His Majesty's
hired armed lugger ''Venus'', which was renamed ''Agnes'' in 1804, served the British
Royal Navy
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from 8 March 1804 until she foundered in the Texel in March 1806.
She was of 66 tons (
bm), and her armament consisted of six 12-pounder
carronades. She had a crew of 23 men.
["Answers" (1911) ''Mariner's Mirror''. Vol. 1, â„–6, pp.187-8.] She served on a contract from 26 April March 1804 to 25 October 1806, during which time the Admiralty paid
£2017 12
s per year for her hire.
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On 11 November 1804 , together with , , , , , , , and the hired armed cutters ''Swift'' and ''Agnes'' shared in the capture of ''Upstalsboom'', H.L. De Haase, master.
Around early March 1806 ''Agnes'' sent into Yarmouth ''Amelia Sophia'', Kahler, master, which had been sailing from Amsterdam to Bordeaux.]['' Lloyd's List']
4 March 1806, â„–4302.
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''Agnes'' was under the command of Lieutenant William Morgan when she foundered off the Texel. The date of her loss may be 4 March 1806, or 28 March 1806. The fate of her 30-man crew is unknown.
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Hired armed vessels of the Royal Navy
Maritime incidents in 1806
Shipwrecks of the Netherlands
Shipwrecks in the North Sea