When Amethyst captured Aventurier Cooke freed the Americans and informed Parker that Cato had been sent to Cork. One month earlier, on 29 November, Aventurier had captured the American ship Cato and taken her master, John Parker, and his crew prisoner. Aventurier, out of Lorient, was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 75 men. On 29 December Amethyst captured the French privateer brig Aventurier (or Avanture). Eleven days after that, Amethyst and Beaulieu recaptured the ships Dauphin, Cato, Cabrus, and Nymphe. On 18 December she and Beaulieu recaptured the brig Jenny. During the Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland, Amethyst conveyed the Duke of York to the Netherlands and later participated in the evacuation of the force following the campaign's collapse. She then operated on the Dutch coast later that year. She was broken up in 1811 after suffering severe damage in a storm.Īmethyst was commissioned in May 1799 under the command of Captain John Cooke. She also participated in two boat actions and two ship actions that won her crew clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. Amethyst served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing several prizes. HMS Amethyst was a Royal Navy 36-gun Penelope-class fifth-rate frigate, launched in 1799 at Deptford. QD:2 x 9-pounder guns + 10 x 32-pounder carronadesįc:2 x 9-pounder guns + 2 x 32-pounder carronades Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas WhitcombeĬlasps to the Naval General Service Medalġ50 ft (46 m) (overall) (keel)
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