Colpoys (1803 ship)

History
France
Launched1803
FateSold 1803.
United Kingdom
NameColpoys
NamesakeAdmiral Sir John Colpoys
OwnerThomas Lockyer, Plymouth
Acquired1803
FateNo longer listed after 1811
General characteristics
Tons burthen15820⁄94 or 160 (bm)
Sail planSchooner, later brig, returned to schooner
Complement40
Armament
  • 1804:14 × 12-pounder carronades + 2 × 4-pounder guns
  • 1805:14 × 18-pounder guns "of the New Construction"

The hired armed brig Colpoys was a former French vessel, launched in 1803, that was acquired by a Plymouth owner in the same year. After some months as a privateer schooner in the West Indies, she was chartered to the Royal Navy as a hired armed vessel from April 1804 until 1807. Colpoys was apparently converted to a brig in early 1805. She participated in the blockade of Brest and captured numerous small vessels. Colpoys's contract ended in 1807, and her fate is unknown.

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