HMS Indefatigable (1784)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMS Indefatigable was one of the Template:Sclass 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gun razee frigate. She had a long career under several distinguished commanders, serving throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. She took some 27 prizes, alone or in company, and the Admiralty authorised the issue of four clasps to the Naval General Service Medal in 1847 to any surviving members of her crews from the respective actions.<ref name=LG20939/><ref name=LG20939-246/><ref name=LG20939-242/> She was broken up in 1816.
ConstructionEdit
Indefatigable was ordered on 3 August 1780 (long after Slade's death), and her keel was laid down in May 1781 at the Bucklers Hard shipyard in Hampshire owned by Henry Adams. She was launched in early July 1784Template:Sfnp and completed from 11 July to 13 September of that year at Portsmouth Dockyard as a 64-gun two-decked third rate for the Royal Navy. She had cost £25,210 4s 5d to build; her total initial cost including fitting out and coppering was £36,154 18s 7d.Template:Sfnp By that time, she was already anachronistic for the role of a ship of the line as the French only built the more powerful 74-gun ships,<ref>Parkinson C.N., "Life of Exmouth", Chapter V, London, 1934.</ref> and was never commissioned in that role.Template:Sfnp
Design modificationEdit
In 1794, she was razéed; her upper gun deck was cut away to convert her into a large and heavily armed frigate. The original intention was to retain her twenty-six 24-pounder guns on her gundeck, and to mount eight 12-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and a further four on her forecastle, which would have rated her as a 38-gun vessel. However, it was at this time that the carronade was becoming more popular in the Navy, and her intended armament was altered on 5 December 1794 with the addition of four 42-pounder carronades to go on her quarterdeck and two on her forecastle. Indefatigable was thereafter rated as a 44-gun fifth-rate frigate, along with Template:HMS and Template:HMS, which were converted at about the same time.<ref name="Gardiner.p41"/> The work was carried out at Portsmouth from September 1794 to February 1795 at a cost of £8,764.Template:Sfnp On 17 February 1795, a further two 12-pounder guns were added to her quarterdeck, though her official rating remained unchanged.<ref name="Gardiner.p41">Gardiner (2006), p. 41.</ref>
French Revolutionary WarsEdit
Captain Sir Edward PellewEdit
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Indefatigable was first commissioned in December 1794 under Captain Sir Edward Pellew. He commanded her until early 1799.Template:Sfnp
On 9 March 1795, Indefatigable, Template:HMS, and Template:HMS captured numerous French prizes: Temeraire, Minerve, Gentille, Regeneration, and a brig and sloop of unknown names.<ref name="LG1">Template:London Gazette</ref> In October, the Dutch East Indiaman Zeelilee was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of 25 of her 70 crew. Indefatigable rescued the survivors.<ref name=NLL201095>Template:Cite journal</ref>
On 20 March 1796, Indefatigable and her squadron chased three French corvettes, of which the Volage of 26 guns ran ashore under a battery at the mouth of the Loire.<ref name=LG13884/> Volage lost her masts in running ashore, but the French were later able to refloat her. Her two consorts Template:Ship and Eclatant escaped into the river. In this action, Template:HMS had four men wounded.<ref name=LG13884>Template:London Gazette</ref>
Between 11 and 21 March IndefatigableTemplate:'s squadron captured the vessels Favorite Sultana, Friends, Providence, Four Marys, Aimable Justine, and Nouvelle Union. They also destroyed two unnamed brigs and a chasse maree.<ref name=LG13884/> The vessels sharing in the prize money were: Indefatigable, Concorde, Template:HMS, Amazon, Template:HMS, and the hired armed cutter Dolly and hired armed lugger Duke of York.<ref name="LG2">Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 13 April 1796, Indefatigable was in pursuit of a French frigate. Pellew signalled to Révolutionnaire to cut her off from the shore. Révolutionnaire then captured the French frigate Unité after having fired two broadsides into her. Unité had nine men killed and 11 wounded; Révolutionnaire had no casualties.<ref name="LG3">Template:London Gazette</ref> The Royal Navy took the frigate into service as HMS Unite.
