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|Ship class=16-gun {{sclass|Cormorant|ship-sloop|0}} [[sloop-of-war|sloop]]
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'''HMS ''Lynx''''' was a 16-gun [[sloop of war|ship-rigged sloop]] of the {{sclass|Cormorant|ship-sloop|4}} in the [[Royal Navy]], launched in 1794 at [[Gravesend, Kent|Gravesend]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}} In 1795 she was the cause of an international incident when she fired on {{ship|USRC|Eagle}}. She was at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, and during the [[French Revolutionary Wars|French Revolutionary]] and [[Napoleonic Wars]] took numerous prizes, mostly merchant vessels but also including some privateers. She was also at the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. She was sold in April 1813. She then became the [[whaler]] ''Recovery''. She made 12 whaling voyages in the [[Whaling in the United Kingdom#The southern whale fishery|southern whale fishery]], the last one ending in 1843, at which time her owner had her broken up.

==French Revolutionary War==
''Lynx'' was commissioned in April 1794 under Commander [[Charles Penrose (Royal Navy officer)|Charles Vinicombe Penrose]] on the [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]] Station.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}} Penrose was promoted to [[Post-captain]] on 7 October 1794 and Commander [[Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet|Charles Rowley]] replaced Penrose in November.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}}

On 17 November 1794, ''Lynx'' recaptured {{ship||Amphitrite|1790 ship|2}}.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15086 |page=1173|date=4 December 1798}}</ref> {{HMS|Cleopatra|1779|2}} shared in the reward.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15087 |page=1185|date=8 December 1798}}</ref> By agreement, these vessels also shared the prize money with {{HMS|Africa|1781|2}} and {{HMS|Thisbe|1783|2}}.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15496 |page=737 |date=10 July 1802}}</ref> ''Lloyd's List'' reported that the recapture took place off the [[Virginia Capes]] and that ''Amphitrite'' had been "much plundered".<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3049068?urlappend=%3Bseq=34 ''LL'' 13 February 1795, No. 2690.]</ref> ''Lloyd's List'' later reported that ''Amphitrite'', Tardiff, master, had arrived at Antigua. The report credited the capture to ''Cleopatra''.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.c3049068?urlappend=%3Bseq=59 ''LL'' 31 March 1795, No. 2703.]</ref>

On 31 January 1795, Rear-Admiral [[George Murray (MP)|George Murray]], the commander-in-chief on the North America station, sent ''Lynx'', under the command of [[Sir John Beresford, 1st Baronet|John Poo Beresford]], and the newly-captured former French warship {{HMS|Esperance|1795|2}} on a cruise out of Halifax. On 1 March the two vessels captured ''Cocarde Nationale'' (or ''National Cockade''), a privateer from [[Charleston, South Carolina]], of 14 guns, six [[Swivel gun|swivels]] and 80 men. ''Esperance'' and ''Lynx'' recaptured the ship ''Norfolk'', of [[Belfast]], and the brig ''George'', of [[Workington]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 13799|page=780 |date=28 July 1795}}</ref>

===''Lynx'' and ''Eagle''===
The United States Coast Guard records that in 1795, ''Lynx'', under the command of Beresford, fired a shot across the bow of the United States revenue cutter {{ship|USRC|Eagle||2}}.  Hendrick Fischer, ''Eagle''{{'}}s acting captain, attempted to [[heave-to]], but he had on board Senator [[Pierce Butler (American politician)|Pierce Butler]], from South Carolina, who ordered him to sail on.  ''Lynx'' then began to fire continuously as ''Eagle'' sailed towards the [[shoal]] waters on the north point of [[Jekyll Island]].  As ''Lynx'' drew too much water to continue the chase, Beresford sent his [[pinnace (ship's boat)|pinnace]] and cutter in pursuit, under the command of Lieutenant Alexander Skene, who four years later would command ''Lynx''.  Skene's men quickly overtook the [[schooner]] and came on board, demanding to know why it had not come about in response to the shots. After learning the schooner was in fact a revenue vessel of the U.S. government, Skene and his men returned to ''Lynx''.

