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and exchanged fire for about four hours before nightfall ended the encounter. During that engagement the French vessels had suffered damage and possibly casualties. They then sailed towards
638:. As the boats approached they exchanged fire with a battery of 9-pounder guns covering the entrance to the harbour. The ships' guns silenced the battery and the French surrendered.
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declared war on Great
Britain. The official news did not arrive there until 2 December, at which time the British declared an embargo on all Russian vessels in British ports.
634:. They arrived on 30 March and sent in a landing party of seamen and marines from the vessels of the squadron, all under the overall command of Captain Sherriff of
440:. Ross estimated that the French vessels had lost half their crews dead and wounded. Later reports suggested that although French casualties on
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In June 1808 Commander Isaac
Morrison replaced Ward. In December Commander Edward A’Court replaced Morrison. On 9 December 1809,
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was able to send a boarding party aboard one of the two French vessels. A terrible struggle ensued before the French vessel
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began firing at long range, and by 2pm had caught up with them. After an intensive cannonade that lasted some 20 minutes,
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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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was paid off in 1810. She was put up for sale on 27 November 1811, and sold at
Deptford on 16 March 1812.
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when she sighted two luggers. She gave chase and after a fight captured one. While this was going on
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came on the scene and chased the second lugger, but without success. The captured lugger was the
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had one man wounded during the chase, and nine men killed and 13 wounded during the boarding of
410:, was sailing from Santo Domingo to Curacoa when she encountered two French navy brigs. At 1pm,
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Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Louis-Henri
Saulces de Freycinet and Jacques Saint-Cricq. They cruised the coasts of
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Warships in the Age of Sail 1786–1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates
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was one of some 70 vessels that shared in the seizure of the 44-gun
Russian frigate
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with clasp "Pique 26 March 1806" to all surviving claimants from the action.
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British service: 14 × 32-pounder carronades + 2 × 6-pounder [bow chasers
16:"HMS Pelican (1806)" redirects here. For other ships with the name, see
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British captured her in 1806 and renamed her
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An able seaman on any one of the 70 British vessels received 14
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then returned to the West Indies where on 29 March 1808
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in sight, at the capture of the Danish merchant vessel
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was in the western hemisphere, where she detained the
726:An able seaman received £3 8s 0d in prize money.
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1122:Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696–1860
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519:at the capture of the Danish merchant vessel
222:95 ft 9 in (29.2 m) (overall);
8:
1158:Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015).
503:. Then after the battle, on 10 September,
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586:was in Portsmouth, undergoing refitting.
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1120:Tredrea, John; Sozaev, Eduard (2010).
1057:. 9 December 1809. pp. 1973–1974.
383:. On 24 March, a little south-east of
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531:were together on 29 September, with
499:captured the Danish merchant vessel
469:. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the
701:Some subsequent reports state that
495:. Before the battle, on 19 August,
304:French service: 16 × 6-pounder guns
400:Two days later, on 27 March 1806,
14:
925:. 12 November 1811. p. 2200.
249:28 ft 5 in (8.7 m)
1091:. 9 November 1811. p. 2169.
1017:. 25 October 1808. p. 1460.
826:James (1837), Vol. 4, pp. 226-7.
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845:. 26 January 1849. p. 241.
406:, under the command of Captain
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1:
985:. 15 July 1809. p. 1129.
885:. 22 June 1811. p. 1158.
865:. 11 July 1809. p. 1103.
787:Winfield & Roberts (2015)
709:, which is correct, and that
239: in (23.3 m) (keel)
813:. 10 June 1806. p. 731.
1037:. 10 May 1808. p. 661.
996:Tredrea & Sozaev (2010)
471:Naval General Service Medal
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965:. 9 May 1809. p. 665.
15:
998:, pp. 198 & 391.
554:On 26 October 1807, Tsar
547:captured the Danish brig
543:a. Lastly, on 4 November
481:The British commissioned
444:had been heavy, those on
379:before they set sail for
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47:
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1202:Brigs of the French Navy
630:to attack the island of
350:. She was sold in 1812.
164:General characteristics
151:26 March 1806 by capture
78:18 April 1804 (contract)
1192:Brigs of the Royal Navy
1162:. Seaforth Publishing.
1143:. Seaforth Publishing.
537:Elizabeth Vonder Pahlen
373:Lieutenants de vaisseau
307:Later: 14 × 24-pounder
1197:Ships built in Belgium
1139:Winfield, Rif (2008).
717:, which is incorrect.
556:Alexander I of Russia
493:capture of Copenhagen
271: in (2.5 m)
1071:31 March 1809, №434.
507:was in company with
491:participated in the
387:, they encountered
292:British service:121
29:
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598:, in company with
377:Schleswig-Holstein
358:In late 1805, the
289:French service:120
159:Sold 16 April 1812
25:
1169:978-1-84832-204-2
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185:Displacement
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1083:"No. 16539"
1049:"No. 16323"
1029:"No. 16144"
1009:"No. 16195"
977:"No. 16276"
957:"No. 16255"
937:"No. 16511"
917:"No. 16540"
897:"No. 16512"
877:"No. 16498"
857:"No. 16275"
837:"No. 20939"
805:"No. 15927"
653:Beachy Head
632:La Désirade
385:Puerto Rico
313:bow chasers
225:76 ft
18:HMS Pelican
1187:1804 ships
1181:Categories
1100:References
623:Mosambique
576:Vilghemina
572:Wilhelmina
309:carronades
284:Complement
257:8 ft
751:Citations
711:Voltigeur
672:President
463:Voltigeur
446:Voltigeur
428:Voltigeur
369:Voltigeur
330:Voltigeur
276:Sail plan
107:Completed
94:June 1803
91:Laid down
69:Voltigeur
27:Voltigeur
1109:(1837).
707:Mignonne
666:In 1809
595:Cerberus
568:Speshnyy
564:Speshnoy
458:Mignonne
390:Reindeer
336:Palinure
299:Armament
174:Palinure
148:Acquired
115:Captured
99:Launched
715:Musette
713:became
705:became
703:Phaeton
683:Pelican
668:Pelican
657:Pelican
649:leagues
644:Redpole
617:Swinger
611:Express
606:Pelican
590:Pelican
584:Pelican
560:Pelican
545:Pelican
533:Defence
525:Pelican
510:Defence
505:Pelican
497:Pelican
489:Pelican
483:Pelican
467:Pelican
453:Phaeton
442:Phaeton
438:Phaeton
424:Phaeton
395:Curacoa
364:Phaeton
354:Capture
347:Pelican
266:⁄
234:⁄
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142:Pelican
83:Builder
75:Ordered
48:History
40:Pelican
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461:, and
420:struck
338:-class
333:was a
311:+ 2 ×
217:Length
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59:France
689:Notes
651:from
601:Lilly
529:Comus
516:Comus
434:Pique
416:Pique
412:Pique
403:Pique
1164:ISBN
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620:and
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