On the morning of 20 April 1796, Indefatigable sighted the French 44-gun frigate Template:Ship off the Lizard.<ref name=LG13887>Template:London Gazette</ref> Indefatigable, Amazon, and Concorde chased Virginie, with Indefatigable catching her just after midnight on 21 April after a chase of 15 hours and Template:Convert.<ref name=LG13887/> After an hour and three quarters of fighting, she still had not struck and had somewhat outmaneuvered Indefatigable when Concorde arrived. Seeing that she was outnumbered, Virginie struck.<ref name=LG13887/>
Virginie carried 44 guns, 18 and 9-pounders, and had a crew of 340 men under the command of Citizen Bergeret, Capitaine de Vaisseau.<ref name=LG13887/> She had 14 or 15 men killed, 17 badly wounded, and 10 slightly. She also had four feet of water in her hold from shot holes.<ref name=LG13887/> Indefatigable had no casualties. Pellew sent Virginie into Plymouth under the escort of Concorde, and followed the next day with Amazon, which had sustained some damage.<ref name=LG13887/> The Royal Navy took Virginie into service as Template:HMS.
In July 1796, there was an initial distribution of £20,000 of prize money for the capture of Unite and Virginie. Indefatigable shared this with Amazon, Révolutionnaire, Concorde, and Argo.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> Apparently, Duke of York also shared in some or all of the prize money.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> In 1847, the Admiralty authorised the issue of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 20 Apl. 1796".<ref name=LG20939/>
On 12 June, Indefatigable, Amazon, Concorde, Revolutionaire, and Template:HMS took two French brigs off Ushant – the Trois Couleurs and the Blonde (alias Betsey) – after a chase of 24 hours. Trois Couleurs carried 10 guns and a crew of 70.Template:Efn Blonde had 16 guns and a crew of 95 men.Template:Efn Each was under the command of an ensign de vaisseau and both vessels had left Brest two days earlier for a six-week cruise, but had not yet taken any prizes.<ref name="LG4">Template:London Gazette</ref><ref name="LG5">Template:London Gazette</ref>
In September 1796, Indefatigable, Phoebe, Révolutionnaire, and Amazon captured five Spanish ships.<ref name="LG6">Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 1 October, Indefatigable, Amazon, Révolutionnaire, Phoebe, and Jason shared in the capture of the Vrow Delenea Maria.<ref name=LG15348>Template:London Gazette</ref> The next day, Pellew and Indefatigable captured the privateer schooner Ariel of Boston off Corunna.<ref name=LG13941>Template:London Gazette</ref> Earlier, Pellew had recaptured the brig Queen of Naples, which had been sailing from Lisbon to Cork. From her, he learned that there were two privateers around Corunna, one of which had captured a brig from Lisbon with a cargo of bale goods two days earlier.<ref name=LG13941/> Pellew immediately set off towards Corunna and was able to intercept the Ariel. She had 12 guns and a crew of 75 men. She was 14 days out of Bordeaux.<ref name=LG13941/> Her consort, the schooner Vengeur, was of the same strength, and Pellew yet hoped to catch her, too. The brig from Bristol, however, had made it into the port of Ferrol, where Pellew had earlier chased two French frigates.<ref name=LG13941/>
In January 1797, Indefatigable and Amazon captured the packet Sangossee.<ref name="LG7">Template:London Gazette</ref> On 7 January, Indefatigable and Amazon captured the Emanuel.<ref name=LG15348/> Later that month, Indefatigable fought her most famous battle.
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The Action of 13 January 1797 was an engagement off the Penmarks involving the two frigates Indefatigable and Amazon against the French Template:Ship, a 74-gun ship of the line.<ref name=LG13792>Template:London Gazette</ref> The battle ended with Droits de l'Homme being driven onto shore in a gale. Amazon also ran onto the shore; still, almost her entire crew survived both the battle and the grounding and were captured. Despite being embayed and having damaged masts and rigging, Indefatigable was able to repair the damage and beat off the lee shore, showing excellent seamanship. She had only 19 officers and men wounded, with most of those not being serious.<ref name=LG13792/> This action resulted the award of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 13 Jany. 1797" for any crew surviving in 1847.<ref name=LG20939/>
On 18 January Indefatigable was at Falmouth. There she saved all on board when a fire destroyed the American merchantman Template:Ship.
Subsequently, Indefatigable or Pellew's squadron took more vessels, including privateers, primarily in the Channel. Thus, Pellew reported that, on 30 April 1797, "we" captured the French brigantine privateer Basque. She was armed with eight guns and carried a crew of 50 men.<ref name=LG14011>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 11 May, Indefatigable in company with Phoebe, Template:HMS, Template:HMS, and Duke of York captured Nouvelle Eugénie. She was a razee privateer of 16 guns and carried a crew of 120 men. She was four days out of Nantes on a 30-day cruise, but had taken no prizes.<ref name="LG8">Template:London Gazette</ref> The Royal Navy took her into service as Template:HMS.
