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remained loyal. With only two ships available to blockade the Dutch, Duncan and Hotham took their ships out to sea, remaining in sight of the Dutch coast and for several weeks implied by false signals and manoeuvres, that the rest of the fleet was just over the horizon. Convinced by the impersonation
728:, despite coming under heavy fire from the batteries. They captured the remaining French crew, including Captain l'Hermite, and removed as much of their captives' private property as they could. They then set fire to
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was still in North
America, after which she returned to Britain as a convoy escort in December 1782. The ship was then paid off in April 1783 and refitted for foreign service between May and September that year.
323:. As one of only two two-decker ships to remain in action during the mutiny she had to maintain the Dutch blockade by creating the illusion of being part of a larger fleet, which she managed successfully.
656:. She was carrying a cargo of rice. The squadron also recaptured another ship that a French privateer had captured in the Bay of Bengal. Lastly, after the French had driven the American ship
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returned to the
Jamaica station the following year. By early 1809 she was back in Britain, and spent the period between April and July 1809 being fitted at Chatham for service as a
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1133:"Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 2 of 4 Naval Operations January to May, 1800, February, 1800-March, 1800 Pg. 294"
905:, and as a receiving ship at Leith. As the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close the ship was laid up in ordinary at Sheerness in 1814, and then broken up there in June 1814.
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was commissioned in
November 1779 under the command of Captain Gideon Johnstone, and sailed for North America on 13 August 1780. She was with Vice-Admiral
383:, on 13 November 1776, and laid down on 6 September 1777. The ship was launched on 24 January 1780, and completed between 13 June and 12 August 1780 at
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780:(August). This vessel may actually have been a French ship of 300 tons (bm), carrying naval stores, wine, brandy, and the like from Bordeaux to
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was one of eleven ships built to a 1767 design by John
Williams, and one of five ordered between 1775-6. She was ordered from Peter Baker, of
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that the blockade was still in force, the Dutch remained in port. Duncan and Hotham were later reinforced by the
Russian squadron based at
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was recommissioned in
February 1789 by Captain David Knox, after which Admiral Hughes again hoisted his flag in her and sailed her to
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Built during the
American War of Independence she spent the last three years of the war off the American coast, and saw action at the
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in June. From
January 1792 the ship was under Captain Charles Hope, until returning to Britain in June that year and being paid off.
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onshore at River Noir, the
British sent in their boats and removed much of her cargo of bale goods and sugar. The British then set
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they chased her, forcing her to run ashore three miles from Port Louis, but under the cover of French shore batteries. Hotham took
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in April 1793 she was hurriedly recommissioned, at first under
Captain William Bentinck and at some point in 1794
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off the Cape of Good Hope. On 17 June 1807 he added another prize to his total, capturing the 1-gun privateer
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recommissioned in June 1783 under Captain William Kelly, and on the completion of her refit, sailed to the
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was at first fitted for reserve duty in July 1792, but with the outbreak of war with
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during the last years of the Napoleonic Wars, until being broken up in June 1814.
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s captain for the next three years, which she spent as flagship of Rear-Admiral
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back to the Leeward Islands in September 1794, and by April 1796
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and part of the cargo and materials from the wreck of the brig
311:. The years of peace were spent either in the Caribbean or off
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and returned to their ships without the loss of a single man.
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was her acting-captain. From June 1794 she was under Captain
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in 1806, and on 6 May captured the Spanish 26-gun privateer
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604:. Adamant and Hotham were then sent with a convoy to the
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in November, where she spent the next three years as the
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to strike. That evening three boats carrying men from
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among the ships at the Nore, following on from one at
343:. Here she took part in the destruction of the French
553:, and then by ships deserting the mutiny one by one.
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Government of the Cape Colony (1899), Vol. 3, p.317.
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708:as he did so. After a period of exchanging fire,
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180:146 ft 3 in (44.6 m) (overall)
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521:and blockading the Dutch fleet at the
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588:escaping sustaining any casualties.
1359:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy
1273:"Hotham, William (1772-1848)"
1018:"Hotham, Sir William (1772-1848)".
491:Mutiny at the Nore, and Camperdown
411:on 16 March 1781, and then at the
193:40 ft 9 in (12.4 m)
14:
1101:. 10 December 1799. p. 1280.
1283:Dictionary of National Biography
1173:. 16 October 1802. p. 1106.
1020:Dictionary of National Biography
183:120 ft (36.6 m) (keel)
49:
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1369:Ships built on the River Mersey
1262:. Vol. 2. Richard Bentley.
331:, after which she moved to the
1295:. London: Chatham Publishing.
1119:Naval History of Great Britain
440:from August 1787 to May 1789.
