Minister of Marine and Colonies not to communicate with any vessel on the way. The British took her into service as the

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HMS ''Jamaica''. must have been in company or in sight as she shared in the proceeds of the capture. Captain Sir

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took command of ''Intrepid'' and convoyed a fleet of nine

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to China. One was . Hargood remained and ''Intrepid'' remained in China until the

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in 1802, defending

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at the Macau Incident of January 1799. On 4 April 1801, ''Intrepid'' captured ''Chance''. The prize agent failed and what prize money could be recovered from his estate was not paid until 1828.

Napoleonic Wars

In April 1809, a strong French squadron arrived at the

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, south of Guadeloupe. There they were blockaded until 14 April, when a British force under Major-General

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and Captain

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in , invaded and captured the islands. ''Intrepid'' was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands.

Fate

The Navy fitted ''Intrepid'' as a receiving ship in May 1810. She then went into

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until 1815. On 26 March 1828, the "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered for sale at Plymouth "Intrepid, of 50 guns and 1374 tons". The Navy sold ''Intrepid'' for £3,030 on that day to D. Beatson.

Notes, citations, and reference

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