On 21 July, the Duke of York returned, having chased a French privateer lugger into the hands of Lieutenant Bray, who commanded the Revenue Cutter Hind. Hind also recaptured a sloop that the privateer had captured. The lugger was armed with two guns and carried a crew of 25 men.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 14 October, Indefatigable arrived at Teneriffe. There at midnight she captured the French brig corvette Template:Ship. Ranger was armed with 14 guns and carried a crew of 70 men. She had been carrying dispatches to the West Indies, which she was able to destroy before capture.<ref name=LG14065>Template:London Gazette</ref> The next day, Pellew captured a Spanish schooner carrying a cargo of fish. Indefatigable was short of water, so he put the crew of Ranger on board the schooner (though not RangerTemplate:'s officers) and sent them ashore at Santa Cruz.<ref name=LG14065/>
Ten days after that, Indefatigable captured the privateer Hyène after a chase of eight hours.<ref name=LG14065/> She was armed with twenty-four 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 230 men. She was two weeks out of Bayonne but had not captured anything.<ref name=LG14065/> Hyène had apparently mistaken Indefatigable for a vessel from Portuguese India. Pellew estimated that, had she not lost her foretopmast in the chase, she might have escaped.<ref name=LG14065/> She had been the post-ship Template:HMS until her capture in 1793; the Royal Navy took her back into service under her original name.Template:Sfnp
Indefatigable returned to the Channel. On 11 January 1798, she was in company with Template:HMS and Childers when they captured the French privateer schooner Vengeur.<ref name=LG14083/> Vengeur was a new vessel of 12 guns and 72 men. She was eight days out of Ostend but had taken no prizes. Pellew sent her into Falmouth.<ref name=LG14083>Template:London Gazette</ref>
Five days later, in the evening of the 16th, Pellew's squadron captured the French privateer Inconcevable.<ref name=LG14083/> She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. She was 10 days out of Dunkirk and had taken nothing.<ref name=LG14083/> Prize money was paid to Indefatigable, Cambrian, and Template:HMS.<ref name=LG15060>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 28 January, Indefatigable and Cambrian captured the privateer Heureuse Nouvelle. She was armed with 22 guns and had a crew of 130 men. She was 36 days out of Brest and, during that time, had captured only one ship, a large American vessel named the Providence which had a cargo of cotton and sugar. Pellew sent Cambrian in pursuit.<ref name="LG9">Template:London Gazette</ref> Duke of York also shared in the capture.<ref name=LG15060/>
On 30 April 1798, Indefatigable captured the brigantine privateer Basque. She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 50 men.<ref name=LG14011/> Indefatigable and Cleopatra captured the Hope on 11 July.<ref name="LG10">Template:London Gazette</ref>
At daylight on 4 August, Indefatigable sighted the privateer Heureux together with a prize and gave chase.<ref name=LG15049/> The two separated, with the prize heading directly for Bayonne. After a chase of 32 hours on a great circular route, Indefatigable and her quarry found themselves off Bayonne where Indefatigable intercepted the prize and captured her. The privateer was the Heureux, of 16 guns and 112 men.<ref name=LG15049/> Her prize was the Canada, John Sewell Master, which had been sailing from Jamaica to London, having stopped in Charlestown, with a cargo of sugar, rum, and coffee.<ref name=LG15049/> Pellew exchanged prisoners, taking off the crew of the Canada and putting on her the crew of Heureux. He then drove Canada on shore where he hoped that her cargo at least would be destroyed.<ref name=LG15049>Template:London Gazette</ref>
Indefatigable captured the French corvette Vaillante while cruising in the Bay of Biscay on 8 August, after a chase of 24 hours, which was under the command of Lieutenant de Vaisseau La Porte.<ref name="LG11">Template:London Gazette</ref> The corvette fired a few shots before she struck. She was armed with twenty-two 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 175 men. She had left Rochefort on 1 August, and the Île de Ré on the 4th, where she had picked up 25 banished priests, 27 convicts, and a Madame Rovere and family, all of whom she was taking to Cayenne. She was only 18 months old, coppered, and a fast sailer. The British took her into service as Template:HMS.Template:Sfnp On 15 November 1798, Indefatigable captured Mercurius.<ref name=LG15200/>
