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No. 31. See p. 297
A list of ships of the line and frigates late belonging to the British navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1804
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Gun |
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Ship |
Commander |
How, when, and where lost. |
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74 |
(O) |
Magnificent |
William Henry Jervis |
Wrecked, March 25, near the Pierres Noires, in the environs of Brest: crew saved, but 86 made prisoners. |
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Venerable |
John Hunter |
Wrecked, November 24, on sunken rocks in Torbay : crew saved. |
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64 |
(P) |
York |
Henry Mitford |
Foundered, as is supposed, in January, in the North Sea crew perished. |
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50 |
(T) |
Romney |
Hon. John Colville |
Wrecked, November 19, on the Haaks, near the Texel : crew saved. |
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Gun-frig. |
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38 |
(Z) |
Creole |
Austen Bissell |
Foundered, January 2, on passage from Jamaica : crew saved. |
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(A) |
Hussar |
Philip Wilkinson |
Wrecked, February, on the Saintes, in the bay of Biscay : crew saved. |
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36 |
( C) |
Apollo |
J.W. Taylor Dixon |
Wrecked, April 1, on the coast of Portugal : captain and many of the crew perished. |
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Gun-ship-Sloop |
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14 |
(X) |
Lilly |
William Compton |
Captured, July 14, by the Dame-Ambert fr. privateer, off the Coast of Georgia. |
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Gun-brig-Sloop |
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18 |
(Y) |
Raven |
Spelman Swaine |
Wrecked, July 6, on the coast of Sicily, Mediterranean crew saved. |
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16 |
(a) |
Vincejo |
James Wesley Wright |
Captured, May 20, in a calm, by a flotilla of fr. gun-boats, in Quiberon-bay. |
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14 |
(b) |
Drake |
William Ferris |
Wrecked, September, on a shoal off the island of Nevis crew saved |
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Weazle |
William Layman |
Wrecked, March 1, on Cabareta point, Gibraltar-bay crew, except one man, saved |
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Wolverine |
Henry Gordon |
Captured, March 24, by a French privateer, on passage to Newfoundland |
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bb |
(d) |
Tartarus |
Thomas Withers |
Wrecked, December 20, on Margate sands : crew saved |
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Gun-brig |
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| 12 |
(g) |
Conflict |
Charles C Ormsby |
Wrecked, October 24, in chase of the enemy, near Nieuport (sic) Isle of Wight: crew saved |
| Fearless |
George Williams |
Wrecked, February, off Redding-point, Cawsand-bay crew saved |
| Mallard |
Thomas Read |
Captured, December 25, after running on shore near Calais: crew saved, but made prisoners. |
| Sterling |
George Skottowe |
Wrecked, December 18, near Calais : crew saved. |
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10 |
(h) |
Cerbère |
Joseph Patey
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Wrecked, February 19 the Berry-head: crew |
| Gun schooner |
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6 |
(n) |
Morne-Fortunée |
John L Dale |
Wrecked, in December, on Crooked Island, West Indies : crew saved |
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Demerara |
Thomas Dutton |
Captured, July 14, by the French privateer Grand-Décidé, West Indies |
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TS |
(q) |
Severn |
Prince of Bouillon |
Wrecked, December 21, in Grouville-bay, Jersey: crew saved. |
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SS |
(r) |
Hindostan |
John Le Gros |
Burnt, April 2, having caught fire in the hold, Mediterranean : crew, except five men, saved |
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RS |
(a) |
De-Ruyter |
J. Beckett |
Wrecked, September 3, in the hurricane at Antigua crew saved |
ABSTRACT
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Lost through the enemy |
Lost through Accident |
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| |
Captured |
Destroyed |
Wrecked |
Foundered |
Burnt |
Total |
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Ships of the line |
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2 |
I |
… |
3 |
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Ships under the line |
5 |
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14 |
1 |
1 |
21 |
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Total |
5 |
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16 |
2 |
1 |
24 |
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