HMS Latona (1781)

Drawing of the Latona, 1781
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Latona
Operator: Royal Navy
Ordered: 22 March 1779
Builder: Edward Greaves's yard at Limehouse
Laid down: October 1779
Launched: 13 March 1781
Commissioned: 21 April 1781 (after fitting out at Deptford Dockyard)
Honours and
awards:		 Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Curacoa 1 Jany. 1807"[1]
Fate: 1813 hulked. 1816 sold.
General characteristics
Tons burthen: 944 ​20⁄94 (bm)
Length: 141 ft 3 in (43.05 m)
Beam: 38 ft 11 3⁄4 in (11.881 m)
Depth of hold: 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m)
Propulsion: Sail
Complement: 270 (raised to 280 on 25 April 1780)
Armament:

HMS Latona was a 36-gun, fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She carried a main battery of 18-pounder long guns and served in the American revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Napoleonic Wars. She was launched in 1781, in time to participate in the Battle of Dogger Bank. In September 1782, she took part in the relief of Gibraltar and was the first ship in the convoy to pass through the Straits, when Richard Howe sent her ahead, to spy on the condition of the Franco-Spanish fleet in the bay of Algeciras.

Late in 1792, when the British began re-arming in anticipation of another war with France, Latona underwent a refit and was recommissioned for The Channel. On 18 November 1793, she spotted, chased and engaged a squadron of six ships-of-the-line and some smaller vessels. She was unable to detain the enemy ships for long and they escaped before the rest of the British fleet could catch up. Still with Howe's fleet in May 1794, Latona and her compratriots were waiting for a large grain convoy bound for France from the United States. The British eventually found what they were looking for on 28 May, about 400 nautical miles (700 km) west of Ushant, and began a running battle which ended three days later on the Glorious First of June. Latona escaped serious damage despite being actively involved in the battle, coming to the assistance of HMS Bellerophon and firing on two French 74s before towing her to safety.

Latona operated with a British squadron in an Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during August 1799, resulting in the surrender of a Dutch squadron in the Vlieter roads. Latona subsequently had spells of service in the North Sea and the Baltic before the Treaty of Amiens, shortly after which, she was decommissioned and laid up in ordinary.

Latona was hulked in 1813 and sold for breaking up in 1816.

Design

Latona was a 36-gun frigate designed by the senior surveyor John Williams and ordered on 22 March 1779. Her keel, of 116 feet 10 inches (35.6 m) was laid down at Limehouse in November 1782 by the shipwright company, Greaves and Purnell. When launched on 13 March 1781, she was 141 feet 3 inches (43.1 m) along the gun deck, had a beam of 38 feet 11 3⁄4 inches (11.9 m) and a depth in the hold of 13 feet 6 inches (4.1 m). She was 944​20⁄94 tons burthen and drew between 10 ft 1 1⁄2 in (3.086 m) and 13 ft 11 1⁄2 in (4.255 m).[2]

The frigate was initially designed to carry a main battery of twenty-eight 18-pounder (8.2 kg) guns, with a secondary armament of ten 6-pounder (2.7 kg) guns on the upperworks. On 30 September the armament was increased by the addition of ten 18-pounder carronades, although only eight were fitted, and fourteen 1⁄2-pounder (0.23 kg) swivel guns. Then on 25 April 1780, it was decided to upgrade the 6-pound long guns with 9 pounders (4.1 kg).[2]

In this era it was common for each surveyor to produce independent designs for new ship types, and this design was a counterpoint to Edward Hunt's HMS Minerva; together the two draughts represent the prototype of the thirty-eight gun, 18-pounder armed frigate.

Latona was launched on 13 March 1781 and taken down the Thames to Deptford where she was fitted-out and coppered between 15 March and 21 April. Latona's build and first fitting cost the Admiralty £22,470.3.5d.[2]

Early service

She participated in the 1781 Battle of Dogger Bank under the command of captain Hyde Parker.[3]:46 His father, Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, commanded the fleet at the battle. Great Britain had declared war on the Dutch Republic in December 1780, following the latter's refusal to cease trading with newly-established United States. Since then, the British had been blockading the Dutch coast while protecting its own merchant shipping. Latona was one of the escorts accompanying a convoy of ships from the Baltic on 5 August.[4] At 04:00, a Dutch fleet was seen. Admiral Hyde Parker immediately despatched his convoy toward the English coast, and ordered a general chase.[5] The Dutch admiral, Johan Zoutman, chose to keep his convoy under his lee. After a bloody battle with casualties high on both sides, the Dutch returned to Texel, whence they came.[6]

