Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849
Chapter 29
+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Jupiter | Dec. 10, 1807| 50 |Hon. E. Reg. |343| None |Reef of rocks | | | Baker | | |in Vigo Bay. Java | 1807| 32 |Georg Pigot | | All |Foundered with | | | | | |Blenheim. Inveterate, | Feb. 18, 1807| 14 |George Norton | 50| 4 |Off Etables, Gun-boat | | | | | |France. Jackall, | May 29, 1807| 14 |Charles | 50| None |Near Calais. Gun-boat | | | Stewart | | | Ignition, | Feb. 19, 1807| |Phillip | 32| 28 |Wrecked off Fire-ship | | | Griffin | | |Dieppe. Jaspar, | Jan. 20, 1817| |Thomas Carew | 76| 72 |Rocks under Sloop | | | | | |Mount Batten, | | | | | |entrance of | | | | | |Catwater. Julia, | Oct. 2, 1817| |Jenkin Jones | 95| 55 |Off Tristan Brig | | | | | |d'Acunha, coast | | | | | |of Africa. Jasper, | Oct. 11, 1828| 10 |L.C. Rooke | 75| None |Grounded in Sloop | | | | | |running for | | | | | |Harbour of St. | | | | | |Maura. Jackdaw | Mar. 11, 1835| 4 |Edw. Burnett | 36| None |On reef off Old | | | | | |Providence. Kangaroo, | Dec. 18, 1828| 6 |Anthony de | 45| 1 |South-east of S.-vessel | | | Mayne | | |Reef of | | | | | |Hogsties. Leda | Dec. 11, 1796| 38 |John Woodley |264| 257 |Foundered by | | | | | |upsetting in a | | | | | |heavy gale, | | | | | |lat. 38° 8' | | | | | |long. 17° 40' Lively |April 12, 1798| 36 |Jas. N. |254| None |On Rosa Point, | | | Morris | | |near Cadiz. Lord |April 10, 1799| 26 |Edward |121| None |Arklow Bank, Mulgrave | | | Hawkins | | |Irish Channel. Lutine | Oct. 9, 1799| 32 |Lancelot |240| 1 |Off the Vlie | | | Skinner | | |Island, coast | | | | | |of Holland. Legère, | Feb. 2, 1801| 16 |Cornelius |121| None |Jamba Bay, east Sloop | | | Quinton | | |of Carthageua, | | | | | |S. America. Lowestoffe | Aug. 10, 1801| 32 |Robert. |215| None |On the Island | | | Plampin | | |of Great | | | | | |Heneaga, W. | | | | | |Indies. Leveret, | Nov. 10, 1807| 18 |Jas. L. |121| None |On the Albion Sloop | | | O'Connor | | |Shoal, Galloper | | | | | |Rock. Leda | Jan. 31, 1808| 32 |Robert |284| None |At the entrance | | | Honyman | | |of Milford | | | | | |Harbour. Lark, Sloop | Aug. 3, 1809| 18 |Robert |121| 3 |In a sudden | | | Nicholas | | |squall off | | | | | |Point Palenqua, | | | | | |Island of | | | | | |Domingo. Lively | Aug. 10, 1810| 38 |George |284| None |Point of | | | M'Kinley | | |Salina, | | | | | |South-east of | | | | | |Bay of St. | | | | | |Paul's, Malta. Laurel | Jan. 31, 1812| 38 |Samuel C. |300| None |On a sunken | | | Rowley | | |rock in | | | | | |Teigneuse | | | | | |Passage, | | | | | |Quiberon Bay. Laurestinus | Aug. 21, 1813| 24 |Thos. Graham |175| 1 |North end of | | | | | |the Island of | | | | | |Abaco, Halifax. Leopard, | June 28, 1814| |Edward | |Gr'ter|Near the Island Transport | | | Crofton | | part |of Anticosti, | | | | | saved|Gulf of St. | | | | | |Lawrence. Lizard, | July 24, 1843| 3 |Charles | 60| None |Off Carthagena, Steam-vessel| | | Postle | | |by being run | | | | | |foul of by a | | | | | |French | | | | | |man-of-war. Musquito, | 1795| |---- McCarty | 50| |Wrecked, date G.