HMS Cornelia

HMS Cornelia was a Royal Navy 32-gun fifth-rate Narcissus-class frigate, launched in 1808 at South Shields. She participated in the Invasion of Ile de France in 1810 and the invasion of Java in 1811. She was broken up in 1814.

Plan of Cornelia
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Cornelia
Ordered	10 June 1805
Builder	Simon Temple, South Shields
Laid down	May 1806
Launched	28 July 1808
Commissioned	1808
Out of service	1814
Honours & awards	Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasp "Java"[1]
Fate	Broken up 1814
General characteristics [2]
Class & type	Narcissus-class frigate
Tons burthen	90890⁄94 (bm)
Length	Overall:142 ft 5+3⁄4 in (43.4 m) Keel:118 ft 11+1⁄8 in (36.2 m)
Beam	37 ft 10+7⁄8 in (11.6 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Complement	254
Armament	Upper deck:26 × 18-pounder guns QD:2 × 9-pounder guns + 8 × 24-pounder carronades Fc:2 × 9-pounder guns + 2 × 24-pounder carronades

Career

Cornelia commissioned in November 1808, under the command of Captain Henry Folkes Edgell. He sailed her for the East Indies on 30 December.^[2]

In 1810 was deployed to the squadron at the Cape of Good Hope. In the autumn, she joined the invasion fleet under Admiral Albemarle Bertie that executed the successful Invasion of Ile de France in November 1810.

On 13 May 1810 Cornelia was in company with Sir Francis Drake and HMS Diana when they captured some slaves at Diego Garcia.^{[Note 1]}

In August or September 1811 Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen replaced Edgell.^[2] Owen commanded Cornelia during the invasion of the Dutch East Indies in 1811, and the capture of Java that year. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the NGSM with clasp "Java" to all surviving claimants from the campaign.

In 1813, Cornelia returned to England as escort to a convoy from China.

Fate

Cornelia was paid off at Woolwich in 1813 placed in ordinary. She was broken up at Sheerness in June 1814.^[2]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the bounty money was worth £299 11s 4d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £3 1s 0+3⁄4d.^[3]