Relief of Gibraltar by Earl Howe, 11 October 1782, by Richard Paton

After November 1781, Latona was in the English Channel under Lord Hugh Conway, and on 25 April 1782 she captured a privateer, Bernardin.[2] Latona was part of Richard Howe's fleet in the summer of 1782 and took part in the relief of Gibraltar in September.[7] The supply ships left England on 11 September, escorted by Howe's 34 ships-of-the-line. While rounding Cape St Vincent, on 8 October, Latona was despatched to report on the condition of the Franco-Spanish fleet in the bay of Algeciras. It was known that this force of about 48 ships-of-the-line was poised to attack Gibraltar and, even if no attack was forthcoming, would pose a significant obstacle to Howe's relief mission.[7] She returned two days later with news that an attack had already taken place and had been beaten off.[8] The convoy entered the straits, and successfully delivered the vital supplies, food, and ammunition to the besieged, between the 16 and 18 October. The large combined French and Spanish fleet which had been hovering nearby was lured away on 20 October.[9] The faster British ships, never intending to give battle, were easily able to withdraw after a short engagement.[10]

Latona paid off in April 1783 but was recommissioned the following month under Thomas Boston and, in November, she sailed for the Leeward Islands. Charles Sandys became Latona's captain in May 1784 then in March 1786, command passed to Lieutenant Velters Cornewall Berkeley who held the position until the ship paid off once again, in October.[2] Latona was laid up for some time before, in November 1788, work began at Woolwich to make her ready for sea once more. £15,978.0.0d was spent on extensive repairs and a refit. She was recommissioned in May 1790 by Albemarle Bertie but by the end of the year, she had been removed from service.[2]

Late in 1792, anticipating that it would soon be forced to enter the war in Europe, Britain began military preparations.[11] In December, Latona was recommissioned under Edward Thornbrough and following a £12,644.0.0d refit, began service in The Channel in January 1793. She captured a French privateer, Amerique, in March and two more in May; Franklin and Ambitieux of ten guns apiece.[2]

French Revolutionary Wars

In July 1793, Latona was attached to Richard Howe's Channel fleet.[12] Howe's 22 ships-of-the-line and accompanying frigates, were returning from a cruise in the Bay of Biscay on 18 November, when Latona signalled the presence of enemy ships in Cancale bay. They turned out to be a French squadron of six ships-of-the-line, two frigates and two smaller craft, out of Brest.[13] Mistaking the British for a convoy they were expecting, the French ships began to sail towards their foe but soon realised their error and fled. Using his frigates, to keep the enemy in sight, Howe set off in pursuit, but only Latona got close enough to engage. Coming up on the rearmost ships in the afternoon, she was eventually driven off, when two French ships-of-the-line joined the action. In an attempt to catch up, some off the British ships had their topmasts broken and the chase was abandoned. Although the French squadron was seen again on 19 November, bad weather prevented Howe staying in touch and the French were soon lost from sight.[14]

On 27 November, the ships of a squadron under the command of Captain Thomas Pasley of HMS Bellerophon captured Blonde off Ushant.[15] At the time of her capture Blonde was armed with 28 guns and had a crew of 210 men under the command of Citizen Gueria.[16] A subsequent prize money notice listed the vessels that shared in the proceeds as Bellerophon, Vanguard, Phoenix, Latona, and Phaeton.[17][Note 1]

HMS Defence at the Battle of the Glorious 1st June 1794 by Nicholas Pocock

Still with the Channel fleet in May 1794, Latona and her compratriots were waiting for a large grain convoy bound for France from the United States.[20] Howe's fleet arrived off Ushant on 5 May and Latona and Phaeton were tasked with circumnavigating the island and looking in the Brest roads for the French fleet. When they returned to report the French were still in port, Howe set off to try and intercept the convoy before it could gain the protection of the Brest fleet. After almost two weeks spent searching the shipping lanes and finding nothing, the British fleet returned and on 19 May, Phaeton and Latona were again despatched to reconnoitre the roads.[21]

After finding the anchorage empty, the two frigates stopped an American vessel and learnt from the crew that the French fleet had sailed three days earlier. On the same day (19 May), HMS Venus joined Howes' fleet with news that a British squadron, under George Montagu, desperately needed reinforcements.[22] The next day, after Latona and Phaeton's return, Howes' fleet set off to rendezvous with Montagu and on the morning of 21 May, encountered a former Dutch convoy, in the hands of French. Howe's ships managed to recapture about half but unable to spare the men, Howe had his prizes burned. Realising now that the French fleet was nearby and that Montagu was safe, Howe abandoned his previous plan and set off in pursuit.[23]

