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

Chapter 28

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+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Diana, | May 1810| 10 |Wm. | 50| None |At the Island Cutter | | | Kempthorne | | |of Rodrigue, | | | | | |East Indies. Dover | May 2, 1811| 38 |Edward Tucker |300| 2 |In Madras | | | | | |Roads. Defence | Dec. 24, 1811| 74 |David Atkins |593| 587 |Off the coast | | | | | |of Jutland. Dædalus | July 2, 1813| 38 |Murray |315| None |Off Island of Dart, | | | Maxwell | | |Ceylon. Cutter | 1814| 10 |Thomas Allen | 40| |Foundered, date | | | | | |unknown. Dominica, | Aug. 15, 1815| 14 |Richard | | |Near Bermuda. Schooner | | | Cranford | | | Drake, | June 20, 1822| |Charles Baker | 76|Cmdr.&|Off the Sloop | | | | |others|coast of | | | | | |Newfoundland. Delight | Feb. 23, 1824| 10 |Robert Hay | 75| All |In a hurricane | | | | | |at the | | | | | |Mauritius. Dwarf | Mar. 3, 1824| 10 |Nicholas | 60| 1 |Ran against the | | | Gould | | |Pier in | | | | | |Kingstown | | | | | |Harbour. Etrusco, | Aug. 23, 1798| 26 |George |125| None |Foundered in Store-ship| | | Reynolds | | |the West | | | | | |Indies. Espion | Nov. 17, 1799| 18 |Jonas Rose | | None |In Goodwin | | | | | |Sands. Ethalion | Dec. 25, 1799| 38 |John Clark |284| None |On the | | | Searle | | |Saints. Explosion, |Sept. 10, 1807| 10 |Edward Elliot | 57| None |On a reef near Bomb | | | | | |Sandy Island, | | | | | |Heligoland. Elizabeth, | 1807| 12 |John Sedley | 55| All |Foundered, date Schooner | | | | | |unknown, in | | | | | |West Indies. Electra, | Mar. 23, 1808| 16 |George | 95| None |On a reef at Sloop | | | Trolloppe | | |the entrance of | | | | | |Port Augusta, | | | | | |Sicily. Ephira, | Dec. 26, 1811| 14 |Thomas | 76| None |On Cochinos Sloop | | | Everard | | |Rocks, in | | | | | |passage | | | | | |between Cadiz | | | | | |and Tarifa. Encounter, | July 11, 1812| 10 |S.H. Talbot | 60| |Attempting to Brig | | | | | |cut out some | | | | | |vessels, on the | | | | | |coast of Spain. Emulous, | Aug. 2, 1812| 18 |W. Howe |121| None |Ragged Island, Sloop | | | Mulcaster | | |Nova Scotia. Exertion, | July 8, 1812| |James Murray | 60| None |In the Elbe. Gun-boat | | | | | | Elizabeth, | Oct. 1814| 10 |Jonathan W. | 35| |Upsetting in Schooner | | | Dyer | | |chase of an | | | | | |American | | | | | |Privateer. Fleche | Nov. 12, 1795| 14 |Charles Came | | None |Reef of Rocks | | | | | |off Fernelli | | | | | |Tower, Saint | | | | | |Fiorenzo's Bay, | | | | | |Mediterranean. Fortune, | June 15, 1797| 14 |Valentine | 86| |Ran on shore Sloop | | | Collard | | |near Toreiro, | | | | | |coast of | | | | | |Portugal. Fox |Sept. 18, 1799| 32 |James |215| None |In St. George's | | | Wooldridge | | |Sound, Gulf of | | | | | |Mexico. Fulminante, | Mar. 24, 1801| 10 |Robert | 60| None |Drifted on Cutter | | | Corbett | | |Shore at La | | | | | |Cruelle, coast | | | | | |of Egypt. Forte | Jan. 28, 1801| 50 |Lucius F. |343| None |On a sunken | | | Hardyman | | |rock in the | | | | | |harbour of | | | | | |Jedda, Red Sea. Fly, | Jan. 1802| 16 |Thomas Duval |121| All |Foundered, | | | | | |date unknown, | | | | | |coast of | | | | | |Newfoundland. Fearless, | Jan. 19, 1804| |Richard | 