About: HMS Frederick

Three vessels named Frederick have served the British Royal Navy (RN). In each case, the service was brief. * Between 1799 and 1801 the Royal Navy deployed a schooner named Frederick in the West Indies. She was under the command of a Lieutenant W. Edwards. * In 1803 the hired armed cutter Lord Nelson was renamed Frederick for the last few months of her service. * In 1819 the insurance companies in Malta hired a Gibraltarian brig named Frederick to chase a British pirate, Captain Delano, in William. HMS Spey and Racehorse provided a lieutenant, a midshipman, and 18 seamen to man Frederick. After Frederick captured William, and the pirates, most of whom were later hanged, the RN personnel returned to their vessels.