In the ensuing international political furor, Beresford stated that ''Lynx'' had been beyond the {{convert|12|mi|adj=on}} limit and noted that the schooner was not flying any flag. ''Eagle'' had not in fact flown the [[national ensign]]; for unexplained reasons it was instead stored in the captain's cabin.  ''Eagle'' did apparently display some sort of small [[Pennant (commissioning)|pennant]] that was not visible to ''Lynx''. Unfortunately, the [[United States Coast Guard]] history of ''Eagle'' represents the only record of the incident.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

===Prize taking===
On 9 June 1795 ''Lynx'' captured ''Bedford'', which had some bullion amongst her cargo. Rowley was apparently again her captain.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15505 |page=848 |date=10 August 1802}}</ref> On 3 July Commander Robert Hall was appointed to command ''Lynx'', but apparently the Admiralty did not confirm the appointment until January 1796.<ref>Burke, Edmund, ''Annual Register'', Vol. 84, p.269.</ref>

In August 1795 Commander Thomas Tireman took command of ''Lynx''.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}}

On 24 February 1796, ''Lynx'' captured the ''Hannah''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15131 |page=441 |date= 7 May 1799}}</ref> Commander John Rennie replaced Tireman in February 1797.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}} Then in October Hall replaced Rennie and finally took command.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}}

On 13 June 1798, ''Lynx'' captured the French privateer ''Isabelle'', of two guns and 30 men.<ref name=LG15048>{{London Gazette|issue=15058 |page=742 |date=17 August 1798}}</ref> Two weeks later, she captured ''Mentor'', also a French privateer, of 14 six pounders and 79 men.<ref name=LG15061/> During the chase, ''Mentor'' threw six of her guns overboard to lighten her and thus, albeit insufficiently, improve her speed. Both privateers had set out from [[Puerto Rico]] to cruise the coast of the United States.<ref name=LG15048/> Around this time ''Lynx'' captured the privateer ''Solide''. The merchants of [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Johns]] sent Hall a letter of appreciation for the protection this capture gave to the colony.<ref>''The Gentleman's magazine'', Volume 172, p.207.</ref>

On 6 July ''Lynx'' captured the American ship ''Pegasus''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15578|page=484 |date=23 April 1803}}</ref> Four days later ''Lynx'' recaptured the American ship ''Liberty'', from [[Philadelphia]] and bound for [[Liverpool]], which a French privateer had captured on 4 July, a few hours after ''Liberty'' had left the [[Delaware River]].<ref name=LG15048/><ref name=LG15061>{{London Gazette|issue=15061 |page=880|date=15 September 1798}}</ref>{{sfnp|Kippis|1809|p=107}} On 8 August ''Lynx'' recaptured ''Friendship''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15704 |page=652 |date=22 May 1804}}</ref>

On 14 April 1799, she and {{HMS|Pheasant|1798|6}} captured the American merchant ship ''General Washington'', declaring the arms and military stores on board "contraband".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ibiblio.org/anrs/docs/E/E3/nd_quasiwar_v03p01.pdf |title=Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume 3 Part 1 of 4 Naval Operations April 1799 to July 1799, April, 1799 Pg. 45 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio |accessdate=1 April 2024}}</ref> 

On 17 September 1799 ''Lynx'' captured the brigantine ''Columbia''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15315 |page=1352 |date=29 November 1800}}</ref> In October, Commander Alexander Skene took over command of ''Lynx''.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}}

On 31 August 1800 ''Lynx'' captured ''Vernang''. Then on 8 September she captured ''Vrow Neltje''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15503 |page=822 |date= 3 August 1802}}</ref> The gun-vessel {{HMS|Swinger|1795|2}} shared in the capture of ''Vrow Neltje''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15509 |page=907 |date=24 August 1802}}</ref>

In June 1801 ''Lynx'' returned to Britain from Copenhagen carrying Captain John F. Devonshire and dispatches.<ref>''The United service magazine'', Part 1, p.97.</ref> She does not appear to have participated in the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1801)|Battle of Copenhagen]] in April as her name does not appear in the list of vessels whose crews qualified to share in the prize money stemming from the battle, nor in the list of vessels whose crew qualified for the [[Naval General Service Medal (1847)|Naval General Service Medal]] for the battle.

