| Naval history of Great Britain - Vol. IV
by
William James |
| 1805 |
Appendix 16 |
369 |
No. 16. See p. 184.
A list of ships and vessels late belonging to the British navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1805.
| Guns |
|
Name |
Commander |
How, when, and where lost. |
| 54 |
(S) |
Calcutta |
Daniel Woodriff |
Captured, Sept. 26 by a French squadron, near Scilly |
| 44 |
(V) |
Sheerness |
Lord George Stuart |
Wrecked, January 7, in a gale off Trincomalee bay, Ceylon: crew saved. |
| 36 |
(C) |
Blanche |
Zachary Mudge |
Captured, July 19, by a French frigate two corvettes, and a brig, West Indies |
| 36 |
(C) |
Doris |
Patrick Campbell |
Wrecked, Jan. 21, on a sunken rock in Quiberon bay : crew saved. |
| 32 |
(H) |
Cleopatra |
Sir R. Laurie, Bart |
Captured, Feb. 17, by the Ville-de-Milan French frig. off the coast of North America. |
| |
(Q) |
Arrow |
Rich. Budd Vincent |
Captured, Fe b. 4, by the French frigates Hortense and Incorruptible Mediterranean. |
| 18 |
(R) |
Cyane |
Hon. Geo. Cadogan |
Captured, May 12, by the French frigates Hortense and Hermione, near Martinique. |
| 18 |
(S) |
Hawke |
James Tippet |
Foundered, in May or June, in the Channel : crew perished. |
| 18 |
(S) |
Imogene |
Henry Vaughan |
Foundered, March 1, on passage from Leeward islands : crew saved. |
| 18 |
(S) |
Orquixo |
Charles Balderson |
Foundered in October, near Jamaica : 95 of crew perished. |
| 16 |
(T) |
Fly |
Pownoll B. Pellew |
Wrecked, May, on the Carysfort fort reef, gulf of Florida: crew saved |
| 16 |
(T) |
Ranger |
Charles Coote |
Captured, July 17, by the Rochefort squadron. |
| 14 |
(X) |
Orestes |
Thomas Brown . |
Wrecked July 1l, on the Splinter sand, Dunkerque road: crew saved. |
| 18 |
(Y) |
Raven |
William Layman |
Wrecked, January 29, in Cadiz bay: crew, except two men saved |
| 18 |
(Z) |
Seagull |
Henry Burke |
Foundered, exact date unknown crew perished |
| bb |
(d) |
Acheron |
Arthur Farquhar |
Captured with the Arrow |
| 12 |
(h) |
Biter |
Geo. T. Wingate |
Wrecked, November 10, near Calais : crew saved. |
| 12 |
(h) |
Bouncer |
Samuel Bassan . |
Wrecked, February, off Dieppe crew saved, but made prisoners. |
| 12 |
(h) |
Plumper |
James H. Garrety |
Captured, Aug., by five French gun-brigs off St: Malo. |
| 12 |
(h) |
Teazer |
Geo. Lewis Kerr |
| 12 |
(h) |
Woodlark |
Thomas Innes |
Wrecked November 18, near St: Valery : crew saved. |
| 14 |
(i) |
Pigmy |
William Smith |
Wrecked, August, in St Aubin's bay, Jersey: crew saved. |
| 10 |
(l) |
Redbridge |
J. Blower Gibbs |
Foundered, March near Jamaica: crew saved. |
| 6 |
(n) |
Dove |
Alexander Boyack |
Captured, August 5, by the Rochefort squadron. |
| 4 |
(o) |
Barracouta |
J.Orchard |
Wrecked, October 2, on the Jordan quay, Cuba: crew saved, but made prisoners. |
| 4 |
(o) |
Pigeon |
John Luckraft |
Wrecked, December, off the Texel : crew saved, but made prisoner. |
ABSTRACT
| |
Lost through the enemy. |
Lost through Accident. |
|
| |
Capt |
Dest |
Wrecked |
Foundered |
Burnt |
Total |
| Ships of the line |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
... |
| " " under the line |
10 |
... |
11 |
5 |
... |
26 |
| Total |
10 |
... |
11 |
5 |
... |
26 |
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