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.
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 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1813-1814 |
| Creator: | Hillyar, James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Log of HM ship PHOEBE, 1813 - 1814, including the capture of the American frigate ESSEX (Manuscript) (HYL/1/1)
- Report and letter by Captain James Hillyar on the capture of the American frigate ESSEX (Manuscript) (HYL/1/2)
- News cuttings and obituary concerning Captain James Hillyar (Manuscript) (HYL/1/3)
- Correspondence relating to Captain James Hillyar (Manuscript) (HYL/1/4)
- Extract of a letter between 2 MPs, Joseph Butler and William Taylor, referring to the legacy left to the Weslyan Missionary Society (Manuscript) (HYL/1/5)
- Correspondence and press cuttings concerning Miss Phoebe Rees, great grand daughter of Sir James Hillyar (Manuscript) (HYL/1/6)
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