The British found their quarry on the 28 May, some 400 nautical miles (700 km) west of Ushant, and engaged in a running battle, culminating on 1 June 1794.[24] And, although seven French ships were captured or sunk without the British losing any, the vital grain convoy arrived in France without significant loss.[25] The killed and wounded among the British fleet amounted to 2,048. Casualties from the six French prizes alone were upwards of 1,200 and it's estimated that among the French fleet, 7,000 men were killed, wounded or taken prisoner.[25] Latona did not lose any of her crew despite being actively involved in the battle when, at 08:45 she came to the assistance of HMS Bellerophon, firing on two French 74s before towing her to safety.[26]

There was a change of command and duty for Latona in September, when under Arthur Legge, she was part of a royal escort for Princess Caroline of Brunswick.[2]

Latona, under the command of F. Sotheron, on 29 November 1796 captured the French Bordeaux-based privateer schooner Aigle about 107 leagues N by W from Lisbon. She had left out of Passayes, near Bayonne, on 6 November, but had captured nothing. She was pierced for 14 guns but carried only 12 small carriage guns, and had a crew of 62 men under the command of Francis Harimendy.[27]

Then a few days later, on 3 December, Latona captured the French brig Intrepide 40 leagues WNW of Lisbon. She was pierced for 18 guns but carried twelve 6-pounders, an 18-pounder carrronade, and a brass 12-pounder gun. During the chase she threw all her guns overboard except for the 12-pounder and one 6-pounder, both of which she used as stern chasers, firing, but without effect, until Latona was almost alongside. She had a crew of 83 men aboard, under the command of M. Jean Candeau. On her cruise she had captured only one vessel, a galliot belonging to Bremen, which had been sailing from Faro to Liverpool with a cargo of fruit.[27]

John Bligh was assigned command in May 1797 when Latona served as flagship to Admiral William Waldegrave. At the end of the month, she set sail for Newfoundland, where the Admiral was to serve as the newly appointed governor. Latona returned to England in February 1798 with Frank Sotheron as her captain. Sotheron, who had been in command since the previous November brought her back in April 1798, and she remained on that station for much of the remaining year. In December, she was back home once more.[2]

War of the Second Coalition

Surrender of the Dutch squadron on 30 August in the Vlieter, by an unknown artist.

Between 8 March 1799 and 12 May, Latona captured a large number of small Dutch vessels.[28][Note 2] Latona operated with a British squadron in an Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland during August 1799 which resulted in the surrender of a Dutch squadron in the Vlieter roads.[29] A combined fleet under Admiral Lord Duncan, comprising eight ships-of-the-line, three fourth-rates and six frigates, one of which was Latona, arrived off Texel on 22 August. With it, were more than 230 other craft, carrying supplies and 27,000 troops.[30] After failing to persuade the Dutch to hand over their ships, the troops were landed near Helder on the morning of 27 August. After an engagement with a Franco-Dutch force, the city was captured. At the same time, a single British frigate, HMS Circe, entered the Nieuwe Diep and captured the ships there which were laid up in ordinary. Among them were 13 warships carrying a total of 510 guns, and of these, four small frigates and a 44-gun vessel were added to the Royal Navy.[29] Two days later, a British squadron under Vice-Admiral Andrew Mitchell entered the Vlieter roads where a Dutch squadron under Vice-Admiral Samuel Story was anchored. Latona and two other frigates grounded in the narrow channel but all managed to get off and join their compatriots in line opposite the Dutch, who accepted an offer to surrender and handed over their ships.[31]

Latona was operating on the Lisbon station towards the end of the year, where she captured two privateers: the 12-gun Aigle on 29 November, and the 14-gun Intrepide on 3 December.[32] In 1800, she was re-assigned to the North Sea where in April, off Flamborough, she took the 14-gun privateer, Virginie. Following a spell in the Baltic Sea, early in 1801, Latona was at Deptford in October before joining the Channel Fleet in 1802. This was another short-lived appointment: Latona returned to the Baltic and was stationed off St Petersburg from August to October. She then sailed back to England and paid off.[33]

Napoleonic Wars

Having been laid up in ordinary since October 1802, Latona required substantial repair before returning to service. The work was undertaken at Deptford between April and October 1804; after which she was taken into the Channel, by Thomas L. M. Gosselin, who had taken command in August.[33] Latona captured the Spanish ketch Amphion, armed with 12 guns and 70 men, at sea on 22 October 1805.

