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

Chapter 30

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+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Pickle, | June 27, 1808| 10 |Moses | 40| None |On the Chipiona Schooner | | | Cannadey | | |Shoal, Cadiz. Proselyte, | Dec. 5, 1808| 12 |James Hy. | 78| None |On Anholt Reef, Bomb | | | Lyford | | | Anholt Island. Primrose, | Jan. 22, 1809| 18 |James Mein |121| 120 |On the Manacle Sloop | | | | | |Rocks, near | | | | | |Falmouth. Pelter, | Dec. 1809| 10 |William | 50| None |Foundered in Brig | | | Evelyn | | |passage from | | | | | |Halifax to | | | | | |Leeward Islands. Pigeon | Jan. 15, 1809| |Richard Cox | | 2 |Off Kingsgate | | | | | |Point, near | | | | | |Margate. Pallas | Dec. 18, 1810| 32 |George Paris |215| 11 |Wrecked off | | | Monke | | |Dunbar. Pandora, | May 13, 1811| 18 |John Ferguson |121| 29 |On the Skaw Sloop | | | | | |Reef, Kategat. Pomone | Oct. 14, 1811| 38 |Robert Barrie | 84| None |On a sunken rock | | | | | |in the Needles. Porgey, | 1812| |Name Unknown | 20| All |Foundered, date Gun-boat | | | | | |unknown, in the | | | | | |West Indies. Persian, | June 26, 1813| 18 |Charles |121| All |On the Silver Sloop | | | Bertram | | |Keys, West | | | | | |Indies. Peacock, | Aug. 1814| 18 |Richard Coote |121| All |Off the southern Sloop | | | | | |coast of the | | | | | |United States. Penelope | | 36 |James |284| |To the east of | | | Galloway | | |Magdalen River, | | | | | |Lower Canada. Phoenix | Feb. 20, 1816| 36 |Charles John |284| None |Near Smyrna. | | | Austin | | | Partridge | Nov. 27, 1825| 10 |G. Younge | 75| None |Stranded at the | | | | | |mouth of the | | | | | |Texel. Parthian, | May 15, 1828| 10 |Fred. Hotham | 75| None |Stranded 16 Sloop | | | | | |miles to the | | | | | |westward of | | | | | |Mayabout, Egypt. Pincher, |March 6, 1838| 5 |F. Hope | 40| All |In a squall off | | | | | |the Owers. Queen | Mar. 17, 1800|110 |Andrew Todd |859| 673 |Burnt by Charlotte| | | | | |accident off | | | | | |Leghorn. Rose | June 28, 1794| 28 |Matthew H. |200| None |Rocky Point, | | | Scott | | |Jamaica. Reunion | Dec. 7, 1797| |W. Henry |249| A few|In the Swim. | | | Baynton | | | Resolution, | Unknown, 1797| |W. Huggett | 60| All |Foundered at sea. Cutter | | | | | | Raven, | Feb. 3, 1798| 16 |John W.T. |121| None |On a sand-bank, Sloop | | | Dixon | | |Cuxhaven, in | | | | | |the Elbe. Rover | June 23, 1798| 14 |George Irvine | 80| None |Running on | | | | | |shore on coast | | | | | |of Cape Breton. Resistance | July 24, 1798| 44 |Edward |294| 290 |Blown up in the | | | Pakenham | | |Straits of Banca. Repulse | Mar. 10, 1800| 64 |James Alms |491| 3 |Saints, Coast of | | | | | |France. Railleur, | May 16, 1800| 14 |John Raynor | 76| All |Foundered in the | | | | | |Channel. Requiem, | Feb. 1, 1801| 12 |James Fowell | 59| None |On rocks in Brig | | | | | |Quiberon Bay. Resistance | May 31, 1803| 36 |Hon. P. |264| None |Running on Wodehouse | | | Wodehouse | | |rocks near Cape | | | | | |St. Vincent. Raven, | Jan. 5, 1804| 14 |Spelman | 86| None |Ran on shore, Sloop | | | Swaine | | |near Mayara | | | | | |Bay, Sicily. Romney | Nov. 10, 1804| 50 |Hon. John |343| None |In the Haaks, | | | Colville | | |near the Texel. Raven, | Jan. 30, 1805| 18 |William |121| None |In Cadiz Bay. Sloop | | | Layman | | | Redbridge, | Feb. 26, 1805| 10 |F. Blower | 60| None |Foundered in Schooner | | | Gibbs | | |Pedro Bay, | | | | | |Jamaica. Redbreast, | Feb. 24, 1807| 14 |J. Bayley | 50| None |Running on Gun-boat | | | Harrison | | |shore at the | | | | | |Needles. Rhodian, | Feb. 2, 1813| 14 |John George | 76| None |On Little Plumb Sloop | | | Boss | | |Point, Port | | | | | |Royal, Jamaica. Racer, | Oct. 10, 1814| 14 |H.F.G. Pogson |178| None |In the Gulf of Schooner | | | | | |Florida. Racehorse | Dec. 14, 1822| 18 |Benjamin |125| 5 |Ran on Langness | | | Suckling | | |Point, Isle of | | | | | |Man. Redwing | 1827| 18 |D.C. |125| All |Near Mataceney, | | | Clavering | | |coast of Africa | | | | | |(supposed). Recruit, | 1832| 10 |T. Hodges | 52| All |Supposed to be Gun-brig | | | | | |lost in a | | | | | |hurricane off | | | | | |Bermuda. Rapid, Brig | Apr. 12, 1838| 10 |Hn. G.S.V. | 50|Commr.|Off Cape Biso, | | | Kinnaird | | |Mediterranean. Spitfire, | Feb. 1794| 16 |J.W. Rich |125| All |Foundered or Sloop | | | | | |upset off St. | | | | | |Domingo. Scourge, | Nov. 7, 1795| |W. Stap | 30| None |On Penconsand, Gun-boat | | | | | |coast of | | | | | |Friesland. Salisbury | May 10, 1796| 50 |William |343| None |On the Isle of | | | Mitchell | | |Ash, West | | | | | |Indies. St. Pierre | Feb. 12, 1796| |Christopher | | None |Rocks off Point | | | Paule | | |Negroe. Spider, | April 4, 1796| |J. Oswald | | None |Running foul Hired Lug | | | | | |of the Ramilies. Swift, | Unknown| 16 |Thomas |121| All |In the China Sloop | | | Hayward | | |seas | | | | | |(foundered), | | | | | |all perished, | | | | | |date unknown. Sceptre | Nov. 5, 1799| 64 |Valentine |491| 438 |In Table Bay, | | | Edwards | | |Cape of Good | | | | | |Hope. Stag | Sept. 6, 1800| 36 |Robert |271| None |In Vigo Bay. | | | Winthrop | | | ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------

+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Scout | Mar. 25, 1801| 16 |Henry Duncan |121| None |Running on | | | | | |Shingles in | | | | | |British Channel. Sensible, | March 3, 1802| 16 |Robert Sauce |155| None |Stranded to Troop-Ship| | | | | |southward of | | | | | |Moeltiva, | | | | | |Trincomalee. Seine | July 23, 1803| 28 |David Milne |284| None |Runing on | | | | | |sand-bank, off | | | | | |Schelling Island, | | | | | |Texel. Suffisante, | Dec. 25, 1803| 14 |Gilbert | 86| None |Off Spike Sloop | | | Healthcote | | |Island, Cork | | | | | |Harbour. Shannon | Dec. 10, 1803| 36 |Edward L. |264| None |In a gale, | | | Gower | | |under the | | | | | |batteries near | | | | | |Cape La Hogue. Starling, | Dec. 24, 1804| |George | 50| None |Near Calais. Gun-brig | | | Skottowe | | | Severn | Dec. 20, 1804| 32 |Duke de |224| None |In Gronville | | | Bouillon | | |Bay, Jersey. Sheerness | Jan. 8, 1805| 44 |Lord G. |294| 2 |In a hurricane | | | Stuart | | |off Trincomalee. Seagull | 1805| 18 |Henry Burke |121| All |Foundered. Serpent, | 1806| 18 |John Waller |121| All |Foundered in Sloop | | | | | |Jamaica station. Seaforth, | Feb. 1806| 14 |George Steel | | All |Foundered on Gun-brig | | | | | |the Leeward | | | | | |Island station. Subtle | Oct. 26, 1807| |W. Dower | | None |On a reef of | | | | | |rocks, near | | | | | |Somerset Island, | | | | | |Bermuda. Speedwell, | Feb. 18, 1807| |L.W. | 60| All |Foundered off Cutter | | | Robertson | | |Dieppe. Snipe, | 1807| 14 | | 50| |Near Gun-brig | | | | | |Lowestoffe. Sparkler, | Jan. 29, 1808| 10 |Sam. Akid | 50| 14 |On a reef, S.W. Gun-brig | | | Dennis | | |of the Island | | | | | |of Schelling, | | | | | |Holland. Sacorman | Dec. 23, 1808| |Andrew Duncan | | 1 |Foundered in | | | | | |Baltic. Solebay | July 11, 1809| 32 |E.H. |215| None |Coast of | | | Columbine | | |Africa. Scalark, | June 18, 1809| 4 |James Proctor | 20| |In the North Brig | | | | | |Sea. Satellite, | Dec. 1810| 16 |Willoughby | 95| All |In the Channel. Sloop | | | Berkie | | | Saldanha | Dec. 4, 1811| 36 |Hon. W. |274| All |Off | | | Pakenham | | |Loughswilly, | | | | | |Ireland. Shamrock, | Feb. 25, 1811| 10 |W. Parsons | 40| 1 |On Cape Brig | | | Croke | | |Sta-Maria. St. George | Dec. 24, 1811| 98 |R. Carthew |738| 731 |Off the Coast | | | Reynolds, R. | | |of Jutland. | | | Adm., Daniel | | | | | | O. Guion, | | | | | | Captain | | | Skylark, | May 3, 1812| 16 |James Boxer | 95| None |Between Etaples, Sloop | | | | | |& Cape Grisnez, | | | | | |France. Southampton | Nov. 27, 1812| 32 |Sir James |215| None |Sunken rock off | | | Lucas Yeo | | |Island of | | | | | |Conception, | | | | | |Jamaica. Sarpedon, | Jan. 1, 1813| 10 |Thomas Parker | 76| All |Foundered. Sloop | | | | | | Subtle, | Nov. 30, 1812| 10 |Charles Brown | 50| All |Foundered off Schooner | | | | | |St. | | | | | |Bartholomew's, | | | | | |West Indies. Statira | Feb. 27, 1815| 38 |Spelman |315| None |On a sunken rock | | | Swaine | | |off the S.E. | | | | | |Point of the | | | | | |Great Macque, | | | | | |West Indies. Sylph, | Jan. 17, 1815| 18 |George |121| 115 |On Southampton Sloop | | | Dickens | | |Bar, North | | | | | |America. Success | Nov. 29, 1829| 28 | | 61| All |In Cockburn | | | | | |Sound. Spey, Packet| | |---- James | | |In passage to | | | | | |Havanna. Skipjack, | | 3 |H. Wright | 40| | Schooner | | | | | | Spitfire, |Sept. 10, 1842| 6 |H.E.S. | 53| None |On the St.-vessel| | | Winthrop | | |Lighthouse Reef, | | | | | |British | | | | | |Honduras. Skylark, |April 25, 1845| 2 |Geo. Morris | 50| None |Ran on shore, Brig | | | | | |Kemeridge, | | | | | |Isle of Wight. Snake | Aug. 29, 1817| 14 |T. Bourncaster|130| None |On a reef, | | | Brown | | |Coast of Africa, | | | | | |5 miles from | | | | | |Mozambique. Thetis | | |A.F. Cochrane | | None |Forty-four | | | | | |miles south of | | | | | |Cape Henry. Trompeuse, | July 15, 1796| 14 |J. Rowley |106| None |On Dudley Sloop | | | Watson | | |Point, Kinsale. Tartar | July 1, 1797| 28 |Hon. G. |195| None |Coming out of | | | Elphinstone | | |Port Plate, | | | | | |St. Domingo. Tribune | Nov. 16, 1797| 32 |Scory Barker |244| 238 |Off Halifax, | | | | | |Nova Scotia. Trompeuse, | May 16, 1800| 16 |Peter | 86| 83 |Supposed to Sloop | | | Robinson | | |have foundered | | | | | |in Channel. Tartarus | Dec. 20, 1804| 10 |Thomas | 67| 1 |On Margate | | | Withers | | |Sands. Tartar | Aug. 18, 1811| 32 |Joseph Baker |254| None |On a sand in | | | | | |the Baltic. Thistle, | Mar. 6, 1811| 10 |George | 50| |Near New York. Cutter | | | McPherson | | | Tweed, |Nov. 5, 1813 | 18 |William |121| 61 |In Shoal Bay, Sloop | | | Mather | | | Newfoundland. ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------