At dawn on 31 December 1798, Indefatigable captured the Minerve, five leagues off Ushant.<ref name=LG15096/> She was armed with 16 guns and carried a crew of 140 men. She was four weeks out of Saint-Malo and was waiting to enter Brest when captured. She had taken several prizes, one of which, the Asphalon, Indefatigable captured on 1 January 1799.<ref name=LG15096/> Aspahalon, a Newcastle vessel, had been sailing from Halifax to London with a cargo of sugar, coffee, and tobacco. Other vessels which Minerve had captured included Martinus (Bremen brig), Tagus (Portuguese brig ), Minerva (English snow), and Ann and Dorothea (aka Beata Maria, Danish schooner).<ref name=LG15096>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 14 January 1799, Indefatigable recaptured Argo, Rich, master, which had been sailing from Gothenburg for Boston when a French privateer had captured her. After her recapture Argo arrived at Falmouth.<ref>Lloyd's List 22 January 1799, №3052.</ref><ref name=LG15200>Template:London Gazette</ref>
More captures or recaptures of merchantmen followed. Indefatigable, Template:HMS, and Template:HMS recaptured the Providence on 10 January 1799, the Pomona on 5 February, and the Wohlfarden on 9 February.<ref name="LG12">Template:London Gazette</ref>Template:Efn
Subsequent commandersEdit
From March 1799 until the end of 1800 Indefatigable was under the command of Captain Henry Curzon.Template:Sfnp On 31 May she captured the brig Vénus.<ref name=LG15146/> Venus was armed with twelve 4-pounder guns and two 9-pounders, and carried a crew of 101 men. She was nine weeks out of Rochefort and had captured two prizes, the schooner Clarence, sailing from Lisbon to London, and a ship from Lisbon sailing to Hamburg with a cargo of salt.<ref name=LG15146>Template:London Gazette</ref> Indefatigable was apparently also in company with Fisgard and Diamond.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 9 October 1799 Indefatigable, Diamond, Cambrian, Template:HMS, Nymphe and Template:HMS shared in the capture of the Spanish brig Nostra Senora de la Solidad.<ref name="LG13">Template:London Gazette</ref> Then on 7 November Nymphe, Indefatigable and Diamond shared in the recapture of the ship Brailsford.<ref name="LG14">Template:London Gazette</ref>
Then on 6 January 1800 Indefatigable shared with Template:HMS, Template:HMS, Template:HMS and Stag in the capture of the French brig Ursule.<ref name="LG15">Template:London Gazette</ref> On 11 February Indefatigable captured the Vidette.<ref name=LG15344>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 12 June 1800, Indefatigable captured the French privateer brig Vengeur. She was armed with six long 4-pounders and ten 18-pounder carronades, and carried a crew of 102 men. She was two days out of Bordeaux and sailing for the coast of Brazil. Vengeur was sailing in company with three letters of marque – a ship, a brig and a schooner – that were bound for Guadeloupe. On 11 June Vengeur had captured the Jersey-privateer lugger Snake.<ref name="LG16">Template:London Gazette</ref>Template:Efn Indefatigable shared the prize money with Sirius.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 3 July Indefatigable recaptured the brig Cultivator, from the French.<ref name="LG17">Template:London Gazette</ref> Eleven days later, Indefatigable and Sirius captured the French ship Favori.<ref name=LG15344/> The next day Bordelais (or Bourdelois) captured the Phoenix. Indefatigable, Sirius and Template:HMS shared with Bordelais by agreement, and Template:HMS further shared with Bordelais.<ref name="LG18">Template:London Gazette</ref>
Indefatigable then was with Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron at Ferrol. She apparently did not participate in the attack on a fort at the bay of Playa de Dominos (Doniños) on 25 August 1800.
On 22 October Indefatigable, took the French 28-gun frigate Template:Ship off the Portuguese coast.<ref name=LG15308/> Indefatigable had been chasing Venus from the morning when in the afternoon Fisgard came in sight and forced Venus to turn. Both British vessels arrived at Venus at almost the same time (7pm).<ref name=LG15308/> Venus was armed with 32-guns and had a crew of 200 men. She was sailing from Rochefort to Senegal.<ref name=LG15308>Template:London Gazette</ref> Indefatigable and Fisgard shared the prize money with Boadicea, Diamond, Template:HMS, and the hired armed schooner Template:Ship.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
In January 1801 Indefatigable was under Captain Matthew Scott. Indefatigable was part of the squadron that shared by agreement in the prize money from the Temeraire, which Template:HMS had captured on 30 May. Similarly, the same vessels shared by agreement in DasherTemplate:'s capture of Bien Aimé on 23 July 1801.<ref name="LG19">Template:London Gazette</ref> Indefatigable was then paid off later that year.Template:Sfnp Indefatigable was laid up in ordinary at Plymouth in March to April 1802, as a result of the peace of October 1801.
Napoleonic WarsEdit
Following the resumption of hostilities, Indefatigable was fitted out for sea between July and September 1803. She was recommissioned under Captain Graham Moore, younger brother of Sir John Moore of Rifle Brigade and Corunna fame.
