HMS Monkey was a schooner of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1826 at Jamaica and assigned to the West Indies squadron. She made three notable captures...
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paddle tug. HMS Monkey (1826) was a schooner assigned to the West Indies squadron, launched 1826 and wrecked in 1831 near Tampico. HMS Monkey (1831) was...
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HMS Magpie was a 4-gun Magpie-class schooner of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Jamaica in June 1826 as the lead ship of the class. Her design was...
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her in 1826. The navy sold Assiduous on 5 May 1825. Vice Admiral Lawrence Halsted, Commander-in-Chief, West Indies, ordered HMS Magpie and Monkey built...
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HMS Nimble was a Royal Navy 5-gun schooner-of-war. She was employed in anti-slave trade patrol from 1826 until 1834, when she was wrecked on a reef with...
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HMS Bellerophon, known to sailors as the "Billy Ruffian", was a ship of the line of the Royal Navy. A third-rate of 74 guns, she was launched in 1786...
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USS Constitution (section HMS Cyane and HMS Levant)
she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...
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HMS Superb was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, and the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was launched on 19 March 1798 from...
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List of single-ship actions (redirect from HMS Hussar (1780))
Voladora 1829, June 26 – HMS Monkey captures Midas 1830, September 7 – HMS Primrose captures Veloz Passagera (details) 1832, June 3 – HMS Speedwell captures...
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captured on 31 March 1823, and took into service. The Navy sold HMS Renegade in January 1826. Zaragozana may originally have been a slaver, or a privateer...
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