HMS Malta (1800 schooner)

History
Spain
Name	Malta
Launched	1797 in the United States of America
Acquired	Unknown
Captured	by the Royal Navy in 1800
Great Britain
Name	HMS Malta
Acquired	By capture 1800
Renamed	HMS Gozo in December 1800
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Egypt"[1]
Fate	Sold 1804
General characteristics [2]
Type	10-gun schooner
Tons burthen	162 9⁄94 (bm)
Length	80 ft 5 in (24.5 m) (overall);; 64 ft 11 in (19.8 m) (keel);
Beam	21 ft 8 in (6.6 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 0 in (3.7 m)
Complement	50 in British service
Armament	10 × 4-pounder guns

HMS Malta was the Spanish 10-gun schooner Malta, built and launched in the United States of America in 1797. The British captured her in 1800. After the Royal Navy captured the French ship-of-the-line Guillaume Tell and renamed her HMS Malta, the Admiralty renamed the schooner Gozo in December 1800 after the Maltese island of Gozo.[lower-alpha 1]

Malta was one of six British warships in sight on 8 January 1801 when HMS Penelope captured the French bombard St. Roche. She was carrying wine, liqueurs, ironware, Delfth (sic) cloth, and various other merchandise from Marseilles to Alexandria.[3]

Then on 8 March the "Malta schooner", Entreprenante, and the gun-vessel Negresse protected the right flank during the landing of troops in Aboukir Bay.[4] Cruelle protected the left flank, together with the cutter Janissary and the gun-vessel Dangereuse.[4]

Because Gozo served in the fleet under Admiral Lord Keith in the Egyptian campaign between 8 March and 2 September, she is listed amongst the vessels whose crews qualified for the NGSM with clasp "Egypt".[lower-alpha 2]

On 9 June Gozo (misspelled as Gogo) captured the chasse maree Trompeuse, which was sailing to Ancona.[6]

Gozo was sold in 1804.[2]

Notes

Winfield awards the capture to HMS Thames.[2] Unfortunately, there is no mention in the London Gazette of the capture, or for that matter of the capture of any Spanish schooner with the name Malta.
A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[5]

Citations

"No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
Winfield (2008), p. 356.
"No. 15358". The London Gazette. 25 April 1801. p. 447.
"No. 15362". The London Gazette. 5 May 1801. pp. 496–498.
"No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.
"No. 15428". The London Gazette. 17 November 1801. p. 1386.

References

Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.

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[3] Winfield awards the capture to HMS Thames.[2] Unfortunately, there is no mention in the London Gazette of the capture, or for that matter of the capture of any Spanish schooner with the name Malta.

[7] A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[5]

[1] "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

[FOOTNOTEWinfield2008356-2] Winfield (2008), p. 356.

[4] "No. 15358". The London Gazette. 25 April 1801. p. 447.

[LG15362-5] "No. 15362". The London Gazette. 5 May 1801. pp. 496–498.

[6] "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.

[8] "No. 15428". The London Gazette. 17 November 1801. p. 1386.