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Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849 by William O. S. Gilly

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------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------
| | | Commanding |No.|Number|
Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost.
Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.|
------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------
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.
------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------

------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------
| | | Commanding |No.|Number|
Name of | Date. |Guns| Officer's |of | of | Where lost.
Ship. | | | Name. |men| lost.|
------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------
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.|
------------+--------------+----+--------------+---+------+---------------
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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Theatre review: Three Women, Jermyn Street, London
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We do not know the women's names, but their voices are quite distinct. All are pregnant. But while the first woman awaits the birth of her baby with a moon-like serenity, the other two are not so lucky. One, whose previous pregnancies have failed to go to term, is experiencing a heartbreaking late miscarriage; the other is a young student whose accidental pregnancy will end in her child being put up for adoption.

Sylvia Plath's only play was never intended for the stage, being broadcast instead on BBC radio in August 1962. Less than six months later, Plath killed herself, but not before the burst of astonishing creative energy that produced her extraordinary, terrifying Ariel poems.

Anyone who knows Plath's poetry will see the connection between Three Women and Plath's subsequent poems, particularly in the way she talks about the agony of childbirth, the rush of love for this tiny alien being, and both the wonder and wounded rawness of motherhood. It is a beautiful piece, full of startling imagery that draws you in through the sheer intensity of its femaleness, and because it so precisely articulates the emotions that are often thought but seldom voiced by women - certainly not in the early 1960s - about men, motherhood and our relationship to our bodies.

It's been 20 years since there has been an attempt at a professional stage version and - in a theatre world that happily accepts the poetic offerings of Sarah Kane and Debbie Tucker Green, or the staged possibilities of The Waves, one of Plath's own inspirations for the piece, I see no reason why it shouldn't be brought to life. Sadly, it doesn't breathe here, in a production by Robert Shaw that is clearly a labour of love, but which never finds a way to give the internal a physical reality. Plath's poetry, like most babies, is more robust than it appears - and won't break if treated with a little less reverence and considerably more grit.

Instead, what we are offered is tinkling piano music, mournful mood lighting, an innocuous pale setting, as well as three perfectly good but indisputably ladylike performances that capture none of the wounded redness of Plath's poetry, and do her the disservice of making her sound bleached and somewhat prissy. It's a pity. What might have been a wonder ends up a mere curiosity.

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