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*1797:Timperon
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*1799:Timperon
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|Ship name=''Caldicot Castle''
|Ship namesake=[[Caldicot Castle]]
|Ship launched=1794,<ref name=Correct/>{{efn|''Lloyd's Register'' for 1794 gives a launch year of 1792.<ref name=LR1794/> However, she does not appear in either 1792 or 1793, and subsequent entries say 1794.}} Caldicot<ref name=LR1794>''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.32044020166294?urlappend=%3Bseq=81 (1794), Seq. №549.]</ref>
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|Ship fate=Wrecked October 1828; last listed in 1832
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'''''Caldicot Castle''''' (or '''''Caldecot Castle''''', or '''''Caldecott Castle''''') was built in 1794 at [[Caldicot, Monmouthshire]]. The French captured her twice; the second time she engaged her captor in a [[single ship action]]. She also survived the perils of the sea in 1803, 1807, and 1819. She was wrecked in October 1828 and was last listed in 1832.

==Career==
''Caldicot Castle'' appears in the 1794 volume of ''[[Lloyd's Register]]'' with P. Driscoll, master, and trade Bristol—Quebec.<ref name=LR1794/>

On 18 March 1795, as ''Caldecot Castle'', Driscol, master, was sailing from Barcelona to Guernsey, a French squadron of six ships-of-the-line, two frigates, and a corvette captured her off [[Cape St. Vincent]]. However, on 30 March, {{HMS|Robust|1764|2}}, of Admiral [[John Colpoys|Colpoy's]] squadron, recaptured her and took her into Falmouth.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=14 April 1795|issue=13770|page=339}}</ref><ref>''[[Lloyd's List]]'' [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015050998221?urlappend=%3Bseq=65 №2706.]</ref> Ten British warships, {{HMS|Astraea|1781|2}}, {{HMS|London|1766|2}}, {{HMS|Colossus|1782|2}}, ''Robust'', {{HMS|Hannibal|1786|2}}, {{HMS|Valiant|1759|2}}, {{HMS|Thalia|1782|2}}, {{HMS|Cerberus|1794|2}}, and {{HMS|Santa Margarita|1779|2}}, shared in the proceeds of ''Caldicot Castle''{{'}}s recapture on 28 March.<ref>{{London Gazette|page=1210|issue=13960|date=13 December 1796}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=13956|pages=1159–1160|date=29 November 1796}}</ref>

In January 1803 ''Caldicot Castle'' was returning to Liverpool from Quebec when she had to put in at [[Crookhaven]]. She had lost her mizzen mast and rudder, and sustained other damage.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005721504?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Lloyd's List'' №4314.]</ref>

''Lloyd's List'' reported on 4 May 1804, that privateers had captured {{ship||Sarah|1797 ship|2}}, Cannell, master, ''Caldicot Castle'', Skerrett, master, and {{ship||Hector|1781 ship|2}}, Williams, master, and taken them into Guadeloupe.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005721504?urlappend=%3Bseq=281 ''Lloyd's List'' №4450.]</ref>{{efn|''Sarah'' and ''Hector'' were [[slave ship]]s. ''Hector'' had disembarked her captives and was returning to Liverpool when she was captured. ''Sarah'' was captured on her way from Africa to Demerara.}} Captain Richard Sherrat wrote a letter from Barbados on 14 April in which he described the attack. He had sailed ''Caldicot Castle'' from Demerara on 27 February, and by 8 March was about 200 miles east of Guadeloupe when at 8 pm two privateers, a schooner and a ship, came up and opened fire. After about 15 minutes, the schooner had sustained damages and had sheered off. By 9:20 the ship also sheared off but remained in sight. Next morning at 6am the ship recommenced the engagement. After about 15 minutes Sherrat had to strike. ''Caldicot Castle''{{'}}s rigging had been cut to pieces and he and two other men had been wounded, one mortally. The privateer was ''Grand Decide'', which was armed with twenty 9-pounder and two 12-pounder brass guns, and had a crew of 160 men.{{sfnp|Williams|1897|pp=390-1}}{{efn|''Grand Décidé'' was a privateer under Mathieu Goy, commissioned in Guadeloupe in January 1804. She had a crew of 220 men and was armed with twenty-two 8-pounder guns.{{sfnp|Demerliac|2003|loc=№2745|p=321}}}} 

