Hired armed lugger Alert

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Alert.

Alert was a hired armed lugger that served the British Royal Navy from 27 March 1804 to 4 March 1805. Alert had a burthen of 11980⁄94 tons and was armed with six 12-pounder and eight 6-pounder guns, and two 12-pounder carronades. During 1804 Alert was renamed Lucy.[1]

Lucy was under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Delafons on 30 December 1804 when she captured the Spanish ship St Andero.[2][3] St Andero, Beragorte, master, came into Plymouth. She had come from Vera Cruz and was carrying 100,000 dollars, and a cargo of sugar, indigo, and cochineal.[4][5]

Later, Lucy captured and sent into Plymouth the chasse maree Deux Freres, which had been sailing from Île de Ré to Bordeaux.[6]

  1. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 393.
  2. ^ "No. 15931". The London Gazette. 24 June 1806. p. 803.
  3. ^ Marshall (1832), pp. 153–154.
  4. ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4183. 15 January 1805. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105232953. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Ship News". Aberdeen Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), 23 January 1805, Issue 2976.
  6. ^ "SHIPPING AND COMMERCIAL LIST". Caledonian Mercury (Edinburgh, Scotland), 4 April 1805, Issue 13038.