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HMS Antigua (1804)

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was twenty-five years old, and battered, the Navy decided against sending her to sea again. Lieutenant James Middleton commissioned her in December 1808 and commanded her until 1815. From December 1808
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She underwent repairs at Rochefort several times, in January to April 1783 and in May 1790. In 1791 she was coppered, and then underwent further repairs in 1794.
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s crew badly, stripping the men naked and keeping them on deck for two days until they arrived at Brest. The French Navy took
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was cruising to the south of the island. Another privateer, this one of 20 guns, was also in the area.
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On 11 June 1794 she was cruising in the Channel when she encountered and chased the 14-gun cutter
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lost one man killed and 16 wounded in the action and her hull and rigging were badly damaged.
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launched in 1779. She became a privateer that the British captured in 1804. She served the
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had taken. From the prize master the British found out the identity of the vessel that
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gave chase to four ships that turned out to be a frigate and three merchant ships.
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A letter from Madeira dated 22 February 1804 reported that the 36-gun privateer
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145 ft (44.2 m) (overall); c.117 ft 6 in (35.8 m)
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must have then sailed to the Caribbean as on 19 March she captured the
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was under the command of M. Placiard and had a crew of 255 men. After
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was next reported to be off the windward coast of Africa on 8 March.
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after a 54-hour chase followed by a three-hour, 20-minute
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Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. 518:On 25 March 1804 or 27 March 1804 478:in a close, 80-minute action near 14: 832:Clowes, Sir William Laird (1897) 756:Clowes, p. 341; Colledge, p. 251. 423:, and sent her into Guadeloupe. 340:into service and kept her name. 237:Later: 8 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 116: 46: 41: 36: 885:. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. 398:into Falmouth on 30 December. 1: 866:(in French). Éditions Ancre. 507:, one of several prizes that 497:and the British 18-gun sloop 447:, which however the frigate 966:Frigates of the French Navy 900:Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). 796:. 15 May 1804. p. 620. 747:- accessed 22 January 2014. 720:- accessed 22 January 2014. 705:- accessed 22 January 2014. 690:- accessed 22 January 2014. 675:- accessed 23 January 2014. 572:in the Royal Navy. Because 1002: 474:badly damaged the frigate 18: 971:Privateer ships of France 881:Hepper, David J. 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Index

HMS Antigua
French Navy Ensign
French Navy Ensign
French Navy Ensign
Rochefort
privateer
Royal Navy Ensign
Antigua
West Indies
Galathée class frigate
Prison ship
bm
36-pounder howitzers
frigate
Royal Navy
prison ship
Battle of the Chesapeake
Siege of Yorktown
Sainte-Eulalie
HMS Ranger
Brest
struck
privateer
Bordeaux
hired armed
cutter
Nimrod
Demerara
Blanche
sloop

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