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Legere, 1796
Type: Ship sloop ; Armament 18
Taken : 22 Jun 1796 ;
Disposal date or year : Feb 1801
Disposal Details : Wrecked, exact date unknown, near Carthagena, South America : crew saved, but made prisoners. Captain Cornelius Quinton (Vol iii, Appendix No 16)
Notes:
22 Jun 1796 in latitude 48° 30' N, longitude 8° 28' W., the capture of the French frigate Légère by the Apollo and Doris, Captains John Manley and the Honourable Charles Jones. The Légère was taken into the RN under her present name.
Legion, 1914
Type: Destroyer ; Armament 3-4 inch, 1-2 pdr. pom-pom, 1 M.G. 4-21 inch tubes in pairs.
Launched : 1914 ;
Disposal date or year : 1921
Displacement: 1072 tons
Notes:
5 Aug 1914 left Harwich as a part of the 3rd Flotilla, under the command of the Amphion, to carry out a search and sweep for enemy craft - Königen Louise sunk - see p. 132 www.naval-review.org/issues/1917.pdf.
17 Oct 1914 Undaunted, accompanied by Lance, Lennox, Legion and Loyal, on patrol off the Dutch coast chased and sank the German destroyers S.115, S.119, S.118, and S.117 - see p. 140 www.naval-review.org/issues/1917.pdf.
6 Aug 1918 torpedo tubes damaged when Amphion exploded.