Dispatch Packet (1808 ship)

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.

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 HMS Abundance (1799).