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! style="width:10%" | Year 
! style="width:20%" | Master
! style="width:20%" | Owner 
! style="width:20%" | Trade 
! style="width:30%" | Notes 
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| 1796
| Thompson
| M'Iver
| Bristol—London<br>London—Jamaica
| 10 × 4-pounder guns
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| 1797
| Thompson<br />Oxton
| M'Iver<br />Timperon
| London—Jamaica
| Captain Thomas Oxton acquired a [[letter of marque]] on 24 April 1797<ref name=LoM>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.pdf |title=Letter of Marque, p.54 - accessed 25 July 2017. |access-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020052005/http://www.1812privateers.org/Great%20Britain/marque1793-1815.pdf |archive-date=20 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 1798
| Oxton
| Litt & Co.
| Liverpool—Jamaica
|8 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 4-pounder guns
|-
| 1799
| T. Oxton<br />John Williams
| Timperon
| Liverpool—Jamaica
| Captain John Williams acquired a letter of marque on 25 February 1799
|-
| 1800
| Williams
| Timperon
| Liverpool—Jamaica
| 
|-
| 1801
| Williams<br />Smith
| Timperon
| Liverpool—Jamaica
| Captain William Smith acquired a letter of marque on 18 October 1800
|-
| 1802
| W. Smith
| Timperon
| Liverpool—Jamaica
| 
|-
| 1803
| W. Smith<br />Sherret
| Timperon<br />Jones & Co.
| Liverpool—Jamaica
|
|-
| 1804
| R. Skerrett
| Jones & Co.
| Liverpool—Barbados
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|-
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''Caldicott Castle'' returned to British hands, though how is not clear. Her entry in ''Lloyd's Register'' for 1805 is marked "captured", but also shows a change of master.

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| 1805
| R. Sherrad<br />D. M'Neil
| Jones & Co.
| Liverpool—Barbados
| Six guns
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| 1806
| A. M'Neil
| Dowson & Co.
| London transport
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|-
|}

On 18 November 1817 ''Lloyd's List'' reported that ''Caldicot Castle'' had arrived at Portsmouth, having sailed from Malta via Gibraltar in company with several other transports until heavy weather had separated them.<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015005778173?urlappend=%3Bseq=210 ''Lloyd's List'' №5230.]</ref>

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| 1816
| Carr
| Dowson
| London transport
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| 1817
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| ''Lloyd's Register'' unavailable/not published
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| 1818
| Carr
| Dowson & Co.
| London transport
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| 1819
| Carr<br />J. Hait
| Dowson & Co.
| London transport<br>Hull—"Klnda"
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On 4 December 1819, ''Caldicott Castle'' ran aground and was severely damaged at [[Sunderland, County Durham]].<ref>"Ship News". ''The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser''. 14 December 1819.</ref>

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| 1820
| J. Hart
| Capt. & Co.
| Hull-"Kanda"
| Large repair 1820
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| 1821
| J. Hart
| Capt. & Co.
| Hull-"Kinda"
| 
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| 1822
| J. Hart<br>Charlton
| Captain & Co.
| Hull—"Kinda"<br />Plymouth-Quebec
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| 1823
| Charlton
| Laings
| Plymouth-Quebec
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|-
| 1824
| Charlton
| Laings
| Plymouth-Quebec
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|-
| 1825
| Charlton
| Laings
| Plymouth-Quebec
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|-
| 1826
| Charlton
| Laings
| Plymouth-Quebec
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|-
| 1827
| Charlton
| Laings
| Plymouth-Quebec
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| 1828
| Charlton
| Laings
| Plymouth-Quebec
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| 1829
| Hicks
| S. Keene
| Dublin—Dantzig
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| 1830
| Hicks
| S. Keene
| Dublin—Dantzig
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==Fate==
It was reported on 20 October 1828, that ''Caldicot Castle'' had struck a rock and sunk at Milford but by 15 October, had been raised and pulled up on Laurenny Beach.<ref>"SHIP NEWS", 20 October 1828, ''Morning Post'' (London, England), issue: 18049.</ref> ''Caldicot Castle'' was last listed in 1832.

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{cite book | last=Demerliac | first=Alain | title=La marine du Consulat et du Premier Empire: nomenclature des navires français de 1800 à 1815 | publisher=Éd. Ancre | year=2003 | isbn=2-903179-30-1 | oclc=162449062 | language=fr | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7dBZGQAACAAJ}}
* {{cite book | last = Williams | first = Gomer | year = 1897 | title = History of the Liverpool Privateers and Letters of Marque: With an Account of the Liverpool Slave Trade | publisher = W. Heinemann }}

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