Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849

Chapter 27

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+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Brazen, | Jan. 26, 1800| 14 |James Hanson |116| 1 |Near Brighton. Sloop | | | | | | Bonetta | Oct. 13, 1801| 16 |Thomas New |121| None |On a shoal east | | | | | |of the | | | | | |Jardines, Cuba. Babet | Unknown, 1801| 24 |Jemmett |155| All |Foundered in | | | Mainwaring | | |the West | | | | | |Indies. Barraconta, | Oct. 2, 1805| 10 |Joel Orchard | 48| None |On the south Schooner | | | | | |side of the | | | | | |Island of Cuba, | | | | | |(running on | | | | | |shore.) Biter, | Nov. 10, 1805| |Geo. Thos. | 50| None |Near Calais. Gun-brig | | | Wingate | | | Bouncer, | Feb. 1805| |Samuel Bassan | 50| None |Off Dieppe. Gun-brig | | | | | | Brave | April 2, 1806| |Edmund Boger | | None |Foundered in | | | | | |passage from | | | | | |from Jamaica to | | | | | |England. Boreas | Dec. 5, 1807| 28 |George Scott |195| 127 |On the Hannois | | | | | |Rocks, | | | | | |Guernsey. Blenheim | 1807| 74 |Sir Thomas |590| All |Foundered, date | | | Troubridge, | | |unknown, off | | | V.-Admiral, | | |the Island of | | | Austin | | |Rodrigue, | | | Bissell, | | |Indian Ocean. | | | Capt. | | | Blanche | Mar. 4, 1807| 38 |Sir T. Lavie |284| 45 |Off Ushant. Busy, Sloop | 1807| 18 |Richard |121| All |Foundered on | | | Keilley | | |the Halifax | | | | | |Station, date | | | | | |unknown. Bolina | Nov. 3, 1807| |Edward | | 1 |Driven on | | | Claributt | | |shore, Peran | | | | | |Porth. Bermuda, |April 22, 1808| 12 |Wm. Henry |121| None |On Little Sloop | | | Byam | | |Bahama Bank. Bustler, | Dec. 26, 1808| 10 |Richard Welsh | 50| None |On shore, Cape Gun-brig | | | | | |Grisnez, | | | | | |France. Banterer | Dec. 29, 1808| 22 |Alexander |155| None |In the river | | | Sheppard | | |St. Lawrence. Bassora, | Feb. 13, 1808| 12 |James Violett | 50| None |Near Brig | | | | | |Carthagena. Barbadoes |Sept. 29, 1812| 28 |Thomas |195| 1 |Sable Island, | | | Huskisson | | |Bermuda. Belette, | Nov. 24, 1812| 18 |David Sloane |121| 116 |On rocks off Sloop | | | | | |Island of | | | | | |Lessoe, in the | | | | | |Kattegat. Bold, Sloop |Sept. 27, 1812| 10 |John Shekel | 55| |On Prince | | | | | |Edward's | | | | | |Island. Bermuda, | Nov. 24, 1816| 10 |John Pakenham | 76| 1 |On Passage from Sloop | | | | | |Gulf of Mexico. Briseis, | Nov. 5, 1816| |Geo. Domett | 76| None |On reef off Sloop | | | | | |Point Pedras, | | | | | |Cuba. Bermuda, | March, 1821| | | | All |Passage from Schooner | | | | | |Halifax to | | | | | |Bermuda. Briseis, | 1838| 6 |John Downey | 33| All |Falmouth to Packet | | | | | |Halifax. Buffalo, | July 28, 1841| |James Wood | | 2 |In Mercury Bay, Store-ship| | | | | |Bay of Islands, | | | | | |New Zealand. Convert | Feb. 8, 1794| 32 |John Lawford | | None |On the Grand | | | | | |Caymanes, West | | | | | |Indies. Ca Ira | Apr. 11, 1796| 80 |Chas. Dudley | | 4 |Burnt by | | | Pater | | |accident, and | | | | | |blown up in | | | | | |St. Fiorenzo | | | | | |Bay. Courageux | Dec. 10, 1796| 74 |Capt. B. |640| 410 |Struck on rocks | | | Hallowell | | |under Apes' | | | | | |Hill, coast of | | | | | |Barbary. Cormorant, | Dec. 