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blamed the wrecking on a strong current that had driven her closer to shore than Bremer had realized. However, the court also warned Bremer and the master, Bateman Ainsworth, to be more careful in the future, finding that they had been overconfident in their navigation and had failed to take frequent depth soundings. The court added that Bremer, his officers and his crew were due the greatest praise "for their arduous exertions in their endeavours to save her, and also for their good and steady conduct throughout the business, both in the boats and on shore".
43: 382:, under the command of Lieutenant Watts, cleared the felucca's deck of her crew and the boats started to pull her out (the Spaniards had taken the precaution of removing her rudder and sails and taking them on shore), when a tug-of-war developed as men on the quay pulled on a hawser. Eventually the boarding party cut the hawser and the boats succeeded in pulling the felucca out, an operation they conducted under fire. The felucca was the 355:. On 15 March 1807 her boats, under the command of Lieutenant George Edward Watts, entered "Puerto de Haz" , Grand Canaria, which was defended by the crossfire of three shore batteries. The British succeeded in bringing out six Spanish brigs (one armed with five guns), three with cargoes of salt pork, salt fish, or wine and fruit, and three in ballast. The only British casualty was a lieutenant, who was wounded. That month 2552: 2547: 1009:
on 24 October 1816. At around midnight she grounded and developed leaks. The crew abandoned her around 3am when she threatened to roll over on her side as the tide receded. Subsequent efforts to refloat her were unsuccessful. The wreck was abandoned on 4 November 1816. The subsequent court martial
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was part of a flotilla of British warships and Spanish transports under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Godwin Keats. The flotilla was waiting to land some British troops and 7,000 Spanish troops at Tariffa. The weather did not permit the landing so instead the British troops landed at
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The first-class share was worth £2450 13s 0d. This compares favourably with the good service pension of £150 (presumably per annum) that Smith was awarded in 1839. A sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £40 9s
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The British lost one man killed and five men wounded, one of whom was Watts, who had been severely wounded. The Spanish casualties included her captain and some crew killed, and 21 men taken prisoner, of whom 19 were wounded. The
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as far as Duke Town. By one account her boats captured seven Portuguese and Spanish slavers carrying some 550 slaves. First though, they had to overcome the slavers' determined resistance, which resulted in some bloodshed.
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On 10 May 1812, Smith, on behalf of the British government, signed a treaty of commerce with His Highness Sidi Jusef Caramanli, Bashaw, Bey, Governor and Captain General of the City and Kingdom of
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s 145 men. Still, the British had suffered only one man wounded. The Danes lost 12 men killed and 20 wounded, some mortally. The Royal Navy took her into service as
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d. or about two-years wages. Unfortunately, there does not seem to be any published account of how the Danish vessels happened to be in a Portuguese port and how
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She was commissioned in October 1806 under her first captain, Conway Shipley. The following year her boats executed cutting-out operations in the
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suppressing the slave trade during which time she captured ten slavers and freed 500-1,000 slaves. She was wrecked in 1816 with no loss of life.
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sent her boats into the harbour of Gran Canaria, which was defended by a strong fort and two shore batteries. There they cut out a large armed
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continued off the Portuguese coast and in the Mediterranean. On 5 February she captured sundry Danish vessels at St. Ubes (
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A commissioned officer received £2 2s 11d in prize money, while a petty officer received 7s 11d and an able seaman 1s 6d.
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then sailed in search of a Danish 74-gun reported to be returning to Copenhagen, but did not find her. On 18 August
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went on to participate in the capitulation of Copenhagen on 7 September and to share in the prize money for that.
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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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had collected. Rothschild had a contract to deliver £600,000 to the south of France by 14 March. By the time
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Algeciras and marched to Tariffa, later being joined by the Spanish troops when the transports could sail.
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Captain Thomas Tucker had succeeded Tailour by 1816, and Captain James Gordon Bremer succeeded Tucker.
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were able to deliver to Bordeaux the £450,000 that Rothschild had gathered, Napoleon had abdicated.
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being a naval vessel, she ignored Heywood's instructions. Heywood ordered a musket fired, to which
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was under Captain John Tailour from November 1814, during which time she served in the
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Opposing the Slavers: The Royal Navy's Campaign against the Atlantic Slave Trade
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was under Captain Edward Heywood from July 1807, and in August she was with the
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took command in November 1807, and sailed to Portugal later that month. There
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with clasp "Comus 15 Augt. 1807", to all surviving claimants from the action.
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to halt and allow herself to be detained. War not having been declared, and
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and was at the capture of Copenhagen. In 1815 she spent six months with the
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condemned, though the London Commission later reversed four condemnations.
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An obituary for Tailour states that in six months he captured ten slavers.
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awarded Watts a sword worth £50. The prize money was substantial too.
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The share of a petty officer was £22 11s. That of a seaman was £3 8s.
