HMS Orestes was a Dutch-built brig-sloop of rather unusual appearance, having a high, sweeping stern. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands For the military definition of sloop see Sloop-of-war. For the open learning project see SLOOP Project. The stern is the rear or aft part of a Ship or Boat, technically defined as the area built up over the Sternpost, extending upwards from the Counter She was originally built as a privateer and was captured by the Royal Navy in 1781. A privateer was a private Warship authorized by a country's Government by Letters of marque to attack foreign shipping The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service)
She carried 18 x 9 pounder (4 kg) guns and a crew of 120.
During the period 1790-1792 she was engaged on anti-smuggling patrols off the South Coast of England. Smuggling, also known as trafficking, is the clandestine transportation of goods or persons past a point where prohibited such as out of a building into a Prison England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
She was presumed lost with Commander William Haggitt and all hands in 1799 in a Hurricane in the Indian Ocean.