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purchased HMS ''Nile'' on 3 November 1806. She was the hired armed

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''Nile''. After a brief, undistinguished career, the Navy sold her in 1810 only to have to break her up in 1811.

Career

Between 15 November 1806 and 13 January 1807 ''Nile'' was at Portsmouth undergoing repairs. Lieutenant James Lloyd had commissioned her in November 1806.Winfield (2008), pp.370-1. On 12 February was wrecked off the

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, near

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. She had been cruising to watch enemy vessels in Rochefort when she hit the Grande Blanche rock. Despite attempts to lighten her that included cutting away her masts, she continued to founder. At daybreak three British vessels approached and took off the crew, enduring fire from shore batteries as they did so. The first was ''Nile'', followed later by the frigates and . Lloyd proved a disappointment. Within 1807, Lieutenant Thomas Johnson, who had commanded the hired armed cutter ''Nile'', replaced Lloyd. Unfortunately, Johnson was imprisoned for smuggling. Lieutenant Symons replaced Johnson for the Channel, but on 4 December Symons sailed for the Mediterranean. On 25 December 1807 she captured ''Industry''. At about the same time, ''Nile'' also detained, and sent into Dartmouth ''Æolus'', Angel, master, which had been sailing from Caediz to St Petersburg. At end-April 1809 Symons brought ''Nile'' into Falmouth with dispatches from Lisbon and Seville. These were rushed overland to London. ''Nile'' then sailed to Plymouth.

Fate

The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" sold ''Nile'' on 18 October 1810. However the purchaser withdrew from the sale. The Navy then broke her up at Plymouth in November 1811.

Citations

References

* *''Publications of the Navy Records Society'' (1904), Vol. 28. (Navy Records Society). * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nile (1806) 1800s ships Cutters of the Royal Navy