On 9 August 1804 Indefatigable was in sight when Template:HMS recaptured the West Indiaman Template:Ship off Bayonne.<ref name="LG20">Template:London Gazette</ref>
Action of 5 October 1804Edit
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Indefatigable, with Moore as commodore, and frigates Template:HMS, Template:HMS, and Template:HMS intercepted four Spanish frigates off Cadiz under the command of Rear-Admiral Don Joseph Bustamente, Knight of the Order of St. James, on 5 October 1804.<ref name=LG15747/> They were carrying bullion from Montevideo, South America to Spain. Spain was a neutral country at the time, but was showing strong signs of declaring war in alliance with Napoleonic France. Acting on Admiralty orders, Moore required the Spaniards to change their course and sail for England. Admiral Bustamente refused and a short engagement ensued.<ref name=LG15747/>
First Mercedes blew up. Then Indefatigable captured Medée, and Lively captured Clara. After a further chase, Lively and Medusa captured Fama.<ref name=LG15747/>
- Medée the flagship was armed with forty-two 18-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 300 men. She lost two men killed and 10 wounded.<ref name=LG15747/>
- Fama, the Commodore's ship, was armed with thirty-six 12-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 180 men. She lost 11 killed and 50 wounded.<ref name=LG15747/>
- Clara was armed with thirty-six 12-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 300 men. She lost seven killed and 20 wounded.<ref name=LG15747/>
- Mercedes was armed with thirty-six 12-pounder guns on her main deck and had a crew of 280 men. After she exploded, the British were only able to rescue her second captain and 40 men.<ref name=LG15747/>
Indefatigable had no casualties. Amphion had five men wounded, one badly. Lively had two killed and four wounded. Indefatigable and Amphion escorted Medée and Fama to Plymouth. Medusa and Lively brought in Clara.<ref name=LG15747>Template:London Gazette</ref> The Royal Navy took Medea into service as Template:HMS and Clara as Template:HMS.<ref>Colledge & Warlow (2010), pp. 197, 226.</ref>
The value of the treasure was very large and, if it had been treated as Prize of War, then Moore and his fellow captains would have become extremely wealthy. As it was, the money and ships were declared to be "Droits of Admiralty" on the grounds that war had not been declared. Hence the captains and crew shared a relatively small ex gratia payment of £160,000 for the bullion, plus the proceeds of the sale of the hull and cargo.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>Template:Efn
Normal operationsEdit
In October 1805 Indefatigable, now under Captain John Tremayne Rodd (−1809), was part of the blockade of Brest.Template:Sfnp One boat each from the ships of the line of the squadron, plus three boats each from Indefatigable and Template:HMS entered the Gironde on 15 July 1806 to attack two French corvettes and a convoy.<ref name=LG15941/> A change in the wind permitted all but one corvette to escape. The British captured the French corvette Template:Ship (or Caesar), which the Royal Navy took into service as HMS Cesar. She was armed with 18 guns, had a crew of 86 men, and was under the command of Monsieur Louis Francois Hector Fourré, lieutenant de vaisseau.<ref name=LG15941/> The French were expecting the attack and put up a strong resistance. The British lost six men killed, 36 wounded and 21 missing. Indefatigable alone lost two killed and 11 wounded.<ref name=LG15941/> The 21 missing men were in a boat from Template:HMS; a later report suggested that most, if not all, had been taken prisoner. Most of the boats in the attack were so shot through that the British later abandoned them.<ref name=LG15941>Template:London Gazette</ref> The vessels claiming prize money included Template:HMS and the hired armed lugger Template:Ship, in addition to the various ships of the line and frigates.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806".<ref name=LG20939-246/>
About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Template:HMS, and Template:HMS captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne.<ref name="LG21">Template:London Gazette</ref> On 5 December 1807 Indefatigable captured the Pamelia.<ref name=LG16258>Template:London Gazette</ref> Then on the day after Christmas, Indefatigable and Template:HMS captured the American ship Eliza.<ref name="LG22">Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 7 January 1808 Indefatigable and Tribune captured the French galiot Fanny and her cargo.<ref name="LG23">Template:London Gazette</ref>Template:Efn
