Hired armed lugger Venus

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Venus and HMS Agnes.

HM hired armed lugger Venus served the Royal Navy from 8 March 1804 until she foundered in the Texel in March 1806. Her burthen was 66 87⁄94 tons (bm), and her armament consisted of six 12-pounder carronades. She was renamed Agnes in 1804.[1]

On 11 November Glatton, together with Eagle, Majestic, Princess of Orange, Raisonable, Africiane, Inspector, Beaver, hired armed cutter Swift and Agnes, shared in the capture of the Upstalsboom, H.L. De Haase, Master.[Note 1]

Agnes was under the command of Lieutenant William Morgan when she foundered off the Texel. The date of her loss may be 4 March 1806,[1] or 28 March 1806.[3] The fate of her 30-man crew is unknown.[4]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes
  1. ↑ The prize money for an ordinary seaman was 10d.[2]
Citations
  1. 1 2 Winfield (2008), p. 393.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16322. p. 1960. 5 December 1809.
  3. ↑ Hepper (1994), p. 113.
  4. ↑ Grocott (1997), p. 212.
References
  • Grocott, Terence (1997) Shipwrecks of the revolutionary & Napoleonic eras (Chatham). ISBN 1-86176-030-2
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. 
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1. 
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