| Naval History of Great Britain - Vol III |
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Appendix |
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No. 5.
See p. 2.
A list of ships and vessels late belonging to the British navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1799.
| Gun |
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Ship |
Commander |
How, when, and where lost |
| 98 |
(H) |
Impregnable. |
Jonathan Faulknor |
Wrecked, October 19 between Langstone and Chichester ; crew saved. |
| 64 |
(P) |
Sceptre |
Valentine Edwards |
Wrecked December 5 in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope 291 of the crew perished. |
| Frigates |
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| 38 |
(A) |
Apollo |
Peter Halkett |
Wrecked January 7, on the coast of Holland : crew saved. |
| Ethalion |
John Clarke Searle |
Wrecked, December 25, on the Penmarcks : crew saved. |
| 36 |
(D) |
Lutine |
Lancelot Skynner |
Wrecked. October 9, off the Vlie-island, coast of Holland crew, except two, perished. |
| 28 |
|
Proserpine |
James Wallis |
Wrecked February 1, in the river Elbe : crew, except 15 saved. |
| G. Sh. slp. |
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| 16 |
(T) |
Nautilus |
Henry Gunter |
Wrecked February 2, off Flamborough Head : crew saved. |
| (Y) |
Trincomalé |
John Rowe |
Destroyed, October 12, by being blown up in action with a French privateer, in the Straits of Babelmandel : crew perished. |
| 18 |
(Y) |
Orestes |
William Haggitt |
Foundered, exact date unknown, in a hurricane in the Indian Ocean : crew perished. |
| G. bg. Slp. |
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| 14 |
(b) |
Amaranthe |
John Blake |
Wrecked in September, on coast of Florida ; and many of the crew perished on shore with hunger. |
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Weazle |
Hon. Henry Grey |
Wrecked, January 12, in Barnstaple Bay : crew, except the purser, perished. |
| Gun. brig |
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| 14 |
(f) |
Deux-Amis |
Hen. Smith Wilson |
Wrecked, May 23 on the back of the Isle of Wight: crew saved. |
| (g) |
Contest |
John Ides Short |
Wrecked, exact date unknown, off the coast of Holland: crew saved. |
| 10 |
(h) |
Fortune |
Lewis Davis |
Captured, May 8, by a squadron of French frigates, off the coast Syria. |
| Gun-schooner |
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| 14 |
(i) |
Fox |
Wm. Wooldridge |
Wrecked September 28, in the gulf of Mexico: crew saved. |
| 6 |
(n) |
Musquito |
Thomas White |
Captured, exact date unknown, by two Spanish frigates, off Cuba. |
| T.S. |
(q) |
Nassau |
George Tripp |
Wrecked, October 14, on the coast of Holland : crew, except 42, saved. |
| (r) |
Grampus |
George Hart |
Wrecked, February, on Barking shelf, near Woolwich : crew saved. |
| (t) |
Blanche |
John Ayscough |
Wrecked, September 28, in the Texel : crew saved. |
| Espion |
Jonas Rose |
Wrecked, November 16, on the Goodwin Sands : crew saved. Was Atalante. |
| g. v. |
(w) |
Dame-de-Grace |
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Captured along with Fortune. |
ABSTRACT
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Lost through the enemy |
Lost through accident |
Total |
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Captured |
Destroyed |
Wrecked |
Foundered |
Burnt |
| Ships of the line |
. . . |
. . . |
2 |
. . . |
. . . |
2 |
| Ships under the line |
3 |
1 |
14 |
1 |
� |
19 |
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Total |
3 |
1 |
16 |
1 |
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21 |
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