Then on 31 July, Indefatigable, in company with the gun-brig Template:HMS,<ref name=LG16256/> captured the letter of marque Diane, which was on her way to Île de France, carrying naval stores, as well as letters and dispatches that she threw overboard during the chase.<ref name=LG16169/> She was six years old, had a burthen of 482 tons (bm), was armed with fourteen 9 and 6-pounder guns, and had a crew of 68 men. She had left the Gironde the evening before on this, her second voyage, to India.<ref name=LG16169>Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 19 August Indefatigable, still in company with Conflict, captured Adele.<ref name=LG16256>Template:London Gazette</ref> In December a distribution of £10,000 was payable for the proceeds from Diane and Adele.<ref name="LG24">Template:London Gazette</ref> On 1 and 9 September 1808 Indefatigable captured two American ships, Sally and Peggy.<ref name="LG25">Template:London Gazette</ref> Template:HMS and Template:HMS were in company with Indefatigable at the time.<ref name=LG16362>Template:London Gazette</ref> On 1 November Indefatigable captured Bonne Louise.<ref name=LG16258/>
On 14 January 1809 Indefatigable captured French privateer lugger Clarisse in the Channel. She was pierced for 14 guns but had only three mounted. She had left Saint-Malo the evening before and had not made any captures.<ref name="LG26">Template:London Gazette</ref> At the time of the capture, Amazon, Iris, Template:HMS, and Goldfinch were in sight. They shared with Indefatigable in the proceeds for the hull, but not the bounty money for the captured crew.<ref name=LG16362/> On 20 February Template:HMS captured the French schooner Matilda. Indefatigable was in company.<ref name="LG27">Template:London Gazette</ref>
Indefatigable arrived at the Basque Roads on 25 February.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref> While there she captured two vessels, the Danish ship Neptunus on 24 March and the French ship Nymphe on 28 March. For the capture of Neptunus, Indefatigable was in company with the sloops Template:HMS and Template:HMS.<ref name=LG16308>Template:London Gazette</ref> Foxhound was also in company for the capture of Nymphe.<ref name=LG16308/>
In April 1809 Indefatigable participated in the battle of the Basque Roads. The action earned her crew another clasp to the Naval General Service Medal: "Basque Roads 1809".<ref name=LG20939-242/>
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In October 1809 Indefatigable was under Captain Henry E. R. Baker.Template:Sfnp Captain John Broughton succeeded him in December 1809 and remained in command until 1812.Template:Sfnp
On 11 January 1810, Indefatigable captured Mouche № 26 near Cap de Peñas. Under the command of Enseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed from Pasajes with despatches for Île de France. The next day Mouche № 26 foundered near the Penmarks. Fleury, presumably among others, was drowned.<ref name="Fonds1">Fonds Marine, Vol. 1, p. 408.</ref>
Four months later, on 6 May Indefatigable captured two French chasse marees, Camilla and Bonne Rencontre; Template:HMS and Template:HMS were in company.<ref name="LG28">Template:London Gazette</ref> Next, Indefatigable recaptured Flora on 13 June.<ref name="LG29">Template:London Gazette</ref> On 20 October Indefatigable re-captured the Portuguese brig Intrigua.<ref name="LG30">Template:London Gazette</ref>
On 15 January 1811, Template:HMS captured Matilda and her cargo. Indefatigable and Template:HMS were in sight.<ref name="LG31">Template:London Gazette</ref>
Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited the Galápagos Islands. During this cruise she gave the second largest island, now known as Santa Cruz island, its English name – Indefatigable.Template:Citation needed
By July Indefatigable was back in Portsmouth. When news of the outbreak of the War of 1812 reached Britain, the Royal Navy seized all American vessels then in British ports. Indefatigable was among the Royal Navy vessels then lying at Spithead or Portsmouth and so entitled to share in the grant for the American ships Belleville, Janus, Aeos, Ganges, and Leonidas seized there on 31 July 1812.<ref name="LG32">Template:London Gazette</ref>Template:Efn
On 17 September Indefatigable, Template:HMS, Template:HMS, Template:HMS, Template:HMS, and Cretan shared in the capture of Dankbarheide.<ref name="LG33">Template:London Gazette</ref> When the gun-brig Hearty detained the Prussian vessel Friede on 29 September, Indefatigable, Desiree, Primrose, Cretan, Drake, were either in company or sharing by agreement.<ref name="LG34">Template:London Gazette</ref>
Indefatigable was reported to have been at Lima on 11 July 1815, about to sail for the Galápagos Islands.<ref>LL 5 December 1815, №5028.</ref>
FateEdit
Indefatigable was finally paid off in 1815. She was broken up at Sheerness in August 1816.Template:Sfnp
LegacyEdit
Indefatigable is the namesake of Indefatigable Island,Template:Sfnp the alternative English name of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Archipelago.