-boat | | | | | |unknown, on the | | | | | |coast of | | | | | |France. Malabar | Oct. 10, 1796| 54 |Thos. Parr |324| None |Foundered | | | | | |coming home | | | | | |from West | | | | | |Indies. Medusa, | Nov. 22, 1798| |Alexander |118| None |Drifting on Store-ship| | | Becher | | |shore in Rosier | | | | | |Bay, Gibraltar. Mastiff, | Jan. 5, 1800| |James Watson | 50| Many |In Cockle Gun-boat | | | | | |Sands, Yarmouth | | | | | |Roads. Marlborough | Nov. 4, 1800| 74 |Thomas |590| None |In the | | | Sotheby | | |Bervadeux | | | | | |Shoal, near | | | | | |L'Orient, | | | | | |France. Martin, | October, 1800| 16 |Hon. Matth. | 76| All |Foundered in Sloop | | | St. Clair | | |North Sea. Melenger | June 9, 1801| 16 |Hon. T. |215| None |In the | | | Bladen Capel | | |Westernmost | | | | | |Triangle, G. of | | | | | |Mexico. Minerve | July 2, 1803| 40 |Jaheel |294| None |On the western | | | Brenton | | |point of the | | | | | |Cones of | | | | | |Cherbourg. Magnificent |March 25, 1804| 74 |Wm. Henry |500| None |Wrecked near | | | Jervis | | |the Pierres | | | | | |Noires, Brest. Morne | Dec. 5, 1804| |John L. Dale | | None |On Crooked Fortunée | | | | | |Island, West | | | | | |Indies. Mallard, | Dec. 24, 1804| |John William | 50| None |Near Calais. Gun-boat | | | Miles | | | Martin, | 1806| 18 |Thomas Prouse |121| All |Date unknown. Sloop | | | | | |In passage | | | | | |to Barbadoes. Moueheron | 1807| |James Hawes |121| All |Wrecked, date | | | | | |unknown, in the | | | | | |Mediterranean. Maria, | 1807| 10 |John | 50| All |Foundered, date Gun-boat | | | Henderson | | |unknown, in | | | | | |West Indies. Melbrook, |March 25, 1808| 10 |James Leach | 50| None |On the Schooner | | | | | |Burlings. Muros |March 24, 1808| 24 |Archibald |155| None |At the entrance | | | Duff | | |of the Harbour | | | | | |of Bahia Honda, | | | | | |Cuba. ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------
+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Meleager | July 30, 1808| 36 |Fred. Warren |264| 4 |On Barebush | | | | | |Cay, Jamaica. Magnet, | Jan. 11, 1809| 18 |George Morris |121| None |In the Baltic. Sloop | | | | | | Morne | Jan. 9, 1809| 10 |John Brown | 65| 41 |Off Martinique. Fortunée, | | | | | | Bg. | | | | | | Minotaur | Dec. 22, 1810| 74 |John Barrett |640| 400 |On the North | | | | | |Haaks, Texel. Monkey, | Dec. 25, 1810| 10 |Thomas | 50| |Rocks at Bell Brig | | | Fitzgerald | | |Isle, France. Manilla | Jan. 28, 1812| 38 |John Joyce |274|8 men |On Haaks, | | | | | |Texel. Magnet, | 1812| 16 |F. Moore | 95| All |Foundered, date Sloop | | | Maurice | | |unknown, near | | | | | |Halifax. Magnet, | Aug. 4, 1814| 16 |G.I. | 90| None |Run on shore Sloop | | | Hawksworth | | |near Niagara. Martin, | Dec. 8, 1817| 18 |---- Mitchell |121| None |Western coast Sloop | | | | | |of Ireland. Magpie, | Aug. 27, 1826| 3 |Edward Smith | 35| 33 |Colorados Schooner | | | | | |Roads, Island | | | | | |of Cuba. Myrtle | April 3, 1829| 6 |Samuel Sism | 29| None |Western head of | | | | | |Ragged Island, | | | | | |Nova Scotia. Megoera | March 4, 1843| 2 |George | 60| 1 |On Bare Bush | | | Oldmixon | | |Cay. Mutine, | Dec, 21, 1848| 12 |J. Lewis |120| 5 |Reef near Sloop | | | Palmer | | |Palestrina, | | | | | |Adriatic. Narcissus | Oct. 3, 1796| 24 |Percy Fraser |155| None |On Sandy Key, | | | | | |near Nassua, | | | | | |New Providence. Nautilus | Feb. 2, 1799| 16 |Henry Gunter |121| None |Near | | | | | |Flamborough | | | | | |Head. Nassau | Oct. 24, 1799| 36 |George Tripp |250| 42 |Haaks Sand, in | | | | | |the Helder. Nautilus, | Jan. 4, 1807| 18 |Capt. Palmer |122| 58 |On