Shortly thereafter, on 15 April, ''Lynx'' captured the Dutch vessels ''Charlottenburg'' and ''Lucchesine''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15407 |page=1145 |date= 15 September 1801}}</ref>{{efn|''Charlottenburg'', of 502{{small|{{frac|12|94}}}} tons (bm), was Dutch-built. ''Von Luchisina'', of 365{{small|{{frac|64|94}}}} tons (bm), had been built in Amsterdam, and was pierced for 18 guns. Both vessels had been on their way to Batavia when ''Lynx'' captured them off the Texel.<ref>"Advertisements & Notices" (30 June 1801) ''Hull Packet'' (Hull, England), issue 755.</ref>}} Then on 31 July ''Lynx'' and {{ship|French corvette|Jalouse|1794|2}} captured ''Brockmerlust'', with the capture of ''Neptunus'' following on 1 August.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15554 |page=131 |date=29 January 1803}}</ref> The next day ''Jalouse'' and ''Lynx'' captured the ''Vrow Caterine''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 15721 |page=892|date= 21 July 1804}}</ref> On 8 August ''Lynx'' and {{HMS|Squirrel|1785|2}} captured ''Vryheid''.<ref name=LG15577/> Eight days later, ''Lynx'' and {{HMS|Driver|1797|2}} captured ''Prosperitas''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15720 |page=879 |date=17 July 1804}}</ref> On 6 September ''Lynx'', ''Jalouse'', ''Squirrel'' and ''Driver'' shared in the capture of three vessels, ''Snelle'', ''Jager'', and ''Engestede''.<ref name=LG15577>{{London Gazette|issue=15577  |pages=464–465 |date=19 April 1803}}</ref> Six days later, ''Lynx'', ''Driver'' and {{HMS|Aeolus|1801|2}} shared in the capture of ''Cygnet''.<ref name=LG15742>{{London Gazette|issue=15742  |page=1243 |date= 2 October 1804}}</ref> The next day ''Lynx'' and ''Driver'' captured ''Jussrow Harmyna''.<ref name=LG15742/> On 17 September ''Lynx'', {{HMS|Pylades|1794|2}}, and {{HMS|Kite|1795|2}} recaptured ''Pursuit''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15467|page=1367  |date=30 March 1802}}</ref> On 11 November ''Lynx'' and ''Driver'' captured ''Norden''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15871 |page=1555 |date=10 December 1805}}</ref>

Commander John Willoughby Marshall took command of ''Lynx'' in June 1802.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}}

==Napoleonic Wars==
In the months before the [[Napoleonic Wars|resumption of war with France]], the Navy started preparations that included [[impressment|impressing]] seamen. The crews of outbound Indiamen were an attractive target. {{ship||Woodford|1790 EIC ship|2}} and {{ship||Ganges|1797 EIC ship|2}} were sitting in the Thames in March 1803, taking their crews on board just prior to sailing. At sunset, a press gang from [[French frigate Immortalité (1795)|HMS ''Immortalite'']] rowed up to ''Woodford'', while boats from {{HMS|Amethyst|1799|6}} and ''Lynx'' approached ''Ganges''. As the press gangs approached they were noticed, and the crews of both Indiamen were piped to quarters. That is, they assembled on the decks armed with pikes and cutlasses, and anything they could throw. The officers in charge of the press gangs thought this mere bravado and pulled alongside the Indiamen, only to meet a severe resistance from the crewmen, who had absolutely no desire to serve in the Royal Navy. The men from ''Immortalite'' suffered several injuries from shot and pike that were thrown at them, and eventually the marines opened fire with muskets, killing two sailors on ''Woodford''. Even so, the press gangs were not able to get on board either Indiaman, and eventually withdrew some distance. When ''Woodford''{{'}}s officers finally permitted the press gang from ''Immortalite'' to board, all they found on board were a few sickly sailors.{{sfnp|Crawford|1851|pp=103–107}}

