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came out and tried to get her off, but her back was broken and water was coming in too fast for the pumps. Her crew took to their boats and there were no deaths. Lieutenant MacLean spent some time in the cold water before he was rescued; he died three weeks after his rescue, perhaps as a consequence.
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on 13 October when she weighed and sailed for Dover. Visibility was bad during the night and as she did not have a pilot aboard it is possible that she mistook some lights ashore for boats at anchor and the Dover pier. Shortly before midnight she grounded and started to take on water. A local pilot
668:. She was at Woolwich between 20 August and 11 September undergoing fitting out. Lieutenant William MacLean commissioned her in August. She was to undergo further fitting out between 17 October and 15 December, but fate intervened.
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and
Surcouf captured eight small prizes, four of which he permitted to go on their way after Surcouf had plundered them of what he had thought necessary. However, on 13 November 1800 he encountered a British
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Insurance Company presented Waller with an honour sword and a piece of plate (each worth £200) as a reward for the service he had rendered by this capture and that of
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s commander. He was already her commander in
December 1800. Then on 21 January 1801 he wrote a letter to Wellesley asking for permission to purchase four guns from the transport
878:(1802) "Extract of Particulars relative to the Engagement between the Albatross and L'Adele". (London: J. Debrett, Piccadilly, and T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, Strand.)
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captured later that year. The
British East India Company's government in India purchased her in 1801 for service as an armed brig in the Bay of Bengal and along the
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Despatches and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington, K. G.: India, 1797-1805: Vol. 2, June 2, 1800 — December 11, 1801
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was well into the Bay of Bengal when she encountered a strange vessel. The size and behavior of the strange vessel suggested that she might be
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gave chase and within another half an hour, caught up. The two vessels exchanged broadsides with the muzzles of their cannon touching when
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Asiatic Annual
Register or, A View of history of Hindustan, and of the politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia, for the year 1801.
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to take a cargo to
Britain. Still under Davidson's command, she left Calcutta on 9 January 1804 and arrived at London in April.
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returned. The two vessels exchanged fire at close range for about half an hour until
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sailed from Mauritius on the evening of 25 August, in company with the privateer
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859
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446:. Heave to and send your boat on board."
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797:(Vol. 6: July to December 1801), p. 339.
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16:For other ships with the same name, see
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450:immediately fired a broadside that
434:. As the strange vessel approached
351:, Captain William Waller, captured
18:Adele (disambiguation) § Ships
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940:Seton-Karr, Walter Scott (1868).
744:. 14 November 1801. p. 1373.
595:'s expedition to co-operate with
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905:. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
82:Captured 13 November 1800
1:
442:, replied, "French privateer
427:; however, she might also be
400:had left Bombay and near the
131:1801 by purchase post-capture
824:, pp. 316–7, & 327.
182:Wrecked 13 October 1804
1490:Fireships of the Royal Navy
607:. She accompanied Baird to
287:. She was wrecked in 1804.
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93:British East India Company
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901:Hepper, David J. (1994).
641:Lastly, the EIC employed
634:and back, and then on to
462:repelled the attempt and
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763:(1802), Vol.3, pp. 47–8.
656:The Admiralty purchased
626:In 1803 Davidson sailed
599:in the expulsion of the
187:General characteristics
969:. Seaforth Publishing.
926:"Waller, William"
882:Hackman, Rowan (2001).
965:Winfield, Rif (2008).
112:Captain William Waller
1505:Shipwrecks of England
1470:Ships built in France
1165:June (unknown date):
932:Royal Naval Biography
836:, Vol. 12, pp. 304–7.
195:120-140 tons (French)
458:attempted to board.
283:, and named her HMS
1278:Hired armed cutter
1183:Hired armed cutter
809:, pp. 328–329.
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534:went on to capture
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591:supported General
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121:East India Company
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1256:Hired armed ship
976:978-1-86176-246-7
954:Wellesley, Arthur
950:Wellesley, Arthur
863:, pp. 106–7.
846:British Library:
777:Seton-Karr (1868)
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273:Royal Navy
230:Complement
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1109:Wolverine
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1085:USS
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666:Firebrand
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407:Confiance
398:Albatross
378:18°N 91°E
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346:HMS
285:Firebrand
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242:Armament
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128:Acquired
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