PrizesEdit
| Vessels captured or destroyed for which IndefatigableTemplate:'s crew received full or partial credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Ship | Nationality | Type | Fate | Ref. |
| 9 March 1795 | Temeraire | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG1"/> |
| 9 March 1795 | Minerve | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG1"/> |
| 9 March 1795 | Gentille | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG1"/> |
| 9 March 1795 | Regeneration | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG1"/> |
| 9 March 1795 | Not recorded | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name="LG1"/> |
| 9 March 1795 | Not recorded | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant sloop | Captured | <ref name="LG1"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Favorite Sultana | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Friends | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Not recorded | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Destroyed | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Not recorded | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Destroyed | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Providence | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Captured | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Not recorded | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Destroyed | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Four Marys | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Aimable Justine | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 11–21 March 1795 | Nouvelle Union | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name=LG13884/><ref name="LG2"/> |
| 13 April 1796 | Unité | File:Flag of France.svg French | 32-gun frigate | Captured | <ref name="LG3"/> |
| 21 April 1796 | Template:Ship | File:Flag of France.svg French | 44-gun frigate | Captured | <ref name=LG13887/> |
| 12 June 1796 | Trois Couleurs | File:Flag of France.svg French | 10-gun brig | Captured | <ref name="LG4"/><ref name="LG5"/> |
| 12 June 1796 | Blonde | File:Flag of France.svg French | 16-gun brig | Captured | <ref name="LG4"/><ref name="LG5"/> |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG6"/> |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG6"/> |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG6"/> |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG6"/> |
| September 1796 | Not recorded | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG6"/> |
| 1 October 1796 | Vrow Delenea Maria | File:Flag of the navy of the Batavian Republic.svg Dutch | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name=LG15348/> |
| 2 October 1796 | Queen of Naples | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant brig | Recaptured | <ref name=LG13941/> |
| 2 October 1796 | Ariel | File:Flag of France.svg French | 12-gun privateer schooner | Captured | <ref name=LG13941/> |
| 2 October 1796 | Revanche | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name="LG7"/> |
| January 1797 | Sangossee | File:Flag of France.svg French | Packet | Captured | <ref name="LG7"/> |
| 13 January 1797 | Template:Ship | File:Flag of France.svg French | 74-gun ship of the line | Destroyed | <ref name=LG13792/> |
| 30 April 1797 | Basque | File:Flag of France.svg French | 8-gun privateer brigantine | Captured | <ref name=LG14011/> |
| 11 May 1797 | Nouvelle Eugénie | File:Flag of France.svg French | 16-gun privateer razee | Captured | <ref name="LG8"/> |
| 14 October 1797 | Template:Ship | File:Flag of France.svg French | 14-gun brig corvette | Captured | <ref name=LG14065/> |
| 15 October 1797 | Not recorded | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant schooner | Captured | <ref name=LG14065/> |
| 25 October 1797 | Hyène | File:Flag of France.svg French | 24-gun privateer | Captured | <ref name=LG14065/> |
| 11 January 1798 | Vengeur | File:Flag of France.svg French | 12-gun privateer schooner | Captured | <ref name=LG14083/> |
| 16 January 1798 | Inconcevable | File:Flag of France.svg French | 8-gun privateer | Captured | <ref name=LG14083/> |
| 28 January 1798 | Heureuse Nouvelle | File:Flag of France.svg French | 22-gun privateer | Captured | <ref name="LG9"/> |
| 30 April 1798 | Basque | File:Flag of France.svg French | 8-gun brigantine privateer | Captured | <ref name=LG14011/> |
| 11 July 1798 | Hope | Not recorded | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name="LG10"/> |
| 4 August 1798 | Heureux | File:Flag of France.svg French | 16-gun privateer | Captured | <ref name=LG15049/> |
| 5 August 1798 | Canada | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured, destroyed | <ref name=LG15049/> |
| 8 August 1798 | Vaillante | File:Flag of France.svg French | 22-gun corvette | Captured | <ref name="LG11"/> |
| 15 November 1798 | Mercurius | Not recorded | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name=LG15200/> |
| 31 December 1798 | Minerve | File:Flag of France.svg French | 16-gun privateer | Captured | <ref name=LG15096/> |
| 1 January 1799 | Asphalon | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name=LG15096/> |
| 10 January 1799 | Providence | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name="LG12"/> |
| 14 January 1799 | Argo | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name=LG15200/> |
| January 1799 | Ann and Dorothea | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Danish | Merchant schooner | Recaptured | <ref name=LG15096/> |
