Recovery (ship)

Several vessels have been named Recovery:

• HMS Hyaena (1778) was a 24-gun post ship launched in 1778. The French frigate Concorde captured her in 1793 and she became the privateer Hyene. In 1797 Indefatigable recaptured her near Tenerife. Recommissioned under her old name, Hyaena was sold in 1802. She entered Lloyd's Register in 1804 as the whaler Recovery.[1] Between 1803 and 1813 she made six voyages as a whaler. She was broken up in 1813.[2]
• Recovery (1793 ship) was built at Liverpool. She was a West Indiaman that sailed under a letter of marque. The French privateer Courageaux captured her in 1799. She returned to British ownership by 1800 and continued to trade until she foundered in June 1818 on her way from Hull to Miramichi Bay.
• HMS Lynx (1794) was a 16-gun ship-rigged sloop of the Cormorant-class in the Royal Navy, launched at Gravesend. In 1795 she was the cause of an international incident when she fired on the USRC Eagle. Recovery was at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, and during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars took numerous prizes, mostly merchant vessels but also including some privateers. She was also at the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. She was sold in April 1813. She then became the whaler Recovery.[3] She made 12 whaling voyages, the last one ending in 1843, at which time her owner had her broken up.
• Recovery (1811 ship) was a merchant ship built at Batavia in 1799 and taken in prize c.1811. She made two voyages transporting convicts from England to Australia and one voyage from Ireland to Australia. She also made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC). She was last listed in 1847.
• Recovery (1816 ship) was wrecked near Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia in 1816.
• Recovery (1821 ship) was launched at Howrah, renamed Valetta, and lost in 1825.