HMS Cracker was an Acute-class gunbrig, launched in 1797. She was sold in 1802. Lieutenant Thomas Aitkinson commissioned Cracker in May 1797. On 28 August...
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Five vessels named HMS Cracker have served the Royal Navy. A sixth was ordered but the order was cancelled. HMS Cracker (1797) was an Acute-class gun-brig...
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Launched on 21 May 1797, GB No. 21 was renamed HMS Defender on 7 August the same year. She was a 12-gun Courser-class gun-brig built for the British Royal...
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frigate HMS Hydra (1797), a 38-gun fifth rate HMS Hydra (1838), a wooden steam paddle sloop Hydra-class sloop, a class of British steam sloops HMS Hydra...
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HMS Tigress was a Courser-class gun-brig built for the British Royal Navy at King's Lynn, and laid down in 1797 as GB No. 45; she was renamed Tigress...
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Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7. Media related to HMS Naiad (ship, 1797) at Wikimedia Commons Woodland Trust website – Naiad Wood HMS Naiad Association...
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Society for the Years 1893–1895 Vol. 19, pp. 118–135. HMS Tribune's career and sinking "HMS Tribune - 1797" Nova Scotia Museum On the Rocks Shipwreck Database...
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fishermen were given a reward for their valour. On November 24, 1797, the frigate HMS Tribune ran aground on nearby shoals. Only 12 of the ship's 250...
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December and HMS Jason captured the transport Suffren shortly afterwards, although the French frigate Tartu recaptured Suffren. On 5 January 1797 Polyphemus...
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French brig Brave (1793) (redirect from HMS Insolent (1793))
April 1798. The British Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Arrogante, but renamed her HMS Insolent some four months later. She was sold in June 1818...
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