On 23 May 1803, ''Lynx'' and ''Immortalite'' captured the French ship ''Paix''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15624  |page=1325 |date=27 September 1803}}</ref> A year later, on 10 May 1804, ''Lynx'' and {{HMS|Ethalion|1802|2}} captured ''Union''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15794|page=441 |date=2 April 1805}}</ref>

In July 1804 ''Lynx'' took numerous prizes. She took ''Four Brothers'' and ''Nike'' (or ''Nilea'') on 10 July,<ref name=LG15999>{{London Gazette|issue=15999   |page=179 |date=10 February 1807}}</ref> ''Jonge Pieter Casper Piersberg'' on 12 July,<ref name=LG15999/> and the brigs ''Jonge Jan'' and ''Jacobus Zeeper'' on 30 July.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=15968 |page=1400 |date=21 October 1806}}</ref> ''Lloyd's List'' reported that ''Lynx'' was in company with the sloop {{HMS|Scorpion|1803|2}} and the gun-brig {{HMS|Censor|1801|2}}, and that together they captured 10 vessels that were sailing from [[Riga]] to Embden carrying masts. By this account the vessels they captured were: ''Vrow Hermina'', Bowman, master; ''Juno'', Gulzeet, master; ''Frau Margaretta'', Roloff, master; ''General Van Bloucher'', Ruyle, master; ''Jonge Oune & Brower'', Ruyle, master; ''Four Brothers'', Stemmings, master; ''Jonge Peter Caspar'', Jobs, master; ''Gute Foffnung''; and ''Piepersburg''. The British sent their captives into Yarmouth.<ref>''Lloyd's List'', no.4474,[http://www.1812privateers.org/LLOYDS/1804/07-27-1804.jpg] – Retrieved 16 October 2014.</ref>

In April 1806 ''Lynx'' captured several Prussian vessels. These were ''Electrum'', ''Romulus'', ''Goode Intentie'', and ''Vrow Mazka'', on the 15th, 21st, and 26th.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16224|page=135|date= 28 January 1809}}</ref> Earlier, in company with {{HMS|Texel|1799|2}} and {{HMS|Nightingale|1805|2}}, ''Lynx'' captured the Prussian ship ''Einigkeit'' on 6 April.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16393 |page=1167|date= 4 August 1810}}</ref> They also captured ''Jonge Ebeling'', ''Freundschaft'', and ''Morgenstern'' off [[Lieth]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17185|page=2038|date=26 October 1816}}</ref> Then on 20 April ''Lynx'' captured another Prussian vessel, ''Fortuna''.<ref name=LG16308>{{London Gazette|issue=16308|page=1674 |date=21 October 1809}}</ref>

On 21 April 1807, ''Lynx'' recaptured the brig ''Providence'', Edward Fox, Master.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16031|page=697 |date=23 May 1807}}</ref> ''Lynx'', the [[hired armed vessels|hired armed]] [[Cutter (boat)|cutter]] {{ship|Hired armed cutter|Lord Kieth||2}}, and {{HMS|Resolution|1770|2}} shared in the proceeds of the capture of the Danish merchant-vessel ''Adjutor'', on 6 August.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16732 |page=999|date=22 May 1813}}</ref> Eight days later ''Lynx'', ''Resolution'' and {{HMS|Ariel|1806|2}} shared in the capture of ''Aurora''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16860 |page=393|date=19 February 1814}}</ref>

