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NAVAL HISTORY
 
APPENDIX
 

No. 9. See p. 62

A list of ships and vessels, late belonging to the British navy, captured destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1800

Gun                      

Name - ship

Commander.

How, when, and where lost,

100

(D)

Queen Charlotte

Lord Keith (V.-admiral)
Andrew Todd

Accidentally burnt and blown-up, March 17, off Leghorn ; crew, except 167, perished.

74

(0)

Marlborough

Thomas Sotheby

Wrecked, November 4, on a sunken rock near Belleisle crew saved.

64

(P)

Repulse

James Alms

Wrecked, March 10, on a sunken rock 25 leagues south-east of Ushant : crew, except 10 saved on the Glenan islands, but made prisoners.

Gun-frig,

       

32

(F)

Stag

Robert Winthrop

Wrecked, September 6 ; in Vigo Bay crew saved

Gun p. ship

       
 

(O)

Danaé

Lord Proby

Captured, March 17, by her crew mutinying and carrying her into Brest.

20

(P)

Cormorant

Courtney Boyle

Wrecked, exact date unknown, on the coast of Egypt : crew saved, but made prisoners by the French.

Gun ship sloop

       

18

(S)

Brazen

James Hanson

Wrecked, January 26, near Brighton: crew, except one man, perished.

Chance

George S. Stovin

Foundered, October 9, after upsetting on her beam-ends crew, except 25, perished.

Trompeuse

Parker Robinson

Foundered, May 16 or 17, as is supposed, having parted company in a gale in the Channel : crew perished.

16

(T)

Havick

Phil. Bartholomew

Wrecked, November 9, in St. Alban's bay Jersey; crew saved.

(U)

Martin

Hon Mat. St.-Clair

Foundered in October, in the North Sea, as is supposed : crew perished.

14

(X)

Railleur

John Raynor

Foundered, at the same time as the Trompeuse.

Gun brig. sloop

     

18

(Z)

Diligence

C. B. Hodgson Ross

Wrecked, in September, on a small island near Havana ; crew saved.

Hound

W. Jas. Turquand

Wrecked, September 26, near Shetland : crew perished.

14

(b)

Albanaise

Fran. Newcombe

Captured, November 23, by her crew mutinying and carrying her into Malaga.

F.S.

(e)

Comet

Thomas Leef

Destroyed, July 7, in Dunkirk roads, in attempting to burn some French frigates.

Falcon

H. Samuel Butt

Rosario

James Carthew

Wasp

John Edwards

Gun-brig

     

12

(g)

Mastiff

James Watson

Wrecked, January 5, on Yarmouth sands : crew, except eight, saved.

T.S.

(r)

Weymouth

Ambrose Crofton

Wrecked, January 21, on the Bar of Lisbon : crew saved.

(s)

Dromedary

Benj. W. Taylor

Wrecked, August 10, in the Bocca near the island of Trinidad : crew saved.

 

ABSTRACT

  Lost through the enemy Lost through accident  
  Captured Destroyed Wrecked Foundered Burnt Total
Ships of the line     2   1 3
Ships under the line 2 4 9 4 19
Total 2 4 11 4 1 22

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