HMS Guachapin was a brig, the former Spanish letter of marque Guachapin, launched at Bayonne in 1800, which the British captured early in 1800 and took...
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privateer brig that the British captured in 1800. She served with the Royal Navy as the 22-gun post ship HMS Heureux. She captured numerous French and Spanish...
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List of single-ship actions (redirect from HMS Hussar (1780))
privateer Mouche 1801, August 18 – HMS Guachapin captures Spanish letter of marque Theresa 1801, September 25 – HMS Pickle has an inconclusive engagement...
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in 1800 or 1801, Sans Pareil captured Guachapin, which the British took into service under that name. The London Gazette reports that on 9 April 1800, Sans...
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Destiny, Amherst, U. Mass., 1972, p. 118 Letter from Newton Fowell, midshipman HMS Sirius, to John Fowell, 12 July 1788. Cited in Irvine (ed.) 1988, p.81 Hīroa...
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HMS Defence was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 31 March 1763 at Plymouth...
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HMS Tartar was a 32-gun fifth-rate Narcissus-class frigate of the Royal Navy, built at Frindsbury and launched in 1801. She captured privateers on the...
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Ocean was an East Indiaman, launched in 1800, that made four trips for the Honourable East India Company. She is most famous for her participation, in...
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French frigate Franchise (1797) (redirect from HMS Franchise)
two years in the Quasi War.) During the action of 4 August 1800, off Rio de Janeiro, HMS Belliqueux captured Concorde and Landolphe, and the East Indiamen...
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private cargo at a charge. First commanded by Captain William Baker, in 1800, Lieutenant William Earle of the Provincial Marine took over. In 1811, Toronto...
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