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323:-class schooners, pointing out the high rate of loss, primarily to wrecking or foundering, but also to enemy action. He reports that they were "sent to 'take, burn, and destroy' the vessels of war and merchantmen of the enemy". The record suggests that none seem to have done so successfully. In the only two (arguably three) cases when they did engage enemy vessels, in each case the enemy force was much stronger and the
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Their very appearance as "men of war" raised a laugh at the expense of the projector. Many officers refused to take the command of them. Others gave a decided preference to some vessels built at the same yard, to be employed as water-tanks at
Jamaica. Moreover, when sent forth to cruise against the
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Nine of the twelve vessels were lost or disposed of during the war, the survivors being sold in 1816. Enemy forces took four, of which the
British were able to retake two. Seven wrecked or foundered with a loss of about 22 crew members in all.
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enemies of
England...these "king's schooners" were found to sail wretchedly, and proved so crank and unseaworthy, that almost every one of them that escaped capture went to the bottom with the unfortunate men on board.
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301:. The Admiralty ordered all twelve vessels on 11 December 1805. A number of different builders in different yards built them, with all launching in 1806.
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A plan showing body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth of
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The Naval
History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV
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Sold at
Plymouth on 11 January 1816 for £260 after what was apparently a completely uneventful career.
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Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Abstract No. 13.
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on 15 January 1809; two crew members died of exposure.
285:, built by contract in English shipyards during the
396:on 4 April 1810 with the loss of two crew members.
295:-class schooners, and more particularly, that of
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392:Wrecked on the Haak Sands at the mouth of the
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187:Overall:56 ft 2 in (17.12 m)
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570:Custance & Stone, Gt. Yarmouth
417:12 August 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
659:28 June 1806 at Plymouth Dockyard
539:126 July 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
214:18 ft 3 in (5.56 m)
25:
718:25 May 1807 at Plymouth Dockyard
690:24 May 1807 at Plymouth Dockyard
504:23 July 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
495:Crane & Holmes, Gt. Yarmouth
327:-class vessels were overwhelmed.
222:8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
751:James (1837) Vol. V, pp. 45–46.
631:8 July 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
607:3 July 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
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453:8 July 1806 at Chatham Dockyard
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1033:Ship classes of the Royal Navy
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530:James Lovewell, Gt. Yarmouth
542:Wrecked 13 February 1807 at
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277:was a class of twelve 4-gun
1028:Schooners of the Royal Navy
815:Roche, Jean-Michel (2005).
558:; one crew member drowned.
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330:James also remarks that:
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468:Thomas Sutton, Ringmore
444:William Rowe, Newcastle
408:William Rowe, Newcastle
204: in (12.906 m)
152:General characteristics
51:National Maritime Museum
846:. Seaforth Publishing.
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842:Winfield, Rif (2008).
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554:, three hours after
544:Vila Franca do Campo
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697:on 20 April 1808.
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479:Plymouth Dockyard
305:Operational lives
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684:March 1806
664:San Domingo
98:Preceded by
1017:Categories
797:References
548:São Miguel
513:São Miguel
283:Royal Navy
250:carronades
237:Complement
92:Royal Navy
835:165892922
728:Citations
359:Completed
279:schooners
227:Sail plan
128:Completed
80:Operators
55:Greenwich
1000:Ballahoo
935:Woodcock
928:Landrail
806:(1837).
772:Page 376
556:Woodcock
490:Woodcock
463:Landrail
426:Brittany
356:Launched
320:Ballahoo
292:Ballahoo
245:Armament
231:Schooner
113:Cheerful
102:Ballahoo
984:Sealark
977:Widgeon
942:Wagtail
921:Jackdaw
754:Page 45
704:Sealark
680:Brixham
673:Widgeon
636:Margate
550:in the
525:Wagtail
515:in the
439:Jackdaw
430:Colombe
350:Builder
298:Haddock
281:of the
264:Haddock
199:⁄
168:⁄
144:Retired
120:Planned
42:Haddock
963:Pigeon
914:Magpie
907:Cuckoo
893:Cuckoo
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552:Azores
517:Azores
422:Perros
403:Magpie
369:Cuckoo
325:Cuckoo
315:Cuckoo
273:Cuckoo
182:Length
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72:Cuckoo
47:Cuckoo
1002:class
956:Quail
949:Crane
695:Banff
593:Quail
565:Crane
428:. As
394:Texel
362:Fate
353:Begun
340:Ships
275:class
115:class
970:Rook
848:ISBN
831:OCLC
821:ISBN
645:Rook
347:Name
317:and
270:The
211:Beam
136:Lost
67:Name
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