''Lynx'' shared with {{HMS|Ariadne|1792|2}} in the capture of ''Catharina Frederika'' on 3 June.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 16135 |page=507 |date=9 April 1808}}</ref> That same day the two British ships also captured the ''Philip''. On 13 July they captured ''Jussrouw Antje''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16345 |page=290 |date=24 February 1810}}</ref> The gun-brig {{HMS|Constant|1801|2}} shared with ''Lynx'' the capture, on 7 May, of ''Rebecca'' and ''Jonge Tobias''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16389|page=1083|date=21 July 1810}}</ref> ''Lynx'' also shared in the prize money for captures at [[Heligoland]] on 5 September in connection with the surrender of the Danish fleet at the [[Battle of Copenhagen (1807)|Battle of Copenhagen]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17192|page=21753|date=16 November 1816}}</ref>

On 22 March 1808, ''Lynx'', {{HMS|Falcon|1802|2}}, and {{HMS|Quebec|1781|2}} were present<ref>Logbook of HMS Falcon held at National Archives, Kew, London – reference ADM51/4446.</ref> at the [[Battle of Zealand Point]], though they did not actually take part in the battle. In the battle the [[ship of the line|ships of the line]] {{HMS|Stately|1784|2}} and [[HDMS Holsteen|''Nassau'']] succeeded in destroying the Danish ship of the line {{HDMS|Prinds Christian Frederik||2}}.

In May, ''Lynx'' shared with {{HMS|Salsette|1805|2}} in the capture of a [[schuyt]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16989 |page=396|date= 4 March 1815}}</ref> While sailing in company with the gun-brig {{HMS|Snipe|1801|2}}, ''Lynx'' captured ''Jagten Sophia Cecilia'' on 12 July.<ref name=LG16308/> On 16 November ''Lynx'' captured three vessels: ''Neptune'', ''Resolution'', and ''Elizabeth''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16484 |page=877|date=11 May 1811}}</ref> In December, ''Lynx'' captured ''Achir'', ''Kairn'', ''Elizabeth'', ''Haabert'', ''Spimgeren'', ''Venus'', ''St. Andreas'', ''Nicholay'', and ''Ann'', on the 11th, 13th, 14th, and 15 December.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 16335 |page=105 |date=20 January 1810}}</ref>

On 30 April 1809 {{HMS|Vanguard|1787|2}}, in company with ''Lynx'' and {{HMS|Tartar|1801|2}}, captured ''Charlotte''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17038|page=1394|date= 11 July 1815}}</ref>

On 12 August, Commander John Willoughby Marshall and ''Lynx'', in the company of the gun-brig {{HMS|Monkey|1801|2}} under the command of Lieutenant Thomas Fitzgerald, discovered three Danish [[lugger]]s off the Danish coast.<ref name=LG16296>{{London Gazette|issue=16296 |pages=1456–1457|date=9 September 1809}}</ref> The water was too shallow for ''Lynx'', so Marshall sent ''Monkey'' and boats from ''Lynx'' in to cut them out.  The largest of the luggers, which had four guns and four howitzers, opened fire on ''Monkey'' before all three luggers ran ashore once ''Monkey'' and the launch's 18-pounder [[carronade]] returned fire. The British refloated the luggers and brought them out the next day, having taken no casualties.  In their haste to quit the vessel, the Danes failed to fire the fuse on a cask of gunpowder they had left by the fireplace on the largest lugger.{{sfnp|Norie|1827|p=202}} Marshall thought the Danes' behaviour in leaving the explosive device disgraceful.<ref name=LG16296/> The largest lugger was ''Captain Japen'' (or ''Captain Jassen''). She had had a crew of 45 men, who had fled, and during the engagement she had thrown two of her howitzers overboard. The second lugger, name unknown, had four guns and a crew of 20. The third lugger was ''Speculation'', of three guns and 19 men. Her crew too had thrown two guns overboard.<ref name=LG16296/> At the end of the month, on 27 August, ''Lynx'' captured a Danish sloop that also bore the name ''Speculation''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16410|page=1569|date=2 October 1810}}</ref>