Cerrigoto, Sloop | | | | | |a barren rock | | | | | |in the Levant. Netley, | July 10, 1808| 12 |Charles | 65| 56 |On the Leeward Schooner | | | Burman | | |Island Station. Nymphe | Dec. 18, 1810| 36 |Edward Sneyd |254| None |Wrecked off | | | Clay | | |Dunbar. Nimble, | Oct. 6, 1812| 10 |John Reynolds | 50| None |On Salo Beacon, Cutter | | | | | |coast of Sweden. Nimrod, | Jan. 14, 1827| 18 |---- |115| None |Driven on shore Sloop | | | Sparshott | | |in Holyhead Bay. Nightingale,| Feb. 17, 1829| 2 |George Wood | 31| None |On ground in Schoon. | | | | | |the Shingles. Nimble, | Dec. 4, 1834| 5 |Charles | 50| None |On reef between Schooner | | | Bolton | | |Key Verde and | | | | | |Old Bahama | | | | | |Channel. Orestes | Unknown, 1799| 16 |William |121| All |In a hurricane | | | Haggett | | |in the Indian | | | | | |Ocean. Orestes, | July 11, 1805| 14 |Thomas Brown | 80| None |Splinter Sand, Sloop | | | | | |Dunkerque. Orquino | Nov. 7, 1805| |Charles | | Many |In a sudden | | | Balderson | | |squall off Pt. | | | | | |Antonio, Jamaica. Orpheus | Jan. 23, 1807| 36 |Thomas Briggs |255| None |Running on | | | | | |shore at the | | | | | |entrance of | | | | | |Port Royal | | | | | |Harbour. Osprey, |March 11, 1846| 12 |Fred. Patten |110| None |At False Sloop | | | | | |Hokianga. Pigmy, | Dec. 16, 1793| 4 |A. Pullibank | 60| 10 |On the Cutter | | | | | |Motherbank. Placentia, | May 8, 1794| 4 |Alexander | | None |Saddle Back, Sloop | | | Sheppard | | |Marticot Island, | | | | | |N. America. Pylades, | Nov. 26, 1794| 16 |Thomas |125| None |Heraldswick Bay, Sloop | | | Twysden | | |Nest, Shetland. Port Royal |March 30, 1797| |Elias Man | | None |Running on shore | | | | | |near Cape St. | | | | | |Nicolas. Providence, | May 17, 1797| 14 |W.R. | 96| None |On a reef in Sloop | | | Broughton | | |the Pacific. Pandora | 1797| 14 |Samuel Mason | 75| All |In the North | | | | | |Sea. Date | | | | | |unknown. Pallas |April 4, 1798| 36 |Hon. Henry |254| None |On Mount Batten | | | Curzon | | |Point, Plymouth | | | | | |Sound. Pique | June 30, 1798| 32 |David Milne |250| None |Running on shore | | | | | |on the French | | | | | |coast, after | | | | | |action with the | | | | | |French frigate, | | | | | |La Seine. Proserpine | Feb. 1, 1799| 28 |James Wallis |195| 14 |On a sand-bank, | | | | | |near Newark | | | | | |Island, River | | | | | |Elbe. Proselyte | Sept, 2, 1801| 32 |Henry Whitly |215| None |On shoal, Isle | | | | | |of St. Martin, | | | | | |West Indies. Porpoise | Aug. 17, 1803| |Richard | | None |On a reef of | | | Fowler | | |coral, in the | | | | | |Pacific. Pigmy, | Aug. 9, 1805| 10 |William Smith | 60| None |On Sillet Rock, Cutter | | | | | |St. Aubyn Bay, | | | | | |Jersey. Pigeon | Dec. 1805| |John Luckraft | | None |Running on | | | | | |sand-bank, off | | | | | |Texel. Papillon, | 1806 | 18 |William |121| |Foundered in Sloop | | | Woolsey | | |Jamaica station, | | | | | |exact date | | | | | |unknown. Pert, Sloop | Oct. 16, 1807| 14 |Donald | 70| 10 |Driven on shore | | | Campbell | | |in a hurricane, | | | | | |Island of | | | | | |Mucarva, Spanish | | | | | |Main. Prospero, | Feb. 18, 1807| 10 |William King | 67| All |Foundered in Bomb | | | | | |the North Sea. Pigmy, | March 2, 1807| 10 |Geo. M. | 60| None |Off Rochefort. Cutter | | | Higginson | | | ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------