''Vingança'' was a
cutter launched in 1800 that the
Portuguese Navy
The Portuguese Navy ( pt, Marinha Portuguesa, also known as ''Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa'' or as ''Armada Portuguesa'') is the naval branch of the Portuguese Armed Forces which, in cooperation and integrated with the other branches of the Port ...
purchased in Lisbon. She was converted to a brig in 1804. She captured two vessels, carried out several missions, including escorting the Royal Family to Brazil, and participated in an Anglo-Portuguese force that captured French Guiana. She was broken up at Rio de Janeiro in 1814.
Career
As a coast guard vessel, between 1800 and 1801 she convoyed vessels from America to Oporto, a cattle convoy from Tangier to Vila Real de Santo António, and carried out a commission to Lagos.
In 1801 she captured a French
privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...
.
On 13 October 1804, the navy converted her to an 18-gun brig.
In January 1805, ''Vingança'' left for Tangier accompanied by the ship ''Vasco da Gama'' and frigate ''Princesa do Brasil''. In June 1805, she was part of the Straits squadron.
In February 1806 she carried out a mission to the Islands. In April she was on the Straits station.
In August she captured a
Tripolitania
Tripolitania ( ar, طرابلس '; ber, Ṭrables, script=Latn; from Vulgar Latin: , from la, Regio Tripolitana, from grc-gre, Τριπολιτάνια), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province o ...
n
polacca
A polacca (or ''polacre'') is a type of seventeenth- to nineteenth-century sailing vessel, similar to the xebec. The name is the feminine of "Polish" in the Italian language. The polacca was frequently seen in the Mediterranean. It had two or th ...
in the
Straits of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar ( ar, مضيق جبل طارق, Maḍīq Jabal Ṭāriq; es, Estrecho de Gibraltar, Archaic: Pillars of Hercules), also known as the Straits of Gibraltar, is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Medit ...
.
In April 1807, ''Vingança'' was again on the Straits station. In November 1807, she sailed for Brazil as part in the squadron that transported the Royal Family there. In May 1808, she was stationed at Rio de Janeiro.
In 1808–1809, together with
''Voador'', ''Vingança'' was one of the vessels in the small Anglo-Portuguese squadron under Captain
James Lucas Yeo
Sir James Lucas Yeo, , (; 7 October 1782 – 21 August 1818) was a British naval commander who served in the War of 1812. Born in Southampton, he joined the Royal Navy at the age of 10 and saw his first action in the Adriatic Sea. He distingu ...
in
HMS ''Confiance'' that
captured French Guiana.
In 1810 ''Vingança'' sailed to the Straits where she was part of the naval squadron headed by the frigate ''Benjamin'' that was sent to Peniche to retrieve the ill.
Fate
In 1814 ''Vingança'' was broken up in Rio de Janeiro.
References
*Marques Esparteiro, Comandante António Marques (1976) ''Catálogo Dos Navios Brigantinos (1640-1910)''. (Lisbon: Centro de Estudos de Marinha)
Bergantim ''Vingança'' (Arquivo Histórico da Marinha).
1800 ships
Ships of the Portuguese Navy
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