On 28 October 1809 {{HMS|Cheerful|1806|2}} captured ''Destrigheiden'', ''Rinaldine'' and a sloop, name unknown, while in the company of ''Tartar'' and ''Lynx''. By agreement, Marshall and Commander Joseph Baker of ''Tartar'' pooled their share of the prize money with that due Lieutenant Daniel Carpenter, the commander of ''Cheerful''.{{efn|As a result, each of the three received [[£sd|£]]29 5[[shilling|s]] {{frac|2|3|4}}[[pence|d]]. Without the pooling Carpenter, because of his junior rank, would only have received £7 10s {{frac|5|3|4}}d.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16960|page=2347|date=26 November 1814}}</ref>}}

''Vanguard'' and {{HMS|Plantagenet|1801|2}} were in company with ''Lynx'' on 2 November when they captured ''Ornen'' and another vessel.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=17038 |page=1394|date= 11 July 1815}}</ref> ''Lynx'' was again in company with ''Vanguard'' on 4 November when they captured ''Frende Broder''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16494|page=1071|date=8 June 1811}}</ref> Five days later ''Lynx'' captured the Danish sloops ''St. Ole'' and ''Sterkadder''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16457|page=340|date=19 February 1811}}</ref>

On 29 and 30 April 1810 ''Lynx'', the gun-brig {{HMS|Flamer|1804|2}} and the [[Sailing frigate|frigate]] {{HMS|Fisgard|1797|2}} captured three privateers.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16670|page=2327|date=17 November 1812}}</ref> On the 29th they captured ''Juliana'' off [[Wismar]]. ''Juliana'' had six guns but a crew of only 23 men. The next day they captured ''Ziska'' off Trindelen. She was armed with six guns and had a crew of 40 men. At the same time they captured ''Omen'', of one gun.<ref name=LG16379>{{London Gazette|issue= 16379|page=881|date=16 June 1810}}</ref>

On 30 May, ''Lynx'' and ''Flamer'' captured the Danish vessel ''Hercules''. By agreement, the British vessels shared the proceeds with ''Fisgard''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16544|page=2267|date=23 November 1811}}</ref> The three vessels also shared in ''Fisgard''{{'}}s capture of the French privateer ''Furet'', of two guns, off [[Warnemünde]].<ref name=LG16379/> ''Lynx'' again shared by agreement with ''Fisgard'' in the proceeds of the recapture of ''Margaretha Catarina'' and ''James Cook'' on 10 June. ''Fisgard'' also shared by agreement her portion with ''Flamer'', as well as the proceeds of the capture of ''Gopa'' on 22 June.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16493|page=1049|date=4 June 1811}}</ref>

On 9 July 1810, ''Lynx'' captured the Danish sloop ''Wanderingsmannen''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16463|page=483|date=27 October 1810}}</ref> ''Flamer'' shared in the prize.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16464|page=512|date=16 March 1811}}</ref>

In October Commander Thomas Percival took command. On 10 November the American ship ''Hercules'' arrived at Leith. She was carrying a cargo of salt and was a prize to ''Lynx''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044105232938?urlappend=%3Bseq=452%3Bownerid=27021597765412618-466 |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=4511 |date=16 November 1810 |hdl=2027/hvd.32044105232938?urlappend=%3Bseq=452 |accessdate=21 November 2021}}</ref>

Then on 20 December ''Lynx'' captured ''Fortuna''.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=16492|page=1033|date=1 June 1811}}</ref> Two days later, ''Lynx'' came across the derelict ''Providence'' at sea. ''Lynx'' took possession and in 1811 received salvage money for the vessel.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 16507|page=14123|date=23 July 1811}}</ref> ''[[Lloyd's List]]'' reported ion 8 January 1811 that ''Providence'', of Harwich, which had been taken and which ''Lynx'' had retaken, had been driven ashore at Yarmouth.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005721405?urlappend=%3Bseq=13%3Bownerid=13510798895485765-17 |title=The Marine List |work=Lloyd's List |issue=4526 |date=8 January 1811 |hdl=2027/mdp.39015005721405?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 |accessdate=21 November 2021}}</ref>