In April 1806, Latona was under Captain James Wood, and in June, she had her carronades upgraded to 32 pounders (15 kg). She was then sent to Jamaica where, later in the year, she was part of a small squadron sent by James Dacres, to ascertain the willingness of the population of Curacao to enter into an alliance.[34][33] Latona with HMS Anson and HMS Arethusa, left Port Royal on 29 November with orders to enlist HMS Fisgard, then somewhere at sea. The three vessels, under the command of Charles Brisbane in Arethusa, arrived in Aruba on 22 December, having been held back by unfavourable winds and tides, and was joined the following day by Fisgard.[35]

The capture of Curaçao, depicted by Thomas Whitcombe

The expedition left on 24 December and arrived off Curacao on 1 January 1807. The island was heavily defended by a chain of fortifications along the high ground, that also overlooked the harbour. Fort Amsterdam, had 60 guns guarding the entrance, and inside the guns of a second large fort, Fort Republick, covered the entire anchorage. With such a small force at his disposal, Brisbane thought a peaceful solution unlikely and, in order that he might begin negotiations from a position of strength, sailed his ships straight into the harbour.[35]

The Arethusa led under a flag of truce, which the Dutch ignored, Latona second, followed by Anson and Fisgard. The latter grounding after a shift of wind. At 06:15, the British still coming under heavy fire, the flag of truce was taken down and an action started on the ships in the harbour. Arethusa fired three broadsides into the 36-gun frigate, Kenau Hasselar, before Brisbane led a boarding party. Shortly after, Latona drew along side and the Dutch ship was taken. In the meantime, men from Anson boarded and captured the 22-gun Suriname.[36] Two schooners were also seized in the battle.[37]

Sailors from all four British frigates went ashore at 07:30, storming Fort Amsterdam, which was sucessfully overcome in about ten minutes, before taking the town and its citadel. After which, at 09:30, they returned to their ships and after half an hour, had pounded Fort Republik into submission. By noon, the whole island had capitulated.[36] Latona lost one man killed and two wounded; in all, the British lost three killed and 14 wounded. The Dutch lost nearly 200 men. On the ships alone, six men were killed, including Commandant Cornelius J. Evertz, who commanded the Dutch naval force in Curaçao and seven wounded, of whom one died later.[37][36] Latona's captain, Wood, was knighted for his part in the action, as was Brisbane. The Patriotic fund gave each of the four captains a gold medal and a gift; Wood received a vase valued at £105.0.0d. Several promotions were given to the lesser officers and in 1849, the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Curacoa 1 Jany. 1807" to surviving claimants.[38][36][39] [Note 3]

Latona was part of the squadron under Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane that captured the Danish islands of St Thomas on 22 December and Santa Cruz on 25 December 1807. The Danes did not resist and the invasion was bloodless.

At the Action of 10 February 1809, Latona was involved in the capture of the French 40-gun frigate, Junon in the West Indies.[41] On 7 February, Junon escaped from a British blockade of the Îles des Saintes. She was seen and chased by two small brigs, one of which soon fell behind but the other, HMS Superieure of 14-guns, kept her in sight and was joined on the 9th by Latona; the crew of which had been alerted by the sound of gunfire. The next day, Junon was still some way ahead of her pursuers when two more British ships, the 38-gun HMS Horatio and the 18-gun HMS Driver, appeared and caused her to alter her course.[42] Seeing Latona steering to cut her off, Junon turned back towards Horatio, passing her on the opposite tack and exchanging fire. A short engagement followed in which both frigates were greatly damaged but Junon, less so in the sails and rigging, was able to leave Horatio behind. She was then attacked by Superiere until Latona caught up and opened fire. Junon's main and mizzen mast fell and she struck.[43]

In April 1809, a French squadron under Amable Troude, comprising three 74s and two armed-storeships, arrived at the Îles des Saintes. There they were blockaded until 14 April, when a British force under Major-General Frederick Maitland and Captain Philip Beaver in Acasta, invaded and captured the islands.[44] Latona was among the naval vessels that shared in the proceeds of the capture of the islands.[Note 4] The French squadron was obliged to quit its position, after the British established a battery on the mountain overlooking the anchorage.[46][47] Despite leaving under cover of darkness, Troude's ships were noticed by the 18-gun HMS Hazard, which immediately alerted the rest of the blockading force.[47] At 22:00, two hours later, two British craft, HMS Pompee of 74 guns and the 18-gun Recruit, came close enough to open fire on Hautpoult, the rearmost French ship. Soon after, HMS Neptune joined the attack but none of the shots, all fired from distance, did any damage and the French began to draw away.[48] Only Recruit stayed in touch, harrying her quarry throughout the night and following day until Pompee rejoined the action on the evening of the 15th and caused the three French 74s to scatter. Pompee continued her pursuit of Hautpoult and was joined by Latona and HMS Castor the next day. On 17 April, further British ships appeared and at 17:15 Hautpoult struck. The other two French 74s had been chased by Recruit and Neptune, when the squadron dispersed on 15 April, but managed to escape to Cherbourg.[48]