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1079:Society for Nautical Research
868:Nuestra Señora de los Dolores
735:On 11 March, 1800 she was at
327:then went on to fight at the
686:Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite
290:American War of Independence
257:Quarter deck: 4 × 6-pounders
254:Upper deck: 22 × 12-pounders
251:Lower deck: 22 × 24-pounders
1121:. Vol. 2. p. 350.
544:, and Hotham's crew aboard
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1202:Who's who in Nelson's Navy
1056:Who's who in Nelson's Navy
742:In July 1800, Curtis sent
260:Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders
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294:French Revolutionary Wars
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1291:Tracy, Nicholas (2006).
1245:The Gentleman's Magazine
1035:The Gentleman's Magazine
596:squadron patrolling off
413:Battle of the Chesapeake
309:Battle of the Chesapeake
288:. She served during the
37:HMS Adamant (1780) Image
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998:Ships of the Royal Navy
616:While operating in the
372:Design and construction
284:warship of the British
129:General characteristics
1329:Winfield, Rif (2007).
1310:Winfield, Rif (2007).
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124:Broken up in June 1814
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592:was then attached to
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469:Henry D'Esterre Darby
1071:The Mariner's Mirror
1022:. 1891. p. 413.
698:Battle of Port Louis
582:Jan Willem de Winter
578:Battle of Camperdown
487:on 11 January 1797.
461:Revolutionary France
409:Battle of Cape Henry
329:Battle of Camperdown
305:Battle of Cape Henry
855:captured the 4-gun
844:. On 13 April 1805
620:, on 25 April 1799
529:fleet. In May 1797
517:, operating in the
407:'s squadron at the
1170:The London Gazette
1098:The London Gazette
892:Scheldt operations
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434:Sir Richard Hughes
321:mutiny at the Nore
1340:978-1-86176-246-7
1321:978-1-86176-295-5
1235:978-1-86176-281-8
608:in October 1798.
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1165:"No. 15524"
1093:"No. 15212"
872:Bueno Union
800:Numero Sete
755:Rattlesnake
636:recaptured
446:Nova Scotia
432:of Admiral
313:Nova Scotia
307:and at the
282:fourth rate
201:17 ft
145:fourth rate
87:Peter Baker
21:HMS Adamant
1364:1780 ships
1353:Categories
1212:References
1081:: 423–438.
996:Colledge.
981:Winfield.
921:Winfield.
852:Inflexible
802:(August).
761:Euphrosyne
722:Tremendous
690:Port Louis
673:Tremendous
633:Tremendous
354:privateers
296:, and the
286:Royal Navy
238:Complement
220:Propulsion
857:privateer
850:HMS
749:Lancaster
737:Cape Town
664:on fire.
541:Venerable
539:HMS
519:North Sea
438:Sheerness
381:Liverpool
228:Sail plan
113:Completed
97:Laid down
91:Liverpool
1270:(1891).
1256:(1837).
789:Paquebot
730:Preneuse
726:Preneuse
724:boarded
714:Preneuse
706:Preneuse
681:Preneuse
598:Le Havre
563:Preneuse
535:Spithead
430:flagship
385:Plymouth
362:flagship
349:Preneuse
339:via the
277:Portland
246:Armament
140:Portland
105:Launched
1280:(ed.).
1200:Tracy.
1142:27 June
1117:James.
1054:Tracy.
896:Adamant
880:Adamant
846:Adamant
834:Adamant
823:Adamant
793:Bourbon
778:Edouard
770:Bourbon
744:Adamant
718:Adamant
712:forced
710:Adamant
702:Adamant
669:Adamant
662:Pacific
658:Pacific
627:Jupiter
622:Adamant
590:Adamant
586:Adamant
584:, with
574:Adamant
551:Harwich
546:Adamant
511:Adamant
477:Adamant
473:Adamant
457:Adamant
442:Adamant
422:Adamant
417:Adamant
401:Adamant
377:Adamant
325:Adamant
271:Adamant
210:⁄
160:⁄
137:50-gun
83:Builder
75:Ordered
69:Adamant
43:History
1337:
1318:
1299:
1232:
815:Uranie
811:Mouche
758:, and
688:, off
650:Chance
639:Chance
630:, and
602:mutiny
391:Career
292:, the
279:-class
175:Length
154:1,059
142:-class
1276:. In
1136:(PDF)
1077:(4).
909:Notes
899:'
888:Leith
860:Alert
667:Then
645:Forte
523:Texel
364:of a
223:Sails
1335:ISBN
1316:ISBN
1297:ISBN
1230:ISBN
1144:2024
848:and
768:and
720:and
671:and
515:Nore
360:and
269:HMS
190:Beam
121:Fate
67:HMS
64:Name
1075:108
886:at
652:in
566:by
502:by
241:350
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1006:^
931:^
752:,
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624:,
168:bm
162:94
158:63
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