HMS Paulina (1805)

History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Paulina
Ordered:	11 July 1805
Builder:	Robert Guillaume, Northam
Laid down:	August 1805
Launched:	17 December 1805
Fate:	Sold 1816
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	16-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen:	286  ^87⁄94 (bm)
Length:	93 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in (28.5 m) (overall) 76 ft 6 ^7⁄8 in (23.3 m) (keel)
Beam:	26 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in (8.1 m)
Depth of hold:	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan:	Sloop
Complement:	95
Armament:	14 × 24-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder bow guns

HMS Paulina was a British Royal Navy 16-gun brig-sloop of the Seagull class launched in December 1805 for cruising. She had a relatively uneventful career before she was sold in 1816.

Career

Commander John Richard Lumley commissioned Paulina in January 1806 for cruising. On 10 April she shared with HMS Jamaica in the capture of the Algema Belang.^[2] On 8 May Paulina and Quebec were in company and shared in the capture of the Constantia.^[3] On 28 May Paulina and Quebec were again or still in company and shared in the capture of the Frau Geziner.^{[Note 1]} Then on 29 June Paulina was in company with Flora when she captured the Die Gebroeders, Ocken, master.^{[Note 2]}

In January 1807 she served with Sir John Stopford's squadron in the North Sea.^[1] On 22 August she was in company with Zebra when they captured the Danish vessel Sally.^[6] The next day Paulina was one of six British warships that shared in the capture of the Danish vessel Speculation.^[7] Then in September Paulina was part of the fleet under Admiral Gambier that attacked Copenhagen.^{[Note 3]}

Lumley sailed her for the Mediterranean on 13 February 1808. Commander Westby Perceval replaced Lumley in 1809. Perceval sailed Paulina for the Mediterranean on 4 September 1812.^[1]

In April 1813 Commander Rowland Mainwaring took command, again for the Mediterranean. There he obtained restitution of two merchant vessels that an American privateer had taken to Tripoli. Paulina remained at Tripoli, preventing the privateer from escaping and committing further depredations, until the cessation of hostilities between the United States and Britain.^[9]

Fate

Paulina was paid off in 1815. The Navy offered her for sale on 18 April 1816 at Deptford.^[10] She was sold there on 30 May 1816 for £700.^[1]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £4 11s 2¼d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 9d.^[4]
2. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £52 15s 8d; a fifth-class share was worth 8s 1¾d.^[5]
3. The prize money for an able seaman was £3 8s 0d.^[8]

Citations

1. Winfield (2008), p. 307.
2. The London Gazette: no. 16249. p. 548. 18 April 1809.
3. The London Gazette: no. 17793. p. 324. 23 February 1822.
4. The London Gazette: no. 17531. p. 1945. 2 November 1819.
5. The London Gazette: no. 17676. p. 296. 3 February 1821.
6. The London Gazette: no. 16735. p. 1077. 1 June 1813.
7. The London Gazette: no. 1667. p. 2275. 10 November 1812.
8. The London Gazette: no. 16275. p. 1103. 11 July 1809.
9. Marshall (1832), Vol. 3, Part 2, p.130.
10. The London Gazette: no. 17126. p. 666. 9 April 1816.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Marshall, John (1823-1835) Royal naval biography, or, Memoirs of the services of all the flag-officers, superannuated rear-admirals, retired-captains, post-captains, and commanders, whose names appeared on the Admiralty list of sea officers at the commencement of the present year 1823, or who have since been promoted ... (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown).
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.