50| 1 |Driven on shore Gun-boat | | | Williams | | |in Cawsand Bay. Firebrand, | Oct. 13, 1804| |William | 18| 1 |Off Dover. Fire-ship | | | Maclean | | | Fly, | Mar. 3, 1805 | 18 |Pownole |121| None |On the Sloop | | | Bastard | | |Carysfort, | | | Pellew | | |Reef, Gulf of | | | | | |Florida. Felix, | Jan. 23, 1807| 18 |Robert Clarke | 60| 57 |In St. Andero Schooner | | | | | |Bay. Firefly | Oct. 17, 1807| |Thomas Price | | All |Foundered in a | | | | |except|hurricane off | | | | |Surg &|the Spanish | | | | |3 men.|Main. Flora | Jan. 19, 1803| 36 |Loftus Otway |264| 9 |On the coast of | | | Bland | | |Holland. Flying Fish,| Dec. 15, 1808| 2 |J. Glassford | 50| None |On reef to Schooner | | | Gooding | | |eastward of | | | | | |Point Salines, | | | | | |St. Domingo. Fama, | Dec. 23, 1808| |Chas. Topping | | 2 |On Bornholm, Sloop | | | | | |Baltic. Foxhound, | Aug. 31, 1809| 18 |James |121| All |Foundered on Sloop | | | Mackenzie | | |her return from | | | | | |Halifax. Fleche, | May 24, 1810 | 16 |George Hewson | 86| None |On the Sloop | | | | | |Shaarhorn Sand, | | | | | |off Newark, | | | | | |Elbe. Fleur | Dec. 29, 1810| |John | 40| None |Foundered in de la Mer | | | Alexander | | |lat. 15° 15' | | | | | |long. 71° 2'. Firm, | June 28, 1811| 10 |John Little | 50| None |On a bank off Brig | | | | | |the coast of | | | | | |France. Fancy, | Dec. 24, 1811| |Alexander | 50| All |In the Baltic Gun-boat | | | Sinclair | | |(foundered.) ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------

+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Fly, Sloop | Feb. 28, 1812| 16 |Henry Higman | 95| None |On Anholt Reef. Fearless | Dec. 8, 1812 | 10 |Henry L. | 50| None |Rocks off St. | | | Richards | | |Sebastian. Ferret, | Jan. 7, 1813 | 18 |Fred. Alex. |121| None |On Newbiggin Sloop | | | Halliday | | |Point, | | | | | |Northumberland. Fantôme, | Nov. 24, 1814| 18 |Thomas Sykes |121| None |On rocks near Sloop | | | | | |Prospect | | | | | |Harbour, Nova | | | | | |Scotia. Fury | Aug. 1, 1825 | |H.P. Hoppner | 75| None |In Regent's | | | | | |Inlet. Firefly, | Feb. 27, 1835| 5 |Julius | 50|A few |Reef near Schooner | | | McDonnell | | |Belize. Fairy | 1841| 6 |William | 63| All |Foundered in | | | Hewett | | |the North Sea. Garnet | Jan. 7, 1798| |James Clark | | None |On a reef off | | | | | |Cape François. Garland | July 26, 1798| 28 |James Athol |195| None |Coast of | | | Wood | | |Madagascar. Grampus, | Jan. 19, 1799| 20 |John Hall |155| None |Near Woolwich. Store-ship| | | | | | Galgo | Oct. 9, 1800| |Thomas | | 25 |Upset in a | | | Forrest | |saved |squall, in lat. | | | | | |21° long. 61° | | | | | |west. Grappler, | Dec. 20, 1803| |Abel Wantn. | 50| None |On the Isle de Gun-boat | | | Thomas | | |Chausey, | | | | | |Jersey. Garland |Sept. 10, 1803| 24 |Frederick |135| None |Caracol Reef, | | | Cotterell | | |off St. | | | | | |Domingo. Georgiana, |Sept. 25, 1804| |Joshua | | None |On a sand-bank G.