+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- | | | Commanding |No.|Number| Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost. Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.| ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+--------------- Tay | Nov. 11, 1816| 20 |Samuel |135| None |On the Isles | | | Roberts | | |Alacranes, Gulf | | | | | |of Mexico. Telegraph, | Jan. 20, 1817| |John Little | 50| None |Rocks under Schooner | | | | | |Mount Batten, | | | | | |entrance of | | | | | |Catwater. Thetis | Dec. 5, 1830| 46 |Samuel |275| 16 |Off Cape Frio. | | | Burgess | | | Tribune | Nov. 28, 1839| 20 |C. Hamlyn |190| None |Off Port of | | | Williams | | |Tarragona. Thunderbolt,| Feb. 3, 1847| 6 |Alex. Boyle |148| None |Cape Recife, St.-ves. | | | | | |Algoa Bay. Undaunted | Aug. 31, 1796| 38 |Robert |286| None |Morant Keys, | | | Winthrop | | |West Indies. Vanceau, | Oct. 21, 1796| |John Gourly | 60| |Running on Cutter | | | | | |sunken rock, | | | | | |Port Ferrajo, | | | | | |Elba. Viper | Jan. 2, 1797| |H. Harding | | All |Off the | | | Parker | | |Shannon. Urchin, | 1800| |T. Pearson |120| 116 |In tow of the | | | Croasdale | | |Hector, in | | | | | |Tetuan Bay. Utile, | Nov. 1801| 14 |Edward Jekyl | 76| All |Foundered in a | | | Canes | | |gale in passage | | | | | |from Gibraltar | | | | | |to Malta. Venerable | Nov. 24, 1804| 74 |John Hunter |590| None |In Torbay. Volador, | Oct. 22, 1808| 18 |Francis G. |121| 1 |Near Cape Sloop | | | Dickens | | |Arrekla, Spanish | | | | | |Man. Unique, | May 31, 1809| 10 |Thomas | 65| |Burnt at Basse Brig | | | Fellowes | | |Terre, | | | | | |Guadaloupe. Union, | May 17, 1828| |C. Madden | 32| None |On a reef off Schooner | | | | | |the East End of | | | | | |Rose Island, | | | | | |West Indies. Victor | 1843| 16 |Charles Otway |130| All |In a passage | | | | | |from Vera Cruz | | | | | |to Halifax. Weazel, | Jan. 12, 1799| 14 |Hon. Henry | 86| 85 |In Barnstaple Sloop | | | Grey | | |Bay. Weazel, | Feb. 29, 1804| 12 |William | 70| None |On Cabreta Sloop | | | Layman | | |Point, | | | | | |Gibraltar Bay. Woodlark | Nov. 13, 1805| 14 |Thos. Innes | 50| None |Near Calais. Wolfe, | Sept. 4, 1806| 18 |G.C. |121| None |On Heneaga, one Sloop | | | Mackenzie | | |of the Bahama | | | | | |Islands. Woodcock, | Feb. 13, 1807| 10 |I.C. Smith | 18| None |West of Villa Schooner | | | Collett | | |Franca, Saint | | | | | |Michael's. Wagtail, | Feb. 13, 1807| 10 |William | 18| None |West of Villa Schooner | | | Cullis | | |Franca, Saint | | | | | |Michael's. Widgeon, |April 20, 1808| 6 |George Elliot | 20| None |On a reef of Schooner | | | | | |rocks, near | | | | | |Banff. Wildbear, | Feb. 15, 1810| 10 |Thomas Burton | 76| 12 |On the Rundel Sloop | | | | | |Stone, Scilly | | | | | |Islands. Woolwich |Sept. 11, 1813| 20 |Thos. Ball |135| |Off Barbuda, | | | Sullivan | | |West Indies. Whiting, |Sept. 21, 1816| 14 |John Jackson | 50| None |Near Dunbar. Schooner | | | | | | Wolf, Sloop | Mar. 10, 1830| 18 |Robt. Russell,|116| None |Off Isle of | | | Esq. | | |Wight (Brock). York | Jan. 1803| 64 |Henry Mitford |491| All |Foundered in | | | | | |the North Sea. Zenobia | 1806| |Name unknown | | All |Wrecked, exact | | | | | |date unknown, | | | | | |on the Coast | | | | | |of Florida. Zebra, Brig | 1841| 16 |J.S. Shepperd |115| None |In the Levant. ------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------