HMS Favourite (1794)
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HMS Favourite (or Favorite) was a 16-gun Cormorant-class
sloop
of the Royal Navy
, launched in 1794 at Rotherhithe
. The French captured her in 1806 and renamed her Favorite. However, the British recaptured her in 1807 and renamed her HMS Goree. She became a prison ship in 1810 and was broken up in Bermuda in 1817.
as Favorite approached. Foote signaled to a cutter that was in sight, which he believed was the hired armed cutter Countess of Elgin to chase the merchant vessels, and set out after the privateers, which however separated.
After three hours Favorite caught up with Raccrocheuse, which was under the command of Captain Jacques Broquant. She was armed with fourteen 4-pounder guns and had a crew of 56 men. She was one day out from Saint-Valery-en-Caux
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The privateer that escaped was the Adolphe, which too carried fourteen 4-pounder guns, which however she had thrown overboard during the chase. Foote believed that she had returned to Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
captured her on 7 January 1806. The French brought her into service as Favorite.
On 20 June 1806, she reached Cayenne, where she was re-armed with Captain Lemarant Kerdaniel taking command. She sailed from there on Christmas Eve 1806, along with the 16-gun brig Argus.
On 21 July 1807 the 32-gun frigate HMS Jason
and the brig HMS Wolverine
intercepted Argus and Favorite. Favorite stayed behind and battled for one hour to allow Argus to escape but was forced to strike. She was brought back into British service as HMS Goree.
station where she served as a prison hulk
. She then moved to Bermuda where from July 1814 she was under Commander Constantine Moorsom. Lieutenant John Boulton replaced him in June 1815, only to have Commander John Wilson replace him in turn within the month. Goree was broken up in Bermuda in 1817.
Cormorant class ship-sloop
The Cormorant class were built as a 16-gun class of ship-sloops for the Royal Navy, although an extra 2 guns were added soon after completion.-Design:...
sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
, launched in 1794 at Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe is a residential district in inner southeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is located on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the north bank, and is a part of the Docklands area...
. The French captured her in 1806 and renamed her Favorite. However, the British recaptured her in 1807 and renamed her HMS Goree. She became a prison ship in 1810 and was broken up in Bermuda in 1817.
British service
On 12 December 1804, Favorite, under Commander Charles Foote, encountered two French privateer luggers and gave chase. They were in possession of a brig and were boarding a barkBark
Bark is the outermost layers of stems and roots of woody plants. Plants with bark include trees, woody vines and shrubs. Bark refers to all the tissues outside of the vascular cambium and is a nontechnical term. It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer bark. The inner...
as Favorite approached. Foote signaled to a cutter that was in sight, which he believed was the hired armed cutter Countess of Elgin to chase the merchant vessels, and set out after the privateers, which however separated.
After three hours Favorite caught up with Raccrocheuse, which was under the command of Captain Jacques Broquant. She was armed with fourteen 4-pounder guns and had a crew of 56 men. She was one day out from Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Saint-Valery-en-Caux
Saint-Valery-en-Caux is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in northern France.-Geography:A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de Caux, some west of Dieppe at the junction of the D53, D20, D79 and the D925 roads...
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The privateer that escaped was the Adolphe, which too carried fourteen 4-pounder guns, which however she had thrown overboard during the chase. Foote believed that she had returned to Saint-Valery-en-Caux.
Capture and re-capture
While Favorite was sailing under Commander John Davie, L'Hermite's squadronL'Hermite's expedition
L'Hermite's expedition was a French naval operation launched in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars. The operation was intended as both a commerce raiding operation against the British trading posts of West Africa and as a diversion to the Trafalgar campaign...
captured her on 7 January 1806. The French brought her into service as Favorite.
On 20 June 1806, she reached Cayenne, where she was re-armed with Captain Lemarant Kerdaniel taking command. She sailed from there on Christmas Eve 1806, along with the 16-gun brig Argus.
On 21 July 1807 the 32-gun frigate HMS Jason
HMS Jason (1804)
HMS Jason was a 32-gun fifth rate Thames-class frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1804 at Woolwich, named for Jason of Greek Mythology.-Service:...
and the brig HMS Wolverine
HMS Wolverine (1805)
HMS Wolverine was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched in 1805 at Topsham, near Exeter. Early in her career she was involved in two fratricidal incidents, one involving a British frigate and then a newsworthy case in which she helped capture a British slave ship...
intercepted Argus and Favorite. Favorite stayed behind and battled for one hour to allow Argus to escape but was forced to strike. She was brought back into British service as HMS Goree.
Fate
From 1810 to 1813 Goree was under the command of Commander Henry Byng on the HalifaxCity of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
station where she served as a prison hulk
Prison ship
A prison ship, historically sometimes called a prison hulk, is a vessel used as a prison, often to hold convicts awaiting transportation to penal colonies. This practice was popular with the British government in the 18th and 19th centuries....
. She then moved to Bermuda where from July 1814 she was under Commander Constantine Moorsom. Lieutenant John Boulton replaced him in June 1815, only to have Commander John Wilson replace him in turn within the month. Goree was broken up in Bermuda in 1817.