-boat | | | Kneeskarn | | |near Harfleur. Griper | Feb. 18, 1807| 10 |Edward Morris | 50| All |Off Ostend. Greyhound | Oct. 11, 1808| 32 |Hon. W. |215| 1 |On the coast of | | | Pakenham | | |Lemonia. Glommen, | Nov. 1809| 18 |Charles |100| None |In Carlisle Sloop | | | Pickford | | |Bay, Barbados. Guachapin, | July 7, 1811| 10 |Michael | | None |On Rat Island, Brig | | | Jenkins | | |Antigua. Grouper, | Oct. 21, 1811| 4 |James Atkins | 40| None |Off Guadaloupe. Brig | | | | | | Goshawk, |Sept. 21, 1813| 16 |Hon. W.J. | 95| None |To the eastward Sloop | | | Napier | | |of the Mole | | | | | |Head, | | | | | |Barcelona. Hussar | Dec. 24, 1796| 28 |James Colnett |195| None |In a gale of | | | | | |wind to the | | | | | |westward of the | | | | | |Island of Bass, | | | | | |France. Helena, | Nov. 3, 1796 | 14 |Jeremiah J. | 86| All |On the coast of Sloop | | | Symons | | |Holland. Hamadryad | Dec. 24, 1797| 36 |Thomas |264| None |Blown on shore | | | Elphinstone | | |in Algier Bay. Hermes | Jan. 1797| 14 |William Malso | 76| All |Place unknown. Hunter, | Dec. 27, 1797| 14 |Tudor Tucker | 80| 75 |Wrecked on Hog Sloop | | | | | |Island, off | | | | | |Virginia. Hound, |Sept. 26, 1800| 16 |Wm. Jas. |235| None |Near Shetland. Sloop | | | Turquand | | | Harwich | Nov. 9, 1801| 16 |Phillip |121| None |In St. Aubin's | | | Bartholomew | | |Bay, Jersey. Hindostan, | Mar. 20, 1804| 20 |John Le Gros |140| 3 |Burnt in Bay of Store-sh | | | | | |Rosas. Hussar | Feb. 8, 1804| 38 |Philip |284| None |On the Saintes | | | Wilkinson | | |in the Bay of | | | | | |Biscay. Hawke, | May, 1805| 14 |James Tippet | 96| All |Foundered in Sloop | | | | | |the Channel. Heureux | 1806| 24 |John Morrison |155| All |Foundered, date | | | | | |unknown, in | | | | | |passage from | | | | | |West Indies to | | | | | |Halifax. Hirondelle, | Feb. 23, 1808| 12 |Joseph Kidd | 50| 46 |On shore the cutter | | | | | |coast of | | | | | |Barbary. Harrier, | 1809| 18 |Thomas B. |121| All |Foundered, date Sloop | | | Ridge | | |unknown, in the | | | | | |East Indies. Hero | Dec. 24, 1811| 74 |J. Newman |590| All |Off the coast | | | Newman | | |of Jutland. Halcyon, | May 19, 1814| 14 |J. Houlton |121| None |On reef of Sloop | | | Marshall | | |rocks in | | | | | |Annatto Bay, | | | | | |Jamaica. Holly, | Jan. 29, 1814| 10 |S. Sharpe | 50| 44 |Off St. Schooner | | | Treacher | | |Sebastian. Herring, | 1814| 4 |John Murray | 20| All |Exact date Gun-boat | | | | | |unknown, in the | | | | | |Halifax station. Illustrious | Mar. 17, 1795| 74 |Thomas L. |600| None |In a gale of | | | Frederick | | |wind on rocks | | | | | |near Avenga. Jason | Oct. 13, 1798| 38 |Chas. |284| None |Unknown rock | | | Stirling | | |near Brest. Impregnable | Oct. 19, 1799| 74 |Jonathan |190| None |Striking on | | | Faulknor | | |Chichester | | | | | |Shoals. Invincible | Mar. 16, 1801| 74 |John Rennie |590| 464 |Ranon Hammond's | | | | | |Knowl, near | | | | | |Yarmouth. Iphigenia | June 20, 1801| 20 |Hayard | 60| None |Burnt by | | | Stackpool | | |accident in | | | | | |Aboukir Bay. Jason | July 24, 1801| 36 |Hon. J. |264| None |On a rock not | | | Murray | | |laid down in | | | | | |the Charts, | | | | | |entrance of St. | | | | | |Malocs. Julia | Jan. 21, 1805| |James Harley | | None |On Castle Rocks | | | | | |at the entrance | | | | | |of Dartmouth | | | | | |Harbour. Imogene, | Mar. 12, 1805| 18 |Henry Vaughan |121| None |Foundered in Sloop | | | | | |passage from | | | | | |Leeward Islands. ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------