A list of the ships and vessels late belonging to the british navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1808. How, when, and where lost, "Wrecked, December 10, Captured, October 3, off How, when, and where lost. Wrecked, January 31, on the coast of Calabria. Wrecked, August 4, on the coast of Holland. Wrecked, March 25, on the coast of Sicily: crew saved. Captured, June 19, off the Naze of Norway, by the Danish 20-gun brig Lougen and six gun- -boats. Wrecked, October 22, in the gulf of Coro, West Indies : crew saved. Wrecked, beginning of March, near Tunis: crew, except four, perished. Captured,September 29, off Guadeloupe, by the french corvette Département des Landes. Wrecked, July 10, on the Leeward-island station: crew, except nine, perished. Destroyed, May 18, by the batteries in the Tagus, while attempting to cut out two valuable merchantmen. Wrecked, January 15, on the coast of Holland: crew, except fourteen, saved, but made prisoners. Captured, June 4, in the Great Belt, by four danish gun-boats. Captured, August 2, in the Great Belt, by sixteen danish gunvessels. Captured, June 10, in the bay of Malmo, by a danish flotilla. Destroyed, February 15, after running aground on a shoal near Carthagena, to prevent capture. No. 8 continued. Name. Commander, How, when, and where lost. Wrecked, March 25, on the Burlings: crew saved. Captured,date unknown on the Leeward-island station. Wrecked, July 27, while entering Cadiz with despatches. Wrecked,dateunknown, West Indies. Wrecked, June 30, or a sunken rock off the entrance of Brest harbour crew saved. Wrecked,October26, on the rocks at the West Hoe: crew saved. Captured, in October, off St.-Domingo, by two french privateers. Foundered, on her passage from Bermuda to England: crew perished. Wrecked, April 20, on the coast of Scotland: crew saved, Total supplies granted for the sea-service.... 19578467 13 9 No. 10. See p. 203. Owing to the bookseller from whom we obtained the loan of the work entitled, "Victoires et Conquêtes des Français," having disposed of it, and our inability to procure the use of another copy without sending over to France, we are obliged to omit the original extract referred to in the body of this volume. No. 11, misprinted 10. See p. 311. A list of ships of the line and frigates, late belonging to the french navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1809. How, when, and where lost. Destroyed, April 12, by a british Destroyed, April 12, same as crews. the Destroyed, February 24, by being driven in action. upon rocks off Sable d'Olonne, by a british squadron under rear-admiral Stopford. Captured, August 16, at the surrender of Flushing. Captured, September 21, by a british naval and military force, in the bay of St.-Paul, Isle-Bourbon. Captured, February 10, by the british frigate Horatio and consorts, West Indies. Destroyed, February 4, at the attack upon the island of Martinique. Captured, April 6, by the british frigate Amethyst, Bay of Biscay. Captured, January 22, by the british frigate Cleopatra and sloop Hazard, West Indies. Destroyed, December 18, by a british force at Anse le Barque, island of Guadeloupe. |