| 5 February 1799 | Pomona | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name="LG12"/> |
| 9 February 1799 | Wohlfarden | Not recorded | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name="LG12"/> |
| 31 May 1799 | Vénus | File:Flag of France.svg French | 12-gun brig | Captured | <ref name=LG15146/> |
| 9 October 1799 | Nostra Senora de la Solidad | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name="LG13"/> |
| 7 November 1799 | Brailsford | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name="LG14"/> |
| 6 January 1800 | Ursule | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name="LG15"/> |
| 11 January 1800 | Vidette | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name=LG15344/> |
| 12 June 1800 | Vengeur | File:Flag of France.svg French | 16-gun privateer brig | Captured | <ref name="LG16"/> |
| 3 July 1800 | Cultivator | File:Union flag 1606 (Kings Colors).svg British | Merchant brig | Recaptured | <ref name="LG17"/> |
| 14 July 1800 | Favori | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name=LG15344/> |
| 15 July 1800 | Phoenix | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name="LG18"/> |
| 22 October 1800 | Template:Ship | File:Flag of France.svg French | 32-gun frigate | Captured | <ref name=LG15308/> |
| 30 May 1801 | Temeraire | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name="LG19"/> |
| 23 July 1801 | Bien Aimé | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name="LG19"/> |
| 9 August 1804 | Template:Ship | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British | West Indiaman | Recaptured | <ref name="LG20"/> |
| 5 October 1804 | Medéa | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | 42-gun frigate | Captured | <ref name=LG15747/> |
| 5 October 1804 | Fama | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | 36-gun frigate | Captured | <ref name=LG15747/> |
| 5 October 1804 | Clara | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | 36-gun frigate | Captured | <ref name=LG15747/> |
| 5 October 1804 | Mercedes | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spanish | 36-gun frigate | Destroyed | <ref name=LG15747/> |
| 16 July 1806 | Template:Ship | File:Flag of France.svg French | 18-gun corvette | Captured | <ref name=LG15941/> |
| 19 October 1806 | Achille | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Captured | <ref name="LG21"/> |
| 19 October 1806 | Jenny | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Captured | <ref name="LG21"/> |
| 19 October 1806 | Marianne | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Captured | <ref name="LG21"/> |
| 5 December 1807 | Pamelia | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name=LG16258/> |
| 26 December 1807 | Eliza | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG22"/> |
| 7 January 1808 | Fanny | File:Flag of France.svg French | Galiot | Captured | <ref name="LG23"/> |
| 31 July 1808 | Diane | File:Flag of France.svg French | 14-gun letter of marque | Captured | <ref name=LG16169/><ref name="LG24"/> |
| 19 August 1808 | Adele | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name=LG16256/><ref name="LG24"/> |
| 1 September 1808 | Sally | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG25"/> |
| 9 September 1808 | Peggy | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG25"/> |
| 1 November 1808 | Bonne Louise | File:Flag of France.svg French | Not recorded | Captured | <ref name=LG16258/> |
| 14 January 1809 | Clarisse | File:Flag of France.svg French | 3-gun privateer lugger | Captured | <ref name="LG26"/> |
| 20 February 1809 | Matilda | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant schooner | Captured | <ref name="LG27"/> |
| 24 March 1809 | Neptunus | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Danish | Merchant brig | Captured | <ref name=LG16308/> |
| 28 March 1809 | Nymphe | File:Flag of France.svg French | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name=LG16308/> |
| 11 January 1810 | Mouche № 26 | File:Flag of France.svg French | 1-gun dispatch boat | Captured | <ref name="Fonds1"/> |
| 6 May 1810 | Camilla | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Captured | <ref name="LG28"/> |
| 6 May 1810 | Bonne Rencontre | File:Flag of France.svg French | Chasse maree | Captured | <ref name="LG28"/> |
| 13 June 1810 | Flora | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British | Merchant ship | Recaptured | <ref name="LG29"/> |
| 20 October 1810 | Intrigua | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portuguese | Merchant brig | Recaptured | <ref name="LG30"/> |
| 15 January 1811 | Matilda | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG31"/> |
| 31 July 1812 | Belleville | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG32"/> |
| 31 July 1812 | Janus | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG32"/> |
| 31 July 1812 | Aeos | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG32"/> |
| 31 July 1812 | Ganges | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG32"/> |
| 31 July 1812 | Leonidas | File:US flag 13 stars – Betsy Ross.svg American | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG32"/> |
| 17 September 1812 | Dankbarheide | Not recorded | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG33"/> |
| 29 September 1812 | Friede | File:Flag of Prussia.svg Prussian | Merchant ship | Captured | <ref name="LG34"/> |
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