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| 1799 | Appendix | 378 |
No. 4
A list of ships and vessels, late belonging to the British navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1796.
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Name. |
Commander. |
How, when, and where lost. |
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Gun-ship |
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80 |
(K) |
Ca-Ira |
Chas. D. Pater |
Burnt by accident and blown up, April 11, in San-Fiorenzo bay crew, except four, saved. |
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74 |
(N) |
Courageux |
B. Hallowell |
Wrecked, December 18, near the foot of Ape's Hill, Straits of Gibraltar : crew, except 124, perished. |
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(0) |
Bombay-Castle |
Tho. Sotheby |
Wrecked December 21 in the river Tagus: crew saved. |
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54 |
(S) |
Malabar |
Thomas Parr |
Foundered, October 10, in coming from the West Indies: crew saved. |
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50 |
(T) |
Salisbury |
Wm. Mitchell |
Wrecked, May 13 on the Isle of Avache, St. Domingo: crew saved. |
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Gun-frig |
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38 |
(Z) |
Undaunted |
R. Winthrop |
Wrecked, August 27, on the Morant Keys, West Indies crew saved. Had been Aréthuse c. 1793. |
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36 |
(C) |
Leda |
John Woodley |
Foundered, January 11, by upsetting in a heavy squall, in lat. 38� 8' long. 17� 40' : crew, except seven, perished. |
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(D) |
Réunion |
H. W. Bayntun |
Wrecked, December 7, in the Swin : crew saved. |
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32 |
(H) |
Active |
Ed. Lev. Gower |
Wrecked, in July, in the river St. Lawrence : crew saved. |
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" |
Amphion |
Israel Pellew |
Burnt by accident and blown up, September 22, in Hamoaze, Plymouth ; and most of the crew perished. |
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Gun p. ship |
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28 |
(I) |
Hussar |
James Colnett |
Wrecked December 27, on the coast of France : crew saved. |
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20 |
(0) |
Narcissus |
Percy Fraser |
Wrecked, Oct. 3, on Sandy key, New Providence: crew saved. |
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G. sh. slp. |
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18 |
(R) |
Cormorant |
Thomas Gott |
Burnt by accident and blown up, Dec. 24, at Port-au-Prince, St.-Domingo : crew, except 20, perished. |
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16 |
(T) |
Arab |
Step. Seymour |
Wrecked, June 10, on the Penmarcks near Brest : crew saved. |
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c. hg. sip. |
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18 |
(Y) |
Curlew |
F. Ventris Field |
Foundered, December 31, in the North Sea : crew perished. |
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16 |
(a) |
Scourge |
William Stap |
Foundered, date unknown, off the coast of Holland : crew saved. |
| ditto |
Sirène |
Daniel Guerin |
Wrecked, date unknown, in the Bay of Honduras : crew perished. |
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