HMS Forester was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by John King and launched in 1806 at Dover.

Forester entered service in 1806 under Captain John Richards and was sent to act as a convoy escort for ships sailing to the Baltic.

Soon afterward Forester escorted a convoy to Gorée and was then refitted at Spithead, subsequently sailing to Corunna.

On 31 May 1809 Richards sent boats from his small squadron under the command of Lieutenant Robert Carr of the gun-brig Attentive to capture a French letter of marque and a schooner from under the protection of four long-guns and 300 soldiers at the Port du Molas.

[a] In 1847, the Admiralty awarded the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp of "Guadaloupe" to all surviving participants of the campaign.

[c] In April 1814, the Navy dismissed Kennedy from Forester and suspended him from his rank for two years for disobeying orders from Rear-Admiral William Brown.

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