Windsor Castle (1804 packet)

[5] Captain Sutton sailed from Falmouth on 8 July 1805 and arrived at Halifax on 6 August.

Windsor Castle apparently sailed the same day and arrived a New York on 21 August.

She then arrived in Halifax on 5 October, left shortly thereafter, and returned to Falmouth on 8 November.

[7] On 24 September LL reported that Windsor Castle had in fact arrived at Halifax.

[6] On 7 October Captain Sutton sailed from Falmouth, bound for Halifax and New York.

[6] 1807 Windsor Castle sailed from New York on 27 January 1807 and arrived at Falmouth on 4 February.

She was off Jamaica by 28 April, and arrived back at Falmouth on 11 July, after a voyage of 55 days.

[10] On 28 August Windsor Castle sailed from Falmouth, bound for the Leeward Islands.

Sutton remained at Falmouth on this occasion and her master, William Rogers, sailed her as acting captain.

Lloyd's List reported on 10 November 1807 that Windsor Castle, of eight guns and 28 men and boys, had on 2 October captured the privateer Jeune Richard, of 14 guns and 96 men, after a two-and-a-half hour engagement.

Eventually, the British were able to board Jeune Richard, drive her crew below deck, and capture her.

When Windsor Castle arrived at Carlisle Bay, Barbados, Rogers wrote an after-action letter to Admiral Alexander Cochrane, the commander of the Leeward Islands Station.

After he had captured Jeune Richard, Rogers had her crew come on deck one by one and placed irons on them as the survivors still outnumbered his own men.

[12] The victory was widely reported in contemporary papers and journals, and Rogers and his crew were hailed as heroes and lavishly rewarded for their valour.

[14] 1810 Windsor Castle arrived at Falmouth on 13 February 1810, having sailed from Jamaica on 8 January.

1811 On 28 January 1811 Windsor Castle sailed from Plymouth, bound for Demerara.

On 4 August she returned to Falmouth, having left Malta on 12 June and Gibraltar on 11 July.

1812 Windsor Castle arrived back at Falmouth on 7 February 1812, having left Rio on 7 November and Bahia on 10 December.

She sailed from Barbadoes on the 7th, St. Lucia on the 8th, Martinique on the 12th, Dominica on the 15th, Guadaloupe on the 18th, Antigua on the 24th, Montserrat on the 25th, Nevis on the 26th, and St. Kitt's on the 29th.

During the subsequent action Roger had one man killed and Windsor Castle had four wounded: Sutton, the surgeon, a passenger, and a seaman.

[27] The Americans put Sutton, the mate, the carpenter, and a boy on a merchant vessel which took them back to England.

[25] Quarles put a prize crew on board Windsor Castle and she and Roger sailed together until 21 March, when they parted.

[28] After Windsor Castle arrived at Norfolk some members of her crew attacked their guards and attempted to recapture her.

Captain William Rogers Capturing the 'Jeune Richard', 1 October 1807 , by Samuel Drummond