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| Appendix | 382 |
No. 8
A list of ships of the line and frigates, late belonging to the French navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1797.
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How, when, and where lost. |
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Gun-ship |
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Droits-de-l'Homme |
Wrecked, January 13, during an action with the Indefatigable and Amazon frigates, near the Penmarcks. |
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Gun-frig. |
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Méduse |
Foundered, in November, on her passage from America: crew saved by Insurgente. |
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(Z) |
Résistance |
Captured, March 9, along with the 22-gun corvette Constance, by the San Fiorenzo and Nymphe frigates, off Brest. |
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Tortue |
Captured, January 5, with troops, by the Polyphemus 64, off Ireland. |
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36 |
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Calliope |
Destroyed, July 17, by Sir J. B. Warren's squadron, on the coast of France. |
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Hermione |
Destroyed, April 17, after being run on shore, by the Thunderer and Valiant 74s, off St.-Domingo. Misnamed Harmonie in the official account and in Steel. |
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(D) |
Néréide |
Captured, December 22, by the Phœbe frigate, off Sicily . |
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Surveillante |
Wrecked, in January, in Bantry bay. |
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No. 9.
A list of ships of the line and frigates, lately belonging to the Dutch navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1797.
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Name. |
How, when, and where lost. |
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Gun-ship |
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74 |
(O) |
Jupiter |
Captured, October 11, by Admiral Duncan, off Camperdown.The Delft foundered on her way into port. |
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Vryheid |
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64 |
(P) |
Devries |
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Gelykheid |
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Haerlem |
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Hercules |
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Wassenaer |
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50 |
(T) |
Akmaar |
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Delft |
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