Revenge V

Revenge V

(Sch.: t. 90; 1. 60'; b. 16'6"; dph. 6'6"; cpl. 30; a. 1 long 18
pdr. and several carronades)

The fifth Revenge, was built in 1808 at Charleston, S.C., as Gunboat No. 158 by James Ingraham & Sons. After service patrolling the southern coast, the schooner was laid up at Charleston from 1817 to 1822. She was then placed in service and until 1824 operated in Commodore David Porter's Mosquito Fleet in the West Indies suppressing piracy.