British Service
Captain Hillyar of Phoebe placed Lieutenant C. Pearson in command of Essex for the voyage to England, where she arrived in November. There the Admiralty had her repaired and taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Essex. Between 1824 and 1834 she served as a prison ship at Kingston, Ireland. On 6 June 1837 she was sold at public auction. During some recent resurfacing work on the east pier of Dún Laoghaire harbour the permanent mooring anchor of the Essex was discovered embedded in the pier.
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