Log of HM ship PHOEBE, 1813 - 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX

Log of HM frigate PHOEBE from 19 March 1813 to 5 October 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX (28 March 1814).

Administrative / biographical background
James Hillyar (1769-1843) was a lieutenant in 1794 on the AQUILON and several other ships. By 1804 he had become captain of the NIGER. He took command of the frigate PHOEBE in 1809 and is chiefly remembered for his action off Valparaiso (Chile) in 1814, when, in company with the sloop CHERUB, the PHOEBE took the American frigate ESSEX which had come into the southern Pacific to attack the British whaling fleet.

Record Details

Item reference: HYL/1/1
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: single volume
Date made: 1813-1814
Creator: Hillyar, James
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London