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captured two Portuguese vessels. On 3 April she captured the brig
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The two vessels had been relatively evenly matched in firepower.
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appears to have been the first warship to have sailed up the
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Naval General Service Medal with clasp: "Comus 15 Augt. 1807"
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a little before midnight on the 15th. Heywood ordered the
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then came together, which enabled a boarding party from
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Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades
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Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1841)
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after her, even though war had not yet been declared.
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859
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O.) 507:in the light winds and so outdistanced her. 2140: 2126: 2118: 2012: 1998: 1990: 1766: 1764: 1665: 1663: 1630: 1628: 1587: 1585: 1538: 1536: 1391: 1389: 1387: 1385: 900:did free there were 54 boys and 47 girls. 846:captured eleven vessels, all of which the 2149:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1816 1296: 1294: 1292: 1290: 1288: 880:where she captured the Spanish schooners 584:s broadside weighed 200 pounds. However, 534:replied with a shot from her stern guns. 198:98 ft 7 in (30.0 m) (keel) 1818: 1415: 1252: 1186:d; a sixth-class share was worth £2 10s 1117:The share of a petty officer was £4 18s 975:captured both the Portuguese brigantine 842:. During her service with the Squadron, 639:in the recapture on the same day of the 397:, which had been sailing from London to 19:For other ships with the same name, see 1755: 1565:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 1375: 1373: 1371: 1212: 1154:d; a sixth-class share was worth 6s 3d. 1131:d. That of an able seaman was £1 5s 6d. 1019: 861:captured the Portuguese slave schooner 1845: 1734: 1644:. 8 November 1814. pp. 2216–2217. 910:also captured two Portuguese vessels, 577:s broadside weighed 204 pounds, while 27: 2580:Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy 1552:. 27 August 1811. pp. 1691–1692. 1427: 367:, with a mixed cargo of merchandise. 39: 7: 687:captured the Danish merchant vessel 671:captured the Danish merchant vessel 663:. Later that month, on 9 September, 619:captured the Danish merchant vessel 601:. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded the 1621:. 24 September 1811. p. 1899. 1489:. 23 September 1809. p. 1544. 456:during this period of her career. 134:Wreck abandoned on 4 November 1816 14: 2600:Ships of the West Africa Squadron 1529:. 12 November 1811. p. 2200. 1405:. 5 September 1807. p. 1157. 1026:The share of a petty officer was 971:. Then on 15 July at Cape Palmas 963:captured the Portuguese schooner 230:10 ft 3 in (3.1 m) 2550: 2545: 1780:. 25 October 1823. p. 1792. 1703:British and foreign state papers 1379:James (1837), Vol. 4, pp. 226–8. 1364:. 16 February 1808. p. 253. 1310:. 9 June 1807. pp. 778–779. 1038:. That of a seaman was £7 6s 5d. 518:and chased her, catching up off 474:in British reports), sailed for 41: 1724:. 25 January 1814. p. 214. 1601:. 4 October 1814. p. 1989. 1509:. 13 August 1811. p. 1599. 1330:. 29 December 1807. p. 13. 1229:. 26 January 1849. p. 241. 818:to transport French coins that 541:After an action of 45 minutes, 2605:Naval ships of the Gunboat War 1894:. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. 914:(61 slaves), and the schooner 896:(no slaves). Among the slaves 298:UD: 22 × 32-pounder carronades 1: 1927:. Stanford University Press. 1679:. 17 July 1810. p. 1065. 1469:. 11 July 1809. p. 1103. 1449:. 14 April 1812. p. 709. 365:Nostra Senora de los Remedies 301:QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades 892:; 245 slaves), and the brig 1923:Kaplan, Herbert H. (2005). 1831:The United service magazine 803:captured the American brig 777:captured the American brig 603:Naval General Service Medal 538:followed with a broadside. 292:+ 2 × 24-pounder carronades 2621: 2595:Maritime incidents in 1816 2361:September (unknown date): 1833:, (1829), Issue 1, p. 775. 1793:, (1818), Vol. 17, p. 305. 131:Wrecked on 24 October 1816 18: 2540: 2441:November (unknown date): 2106: 2080: 2030: 1890:Hepper, David J. (1994). 1344:. Lloyd's Patriotic Fund. 1051:Prinds Christian Frederik 979:and the Spanish schooner 882:Nuestra Senora del Carmen 722:, Portugal). 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Index

HMS Comus
Great Yarmouth
Laurel-class
sixth-rate
post ship
bm
Full-rigged ship
deck
QD
carronades
Fc
chase guns
Laurel-class
sixth-rate
post ship
Royal Navy
single-ship action
West Africa Squadron
Canaries
felucca
boarding party
packet ship
Mogador
Lloyd's Patriotic Fund
lugger
expedition to Copenhagen
single-ship action
prize money
Danish
HDMS Fridericksværn

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