| | Naval history of Great Britain
by
William James |
| 1806 |
APPENDIX 21 |
374 |
No. 21. See p. 278.
A list of ships and vessels late belonging to the British navy, captured,
destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1806
| Gun |
|
Name |
Commander |
How, when, and where lost |
| 74 |
(M) |
Brave |
Edmond Edmond Boger |
Foundered, April 12, off the Western islands, on passage from Jamaica: crew, except three, saved |
| 64 |
(P) |
Athenien |
Robert Raynsford |
Wrecked, October 27, on the rocks, called Esquerques, near Tunis : captain and 396 of crew perished |
| 22 |
(N) |
Constance |
Alex. S. Burrowe's |
Captured, October 12, after getting on shore in action, in the bay of Erqui, coast of France. |
| 22 |
(N) |
Heureux |
John Morrison |
Foundered, on passage from West Indies to Halifax: crew perished |
| 18 |
(R) |
Favourite |
John Davie |
Captured, January 6, off Cape de Verd Islands, by a French squadron. |
| 16 |
(T) |
Martin |
Thomas Prowse |
Foundered, on passage to Barbadoes, with all the crew. |
| 16 |
|
Wolf |
George C. McKenzie |
Wrecked, September 5, on Heneaga, one of the Bahama islands: crew saved. |
| 16 |
( U) |
Serpent |
John Waller |
Foundered on Jamaica station with all the crew. |
| 14 |
(f) |
Seaforth |
George Steel |
Foundered, by upsetting, February on the Leeward island station : crew, except two perished. |
| 12 |
(g) |
Adder |
Molyneux Shuldham |
Captured, December 9, near Abreval, where she was driven ashore |
| 12 |
(g) |
Clinker |
John Salmon |
Foundered, December, in a cruise off Havre: crew perished. |
| 12 |
(g) |
Manley |
Martin White |
Captured, January, by some Dutch gun-boats, in the river Ems. |
| 10 |
(h) |
Papillon |
William Woolsey |
Foundered, on Jamaica station crew perished. |
| 12 |
(k) |
Redbridge |
Edward Burt |
Wrecked, November 4, on the Providence station : crew saved. |
| 10 |
(l) |
Tobago |
(name unknown) |
Captured, October, 18, by the General-Ernouf French privateer, near Gaudaloupe |
| 10 |
(l) |
Unique |
George R. Brand |
Captured, February 23, by a French privateer, on the Leeward island station. |
| 10 |
(l) |
Zenobia |
(name unknown) |
Wrecked, exact date unknown, on the coast of Florida |
| 6 |
(n) |
Belem |
James Groves |
Captured, August 12, at the recapture of Buenos Ayres |
| 6 |
(n) |
Dominica |
Robert Peter |
Captured, date unknown |
| 4 |
(o) |
Berbice |
James George Gooding |
Foundered, exact date unknown off Demerary: crew saved. |
| T.S. |
(q) |
Dover |
(in ordinary) |
Burnt, by accident, in August off Woolwich. |
ABSTRACT
| |
Lost through the enemy, |
Lost through accident |
Total |
| |
Capt |
Dest |
Wrecked |
Foundered |
Burnt |
|
| Ships of the line |
..... |
..... |
1 |
1 |
..... |
2 |
| „ under the line |
8 |
..... |
3 |
7 |
1 |
19 |
| Total |
8 |
..... |
4 |
8 |
1 |
21 |
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