Windsor Castle (1804 packet)

For other ships with the same name, see Windsor Castle (ship).

History
United Kingdom
NameWindsor Castle
NamesakeWindsor Castle
OwnerSutton
BuilderYarmouth
Launched1804[1]
Captured1815
General characteristics
Tons burthen191[1] (bm)
PropulsionSail
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • 1807:28
  • 1815:32 crew + 9 passengers
Armament
  • 1807:6 × 4-pounder guns + 2 × 9-pounder carronades
  • 1815:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 carronades

Windsor Castle was launched at Yarmouth in 1804. She spent her entire 11-year career as a Falmouth packet, primarily on the Falmouth–Halifax–New York–Halifax–Falmouth route and the Falmouth–Leeward Islands–Falmouth route. She also sailed on some other voyages. She was involved in two notable single-ship actions. In the first, in 1807, she captured her attacker, a French privateer schooner, in a sanguinary encounter. In the second, in 1815, an American privateer captured her. A prize crew took her into Norfolk, Virginia, where she was sold at auction.

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