Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly
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William O. S. Gilly >> Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849
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| | | Commanding |No.|Number|
Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost.
Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.|
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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 deg. 8'
| | | | | |long. 17 deg. 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.
Legere, | 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
Fortunee | | | | | |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.
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| | | Commanding |No.|Number|
Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost.
Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.|
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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.
Fortunee, | | | | | |
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 | | |
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| | | Commanding |No.|Number|
Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost.
Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.|
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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 | | |
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