HMS Havannah (1811)

HMS "Havannah" was a Royal Navy fifth rate frigate, built in Liverpool in 1811.

"Havannah"'s first captain was George Cadogan, who commissioned her into the Channel Fleet where "Havannah" was rapidly involved in operations against French coastal shipping off the Channel Islands. In 1812, Cadogan took "Havannah" to join the squadron operating in the Adriatic from the island of Lissa. In early 1813, "Havannah" was detached against the Northern Italian coast and conducted a five month campaign on the shipping and shore facilities of Vasto and its environs. In numerous actions dozens of ships were seized and coastal batteries destroyed.

In November 1813, "Havannah" was attached to Thomas Fremantle's squadron that blockaded and besieged Trieste and detached against the port of Zara. Cadogan attacked the city and captured it with the aid of some Austrian troops to whom he was later instructed to hand over all prizes and spoils of war. In April 1814, days before the end of the war, "Havannah" captured a French privateer off Corfu.

In 1815 "Havannah" sailed for North America and in 1816 to the Cape of Good Hope. By 1818 "Havannah" was laid up at Sheerness, later re-entering service as a training ship in 1860.

References

* [http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=1092 Ships of the Old Navy]