HMS Seine

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Seine, 1798
Type: Frigate ; Armament 38 (12-pounder)
Taken : from the French, by the Jason and Pique, off the Saints, 29 Jun 1798 ;
Disposal date or year : 21 Jul 1803
Disposal Details : grounded in the Elbe and burnt to avoid capture.
BM: 1146 tons
Complement: 281
Notes:

29 Jun 1798 taken by the frigates Jason and Pique.

1 Jan 1799 Capt. D. Milne. Fitting at Portsmouth.

15 Jan 1799 at Spithead and ready for sea, with the fleet.

14 Feb 1799 Portsmouth, arrived from a cruise

20 Feb 1799 Portsmouth, departed with the Snake sloop, on a cruise.

14 Apr 1799 Portsmouth, arrived from a cruize,

18 Oct 1799 Portsmouth, departed with a convoy for Africa, and from thence to Martinique.

20-21 Aug 1800 capture of the French frigate Vengeance, not many days from Cura�oa.

6 Sep 1800 in Montego Bay.

Circa 1 Nov 1800 Lieutenant Edward Chatham, who so gallantly distinguished himself in the action of La Seine frigate with La Vengeance, of 50 guns, is promoted to the rank of Commander.

29 Jan 1801 Sans Pareil was at Port Royal, Jamaica, with the Carnatic, Quebec, Le Prompte, Amphion, and Le Vengeance, French frigate, which had been captured by HM frigate La Seine, along with the prison ships America and Admiral de Vries when the packet Princess Amelia arrived from Martinique.

16 Oct 1801 the Falmouth packet, Princess Elizabeth, Capt Kidd, called at Jamaica, where he found HM Ships Cumberland, Abergavenny, Topaze, Circe, Cerberus, Retribution, Volage, Shark, Calypso, and Merlin, and during her stay the Carnatic, Seine, and Crescent arrived, and Capt Kidd departed Jamaica 2 Nov., with HM ship Apollo in company.

10 Mar 1802 came too off Plymouth Sound, and landed her letters, La Seine, 44, from Jamaica, after a passage of 6 weeks, and then sailed for Spithead, where she is since arrived.

12 Mar 1802 arrived Spithead La Seine, Captain Milne, and the Apollo, Capt Halkett, from Jamaica, after a passage of 7 weeks, with a "great many invalids".

15 Mar 1802 departed Spithead La Seine, 42, Captain Milne, to the Downs, to be paid off.

19 Mar 1802 arrived Sheerness from Spithead, and then departed for the River.

24 Mar 1802 has been taken into harbour at Sheerness, and being very leaky may need to be docked.

31 Mar 1802 many of the vessels at Sheerness are to be sent to Chatham to be paid off.

19 Apr 1802 was one of a number of vessels paid off at Chatham since 11 Apr.

17 Apr 1803 has been ordered for service at Chatham.

10 May 1803 her fitting is getting forward at Chatham.

Circa 28 May 1803 Capt Milne apptd in command of the Seine.

5 Jun 1803 docked at Chatham to have her false keel examined.

10 Jun 1803 has been undocked at Chatham.

3 Jul 1803 came down from Chatham the Seine.

7 Jul 1803 arrived Sheerness from Chatham, and then went out to the Nore.

9 Jul 1803 following the receipt of an express message at Sheerness, presumably from the Admiralty ? the Monarch, 74 ; Defence, 74 ; Seine, 38, frigate ; and Ferrier, gun brig, were sent to sea to the Northwards, without even paying monies due to some ship's companies today. I guess we'll discover the urgency as the story unfolds ?

21 Jul 1803 grounded in the Elbe and burnt to avoid capture.

2 Aug 1803 a court martial was held at Sheerness, on Capt Milne, and the officers of HMS Seine. The Capt and officers were honourably acquitted, and the pilots are mulcted of all their wages, and to be imprisoned in the Marshalsea for 2 years.