Hautpoult was taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Abercromby. The French had had 80-90 men killed or wounded during the action, the British had 10 killed and 35 wounded. The majority of the British casualties occurred on Pompee.[48] The two French storeships, Furieuse and Félicité left the Îles des Saintes on 15 April, the day after Troude's line-of-battle ships, they made it to Gaudeloupe unmolested but when they left on 14 June, they were pursued by Latona and the 16-gun sloop, HMS Cherub. Félicité succumbed to Latona after a four day chase; Furieuse managed to out-sail Cherub but was eventually taken by Bonne Citoyenne on 6 July.[48][49]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes
  1. ↑ Some sources, such as; Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours by Jean-Michel Roche, the British Warships in the Age of Sail series by Rif Winfield and La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 À 1792 by Alain Demerliac, attribute the capture of Blonde to Latona and Phaeton alone.[18][19][2]
  2. ↑ Prize money was paid in November 1811. A first-class share was worth £7 7s 8d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 5d.[28]
  3. ↑ On 3 December 1808, the London Gazette reported a disputed claim for prize money from a fifth vessel, Morne Fortunee. Neither the original reports nor the accounts of William James and William Laird Clowes acknowledge this ship as being at the capture of Curaçao.[37][40] By 1849, when the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal, Morne Fortunee was listed together with the four frigates.[39] 65 medals were given out.
  4. ↑ The prize agent for a number of the vessels involved, Henry Abbott, went bankrupt. In May 1835 there was a final payment of a dividend from his estate. A first-class share was worth 10s 2¾d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 1d. Seventh-class (landsmen) and eighth-class (boys) shares were fractions of a penny, too small to pay.[45]
Citations
  1. ↑ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Winfield (2007) p. 207
  3. ↑ Ross, Sir John. Memoirs of Admiral de Saumarez Vol 1.
  4. ↑ Clowes (Vol.III) p. 505
  5. ↑ Clowes (Vol.III} p. 506
  6. ↑ Clowes (Vol.III) p.508
  7. 1 2 Clowes (Vol.III) p. 540
  8. ↑ Clowes (Vol.III) p.541
  9. ↑ Clowes (Vol.III) pp. 541 - 542
  10. ↑ Clowes (Vol.III) p. 542
  11. ↑ Fremont-Barnes p. 27
  12. ↑ James (Vol.V) p. 57
  13. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 201
  14. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 202
  15. ↑ Fonds Marine p. 56
  16. ↑ "No. 13601". The London Gazette. 7 December 1793. p. 1100.
  17. ↑ "No. 13704". The London Gazette. 16 September 1794. p. 946.
  18. ↑ Roche p. 77
  19. ↑ Demerliac p. 40
  20. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 215
  21. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 216
  22. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 217
  23. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 218
  24. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) pp. 222 - 227
  25. 1 2 Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 228
  26. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) pp. 229 - 230
  27. 1 2 "No. 14077". The London Gazette. 26 December 1797. p. 1231.
  28. 1 2 "No. 16580". The London Gazette. 3 March 1812. p. 432.
  29. 1 2 Clowes (Vol.IV) p. 409
  30. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) pp. 408 - 409
  31. ↑ Clowes (Vol.IV) pp. 409 - 410
  32. ↑ Winfield (2007) pp.207 - 208
  33. 1 2 3 Winfield (2007) p. 208
  34. ↑ Clowes (Vol.V) p. 236
  35. 1 2 Clowes (Vol.V) p. 237
  36. 1 2 3 4 Clowes (Vol.V) p. 238
  37. 1 2 3 "No. 16003". The London Gazette. 22 February 1807. pp. 241–243.
  38. ↑ Long p. 48
  39. 1 2 "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
  40. ↑ "No. 16206". The London Gazette. 3 December 1808. p. 1648.
  41. ↑ James (Vol.V) pp.150-152
  42. ↑ Clowes (Vol.V) pp. 431 - 432
  43. ↑ Clowes (Vol.V) p. 432
  44. ↑ "No. 16262". The London Gazette. 30 May 1809. pp. 779–782.
  45. ↑ "No. 19255". The London Gazette. 3 April 1835. p. 643.
  46. ↑ "No. 16262". The London Gazette. 30 May 1809. p. 779.
  47. 1 2 Clowes (Vol.V) p. 435
  48. 1 2 3 4 Clowes (Vol.V) p. 436
  49. ↑ "No. 16293". The London Gazette. 29 August 1809. p. 1384.
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