"HMS Amelia"
Fifth rate frigate
Armament: 22 x 12 lb longun
6 x 6 lb longun
4 x 12 lb carronade
2 x swivel bream
crew:150 man
Dimensions
lenght: 95 cm
width: 28cm
heigth: 63 cm
captain: Lord Graham Hammond/ Charles Herbert/ Lord William Proby
Keel laid in 1776
Launched 1780
1781 arriving first captain Lord Graham Hammond and equipped
transferred to the 13 colonies
fought in the American War of Independence against the US Navy and the Royal French Navy
09.28.1781 Capture of the "USS Wasp" (14 guns) formerly "HMS Interceptor"
1783 destroyed the french 22 gun corvette "la therese"
1784 battle with Dutch frigate "de ruyter"
Mothballed from 1784 to 1791
Hammond transferred to the Indefatigable
1792 reactivated and Charles Hammond becomes the new commander
1792 -1795 blockade service in the canal
Transferred to Menorca in 1795
1795-1801 independent mission from Menorca
Capture of several merchant ships
1788 Transport of secret papers from Constantinople to Tunis
1800 overhaul in the shipyard of Menorca
1801 Participated in the second naval battle of Algeciras
1802 Return to London
new captain Lord William Proby comes on board
1802 Frigate transferred to West Indies (Jamaica).
independent mission
02/01/1804 captured by the Spanish frigate "Phama"
because of damage in battle, the ship sinks in a storm on the way to Havana