Maritime record TR 45 NE 41 - Espion

Summary

FIFTH RATE SHIP OF THE LINE, 1799

Location

Grid reference TR 4644 5793 (point) NLO
Map sheet TR45NE
District DOVER, KENT

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Full Description

Ex: L'ATALANTE. A French frigate captured on 07.05.1794 by HM. man o'war SWIFTSURE off Cork. A courts marshall was held on board HMS. OVERYSSEL on Captain Rose and the loss of his ship on 25.11. As a result the pilot was imprisoned for six months and one day, and ordered never to work as a pilot again for being drunk in charge of one of HM. ships. The Master was suspended, and the captain and crew acquitted. Armament: 4 x 18pdr; 2 x 18pdr; 26 x 12pdr; 6 x 6pdr. Owner: Royal Navy Date of Loss Qualifier: A Additional sources cited in United Kingdom Shipwreck Index. SRN.Vo.1 p194; GSS. Larn. R. 1977 p169


<1> United Kingdom shipwreck index, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6340.

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  • <1> Bibliographic reference: United Kingdom shipwreck index. Page Nos. N/a.

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Record last edited

Feb 25 1994 12:00AM