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Naval History of Great Britain - Vol II
Appendix 384

No. 11

See p. 105

A list of ships and vessels, late belonging to the British navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1797.

   

Name.

Commander.

How, when, and where lost.

Gun-frig.

   

38

(A)

Artois

Sir Edmund Nagle

Wrecked, July 31, on the coast of France: crew saved.

36

(C)

Amazon

Rt. Carth. Reynolds

Wrecked, Jan. 14, on the French coast, near Isle Bas : crew saved, but made prisoners.

(D)

Tribune

Scory Barker

Wrecked Nov. 16, off Halifax, Nova Scotia : crew, except seven, perished.

32

(H)

Hermione

Hugh Pigot

Captured, Sept. 22, by her crew mutinying and carrying her into La Guira, South America.

28

(I)

Tartar

Hon. C. Elphinstone

Wrecked in April, at the island St.-Domingo : crew saved.

G. sip. sh. slp.

   

18

(U)

Swift

Thomas Hayward

Foundered, date unknown in the China seas: crew perished.

(V)

Hunter

Tudor Tucker

Wrecked, Dec. 27, on Hog island, off Virginia : crew,

except five saved.

G. bg. sip.

   

161

(a)

Fortune

Valentine Collard

Wrecked, date unknown, near Oporto : crew perished.

   

Vipère

Hen. Harding Parker

Foundered, January 2, off the Shannon : crew perished.

14

(b)

Hermes

William Mulso

Foundered, in January, at sea crew perished.

Gun-brig

   

14

(f)

Pandora

Mason

Foundered, date unknown, in the North Sea: crew perished.

 

Resolution

William Hugget

Foundered, date unknown, at sea: crew perished.

(g)

Growler

John Hollingsworth.

Captured, in December, off Dungeness, by two French row-boats.

 

Lacedemonian

Matthew Wrench

Captured, in May, in the West Indies by the French.

Gun-cut.

   
 

(I)

Fox

John Gibson

Destroyed, July 24, in front of Santa-Cruz : 96 of crew and passengers perished.

10

 

M.-Antoinette

John M'Inerheny

Captured, date unknown, by her Crew mutinying and carrying her into a French port in the West Indies.

F.B.

(u)

Albion

Henry Savage

Wrecked, April 27 on the Middle sand, in the Swin ;

crew saved.

D.S.

(y)

Providence

W. Hen. Broughton

Wrecked, May 16, in the Pacific ocean: crew saved.

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