HMS Quail was launched at Deptford in 1817 as the name ship of her class of schooners. She herself may have been cutter-rigged. She was broken up in 1829.
Between 14 December 1819 and 14 January 1821 Quail served as a ship's tender to HMS Albion. She made a number of seizures of smugglers and their vessels.[a] For other seizures made between 28 December 1820 and 13 December 1821 prize money was paid in June 1822.[b] The next payment was for seizures between 23 February and 10 May 1822.[c] The last payment was for seizures between 9 September 1822 and 10 December 1823.[d]
On 31 January 1822 the Admiralty ordered Quail be renamed Providence; it rescinded the order on 11 April 1822.[1]
Disposal: The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the "Quail cutter, of 82 tons", "lying at Portsmouth" for sale on 11 July 1827.[6] She did not sell then or on a number of later offer dates. She was finally broken up on 8 April 1829.[1]
Notes
^Prize money was paid in June 1821. A first-class share, that of Albion's captain, was £88 12s 4d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman on Albion, was worth £1 11s 3+3⁄4d. At the same time, a second class share for the lieutenant commanding Quail was worth £25 16s 10+1⁄4d; a sixth-class share for an ordinary seaman on Quail was worth £2 10s 11+1⁄4d.[2]
^A first-class share on Albion was worth £32 16s 9d and a sixth-class share was worth 10s 9d. A second-class share on Quail was worth £8 15s 1+1⁄4d and a sixth-class share was worth 7s 4+3⁄4d.[3]
^A first-class share on Albion was worth £6 19s 11d and a sixth-class share was worth 2s 5+1⁄4d. A second-class share on Quail was worth £1 17s 3+1⁄2d and a sixth-class share was worth 3s 9+3⁄4d.[4]
^A first-class share on Albion was worth £17 7s 6d and a sixth-class share was worth 4s 2+1⁄4d. A second-class share on Quail was worth £1 8s 7d and a sixth-class share was worth 6s 1+1⁄2d.[5]
Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN978-1-84832-169-4.