A list of ships and vessels late belonging to the British navy, captured destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during tile year 1815.

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	Naval history of Great Britain by William James
	APPENDIX No. 16

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		Name	Commander	How, when, and where lost
Gun-frig.
38	Z	Statira	Speelman Swaine	Wrecked, February 26, on a sunken rock, off the isle of Cuba: crew saved.
??. p. sh.
20	M	Cyane	Gordon Thomas Falcon	Captured, March 20, by the American Frigate Constitution, sixty leagues west-south-west of Madeira : Levant recaptured March 11.
22	P	Levant	Hon. George Douglas
Gun-sh.-slp.
18	S	Sylph	George Dickens	Wrecked January 17, on Southampton bar, North America: crew, except six, perished.
16	T	Cygnet	Robert Mussel	Wrecked, (date unknown) off the Courantine river : crew saved.
Gun-brig-slp.
18	Y	Penguin	James Dickinson	Captured, March 23, by the American sloop Hornet, off d'Acunha
Gun.cut
14	i	Dominica	Richard Crawford	Wrecked, August 15, near Bermuda.
12	K	St Lawrence	Henry Gordon	Captured, February 26, by the American privateer-brig Chasseur, off Havana.
10	l	Elizabeth	Jonathan W. Dyer	Foundered, October (1814), by upsetting in chase of an American privateer.
T. S.	g	Penelope	James Galloway	Wrecked May 1 on the coast of Low. Canada part of crew perished.

ABSTRACT

	Lost through the enemy		Lost through accident			Total
	Capt.	Dest.	Wrecked	Foundered	Burnt	Total
Ships of the line	…	…	…	…	…	…
Ships under the line	4	…	5	1	…	10
Total	4	…	5	1	…	10

For the reason that this abstract falls short by two of the corresponding annual abstract (No. 24), see remarks at foot of the abstract at bottom of p. 349.

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