===Disposal===
''Lynx'' was laid up at Deptford in May 1811. The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" first offered "Lynx, of 425 tons", lying at Deptford, for sale on 28 April 1813.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=6 April 1813|issue=16718|page=703}}</ref> She was sold there for £1330 on 24 April 1813.{{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=253}}

==Whaler==
Daniel Bennett purchased ''Lynx'' in 1813 and renamed her ''Recovery''. She replaced a [[HMS Hyaena (1778)|''Recovery'']] that Bennett had just had broken up. Over the course of his career as a shipowner, Bennett owned more than 50 vessels, all or almost all [[whaler]]s that worked in the southern whale fishery. ''Recovery'' entered ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' in 1814 with Bacon, master, Bennett, owner, and trade London–South Seas.<ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015005689354;view=1up;seq=488 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1814), Seq. No. R81.]</ref>

{{see also|List of ships owned by Daniel Bennett & Son}}

'''1st whaling voyage (1813–1814):''' Captain William Beacon, who had been master of the previous ''Recovery'', sailed ''Recovery'' from England on 9 August 1813. He returned on 9 August 1814.<ref name=bswf>[https://whalinghistory.org/bv/voyages/ British Southern Whale Fishery database: Voyages – ''Recovery''.]</ref>

'''2nd whaling voyage (1814–1815):''' Captain Beacon sailed from England in October 1814, bound for [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands|South Georgia]]. He returned on 2 June 1815.<ref name=bswf/>

'''3rd whaling voyage (1815–1816):''' Captain Beacon sailed in August 1815. He returned on 23 March 1816 with some 700 barrels of oil.<ref name=bswf/>

'''4th whaling voyage (1816–1817):''' Captain Beacon sailed on 30 April 1816.<ref name=bswf/>

'''5th whaling voyage (1817–1819):''' Captain Beacon sailed on 1 August 1817, bound for the [[Kerguelen Islands|Isle of Desolation]]. He returned with 650 casks of oil and 130 skins on 4 May 1819.<ref name=bswf/>

'''6th whaling voyage (1819–1821):''' Captain Beacon sailed from England on 11 June 1819, bound for Peru. He returned on 6 September 1821 with 700 casks of oil and 50 skins.<ref name=bswf/>

'''7th whaling voyage (1821–1824):''' Captain Edwards, Darnley, or Darney, sailed from England on 8 October 1821. He returned on 10 March 1824 with 550 barrels of oil.<ref name=bswf/>

'''8th whaling voyage (1824–1827):''' Captain William Tolley Brookes sailed from England on 18 August 1824, bound for Peru. He returned on 13 September 1827 with 700 casks of oil, fins ([[baleen]]), and 230 skins.<ref name=bswf/>

'''9th whaling voyage (1828–1831):''' Captain Brookes sailed from England on 11 March 1828, bound for the [[Hawaiian Islands|Sandwich Islands]]. He returned on 11 March 1831 with 950 casks of oil.<ref name=bswf/>

'''10th whaling voyage (1831–1835):''' Captain [[Robert Clark Morgan]] sailed from England on 14 December 1831, bound for the Sandwich Islands. He returned on 26 June 1835 with 560 casks of oil.<ref name=bswf/>

'''11th whaling voyage (1835–1839):''' Captain William Green sailed from England on 4 October 1835, bound for the Pacific Ocean. He returned on 3 July 1839 with 2120 barrels of oil, a full cargo.<ref name=bswf/>

'''12th whaling voyage (1839–1843):''' Captain Thomas Heriot sailed from England on 8 November 1839, bound for Timor. He returned on 17 May 1843 with 440 casks (183 tons) of oil.<ref name=bswf/>

==Fate==
''Lloyd's Register'' for 1843 has the notation "Broken up" by ''Recovery''{{'}}s name.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015065538038?urlappend=%3Bseq=399 ''Lloyd's Register'' (1843), Seq. No. 117.]</ref>

==Notes==
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==Citations==
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==References==
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