Dispatch Packet (or Dispatch) was launched in France in 1807, probably under another name. She was taken in prize and from 1808 sailed from Falmouth, Cornwall, as a packet for the Post Office Packet Service. She sailed primarily to the Iberian peninsula, but also made voyages to North America, Suriname, and the Mediterranean. She was wrecked on 14 April 1812 while returning to Falmouth from Malta.
The following information is from Howat. Captain Date of appointment John Harris 18 August 1808 Edward Vinscombe 10 January 1810 John Parsons 30 July 1810 William Kirkness November 1810
Fate Dispatch was wrecked on a shoal between Malta and Mazara del Vallo, Trapani. All on board and the mails were rescued.
Captain Kirkness returned to England aboard the store ship .
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