24, 1796| 16 |Thomas Gott |121| 95 |Burnt and blown Sloop | | | | | |up by accident, | | | | | |at | | | | | |Port-au-Prince, | | | | | |St. Domingo. Curlew, | Dec. 31, 1796| 16 |Jas. Ventris | 90| All |Foundered in Sloop | | | Field | | |North Sea. Charlotte, | Dec. 11, 1797| |John Thukness | | None |Off the Island Brig | | | | | |of Cuba. Crash, | Aug. 26, 1798| 50 |Berkeley | 50| None |Blown on shore Gun-boat | | | Mackworth | | |on the Island | | | | | |of Vlieland, | | | | | |Holland. Colossus | Dec. 9, 1798| 74 |George Murray |640| None |Off the Island | | | | | |of Scilly. Contest, | Aug. 28, 1799| |John Ides | 50| None |Driven on shore Gun-boat | | | Short | | |in the Helder. Cormorant, | May 20, 1800| 24 |C. Boyle, |155| None |On a shoal near Sloop | | | (Hon.) | | |Rosetta, coast | | | | | |of Egypt. Chance, | Oct. 9, 1800| 14 |George S. |121| 116 |Foundered. Sloop | | | Stovin | | | Charlotte, | Mar. 28, 1801| |John Williams | 60| None |Running on reef Schooner | | | | | |of rocks near | | | | | |Ash, (Island | | | | | |of.) Calypso | Aug. 1803| 16 |William |121| All |Foundered in a | | | Venour | | |gale, coming | | | | | |from Jamaica. Circe | Nov. 16, 1803| 28 |Chas. |195| None |On the Leman | | | Fielding | | |and Ower, North | | | | | |Sea. Creole | Jan. 2, 1804| 38 |Austin | | None |Foundered in | | | Russell | | |passage from | | | | | |Jamaica. Cerbére, | Feb. 20, 1804| |John Patey | 50| None |Rocks near Gun-boat | | | | | |Berry Head. Conflict, | Oct. 24, 1804| |Chas. Cutts | 50| None |Near Newport, Gun-boat | | | Ormsby | | |Isle of Wight. Clinker, | Dec. 1806| 14 |John Salmon | 50| All |Foundered in a Sloop | | | | | |cruize off | | | | | |Havre. ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------

+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Cassandra, | May 13, 1807| 10 |Geo. Le Blanc | 35| 11 |By upsetting in | | | | | |a sudden squall | | | | | |off Bourdeaux. Capelin, | June 28, 1808| 6 |Josias Bray | 20| 1 |Sunken rock off Schooner | | | | | |entrance of | | | | | |Brest Harbor. Crane, | Oct. 26, 1808| 4 |Joseph | 20| None |Running on a Brig | | | Tindale | | |rock to the W. | | | | | |of the Hoe, | | | | | |Plymouth. Crescent | Dec. 5, 1808| 36 |John Temple |280| 220 |On the coast of | | | | | |Jutland, in a | | | | | |heavy gale. Carrier, | Jan. 24, 1808| 4 |W. Milner | 20| None |On a sand-bank Cutter | | | | | |near Boulogne. Carieux, |Sept. 25, 1809| 18 |Henry Geo. |110| None |Off Petit Sloop | | | Moysey | | |Terre, Island | | | | | |of Marigalante, | | | | | |West Indies. Contest | 1809| |John Gregory | | All |Foundered, as | | | | | |is supposed, | | | | | |in passage from | | | | | |America. Claudia, | Jan. 20, 1809| 10 |Anth. Bliss, | 42| None |Off Norway. Brig | | | W. Lord | | | Cuckoo, |April 4, 1810| 4 |Silas Hiscutt | 20| 2 |Haaks, off Brig | | | Paddon | | |Texel. Conflict, | Nov. 9, 1810| 10 |Joseph B. | 50| All |Foundered in Brig | | | Batt | | |the Bay of | | | | | |Biscay. Chichester | May, 2, 1811| |William Kirby | 88| 2 |In Madras | | | | | |Roads. Centinel, | Oct. 10, 1812| |W. Elletson | 45| None |North-east end Gun-boat | | | King | | |of the Island | | | | | |of Rugen, | | | | | |Baltic. Chubb, | Aug. 14, 1812| |Samuel | 20| All |Foundered near Gun-boat | | | Nisbett | | |Halifax. Calibre, | Aug. 23, 1813| 16 |John Thomson |100| None |In crossing the Sloop | | | | | |bar of Port | | | | | |Royal, Jamaica. Captain | Mar. 22, 1813| 74 |In Ordinary |590| None |Burnt in | | | | | |Hamoaze, | | | | | |Plymouth. Crane, |Sept. 30, 1814| 14 |Robert |121| All |Foundered in the Sloop | | | Stanley | | | West Indies. Cuttle, | 1814| 4 | | 20| All |Exact date Gun-boat | | | | | |unknown, on the | | | | | |Halifax Station. Cygnet, | 1815| 16 |Robert Russel |121| All |Date unknown, Sloop | | | | | |off the | | | | | |Courantine | | | | | |River. Comus | Nov. 4, 1816| 22 |J. John G. |175| None |Off Cape Pine, | | | Bremer | | |Newfoundland. Carron |July. 6, 1820| |John Furneaux |135| 19 |Four miles to | | | | | |the north of | | | | | |the Black | | | | | |Pagoda, Poorie. Confiance, |April 21, 1822| 18 |W.T. Morgan |100| |Between Moyin Sloop | | | | | |Head and Three | | | | | |Castle Head, | | | | | |Crookhaven. Columbine, | Jan. 25, 1824| 18 |Chas. Abbott |100| None |In the harbor Sloop | | | | | |of Port Longue, | | | | | |Island of | | | | | |Sapienza. Cynthian, | June 6, 1827| 6 |John White | 28| None |Off the Island Pack.-brig| | | | | |of Barbados. Cambrian | Jan. 31, 1828| 48 |G.W. Hamilton |275| None |Off Carabusa, | | | | | |Mediterranean, | | | | | |in attacking | | | | | |pirates. Contest, |April 14, 1828| 12 |Edw. | 50| All |On Halifax Gun-boat | | | Plaggenborg | | |Station. Calypso, | 1833| 6 |H. Peyton | 30| All |In passage from Packet | | | | | |Halifax to | | | | | |England. Challenger | May 19, 1835| 28 |Michael |160| 2 |Coast of | | | Seymour | | |Moquilla, | | | | | |Conception, | | | | | |Chili. Diomede | Aug. 2, 1795| 44 |Matthew Smith |294| |Striking on a | | | | | |sunken rock off | | | | | |Trincomalee. Deux Amis, | May 23, 1799| |Mr. Samuel | | None |In Great Chine, Schoon. | | | Wilson | | |Isle of Wight. Dromedary, | Aug. 10, 1800| 20 |Bridges W. |120| None |Parasol Rock, Store-sh. | | | Taylor | | |Island of | | | | | |Trinidad. Diligence | Oct. 8, 1800| 16 |Charles H.B. |121| None |On a shoal on | | | Ross | | |the coast of | | | | | |Havannah. Determinée | Mar. 25, 1803| 26 |Alexander |145| 19 |Striking on a | | | Becher | | |sunken rock off | | | | | |the Island of | | | | | |Jersey. Drake, | July 12, 1804| 14 |William King | 86| None |On a shoal off Sloop | | | | | |the Island of | | | | | |Nevis. De Ruyter | Sept. 4, 1804| 32 |Joseph |250| None |In a hurricane | | | Beckett | | |in Deep Bay, | | | | | |Antigua. Doris | Jan. 12, 1805| 36 |Patrick |264| None |On a sunken | | | Campbell | | |rock in | | | | | |Quiberon Bay. Dover, Mar. | Aug. 20, 1806| | | | |Burnt at Barr. | | | | | |Woolwich. Delphinen | Aug. 4, 1808 | 16 |Richard |100| None |On the | | | Harward | | |South-West part | | | | | |of Vieland, | | | | | |Holland. Delight, | Jan. 31, 1808| 16 |Phillip C. | 95| All |On the coast of Sloop | | | Handfield | | |Calabria. Defender, |Dec. 14, 1809 | 10 |John George | 50| None |Near Brig | | | Nops | | |Folkestone. Dominica, | Aug. 1809 | 10 |Charles Welsh | 65| 62 |Foundered near Brig | | | | | |Tortola. ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------