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426:. Running hard aground on a sandbank within easy range of French artillery, she suffered an hour's bombardment before surrendering. Napoleon himself is reputed to have said that her resistance "was worthy of being placed on the page of history". Strachey then remained a French prisoner until the end of the war. At the obligatory court martial her captain, Christopher Strachey, was honourably acquitted of all blame for the surrender of his ship.
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and her sisters were significantly larger. The Royal Navy rated her for purposes of command as an 18-gun sloop, but as a captain's command until 1806.
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where their characteristics would be of value as convoy escorts and particularly in support of operations ashore. On 13 May
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In March 1806 Commander
William Cook replaced Jones. However, in October 1806, Commander Christopher Strachey replaced Cook.
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Eighteenth Century, P.427 Appendix 35; 'Ships Built in Hull for the Royal Navy, 1690-1810'.
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Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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British
Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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442:. Her ultimate fate is unknown, but she may have fallen into Prussian hands in July when
384:. In July she was under the command of Captain Charles Jones on the North Sea station.
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French
Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 – 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates
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303:. She was launched in 1804 and the French captured her in 1807 at Danzig. The
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William Gibson Shipyard, as one of a class of three (the others being
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William Gibson shipbuilders was located at the former
Blaydes shipyard (
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in March 1805, serving with the anti-invasion flotillas stationed in
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In the spring of 1807 she and her sisters were ordered to the
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223:117 ft 10 in (35.92 m)(overall)
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150:Possibly left for the Prussians in July 1807
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226:100 ft 6 in (30.63 m) p.p.
19:For other ships with the same name, see
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346:, she had a design based on the Danish
311:, but her subsequent fate is unknown.
27:
470:, William Gibson moved to the larger
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335:) and launched in 1804. Designed by
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495:"HMS Dauntless: Type 45 Destroyer"
244:11 ft 3 in (3.43 m)
236:28 ft 3 in (8.61 m)
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376:Captain Hugh Pigot commissioned
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584:(August 1855), Vol. 198, p.120.
404:French armies besieging Danzig
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1197:Corvettes of the French Navy
398:was ordered to sail up the
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886:February (unknown date):
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307:took her into service as
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81:William Gibson Shipyard;
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30:
1182:Sloops of the Royal Navy
558:Winfield (2008), p. 270.
422:became unmanageable and
155:General characteristics
16:Sloop of the Royal Navy
928:March (unknown date):
625:Winfield, Rif (2008).
606:Winfield, Rif (2007).
402:and break through the
142:16 May 1807 by capture
464:North Bridge Dry Dock
434:The French Navy took
582:Gentleman's magazine
414:with 600 barrels of
529:www.paul-gibson.com
535:on 26 January 2011
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41:aground, by
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1055:Lady Warren
974:Pretty Lass
943:Ulla Fersen
539:21 February
525:"Dry Docks"
508:21 February
424:broached to
364:, although
305:French Navy
112:16 May 1807
1187:1804 ships
1176:Categories
807:Shipwrecks
600:References
472:Union Dock
301:Royal Navy
288:sixth-rate
279:The first
272:carronades
259:Complement
104:March 1805
1137:Dauntless
1135:HMS
1115:Moucheron
1113:HMS
1108:Eliza Ann
1074:HMS
1047:HMS
1038:Salisbury
1015:HMS
1004:HMS
995:Cassandra
993:HMS
952:HMS
867:HMS
856:HMS
845:HMS
838:HMS
827:HMS
816:HMS
718:Dauntless
704:Combatant
690:Combatant
482:Citations
440:Sans Peur
436:Dauntless
420:Dauntless
416:gunpowder
412:Prussians
396:Dauntless
382:The Downs
378:Dauntless
366:Dauntless
350:(English
326:Combatant
309:Sans Peur
292:Combatant
283:Dauntless
249:Sail plan
165:Combatant
133:Sans Peur
72:Dauntless
39:Dauntless
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1002:14 Oct:
991:13 Aug:
981:27 Jul:
971:17 Jul:
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939:20 Apr:
921:Crescent
876:28 Feb:
865:18 Feb:
854:14 Feb:
847:Woodcock
836:13 Feb:
829:Atalante
825:12 Feb:
814:23 Jan:
711:Valorous
474:in 1805.
444:Napoleon
358:Napoleon
332:Valorous
267:Armament
139:Acquired
109:Captured
93:Launched
1133:13 May
1086:Adolphe
918:8 Mar:
907:5 Mar:
900:Blanche
896:4 Mar:
889:Thought
879:Contest
840:Wagtail
818:Orpheus
743:Bermuda
734:Cruizer
400:Vistula
299:of the
203:⁄
78:Builder
50:History
1092:Albion
1049:Boreas
1028:Subtle
964:Ganges
954:Jackal
941:HSwMS
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408:Gdansk
392:Baltic
372:Career
315:Design
294:-class
286:was a
218:Length
167:-class
123:France
1102:Ceres
1076:Anson
1065:Otter
1017:Maria
932:Cesar
911:Pigmy
869:Snipe
745:class
736:class
450:Notes
406:(now
348:Praam
344:sloop
297:sloop
170:sloop
1163:1808
1150:1806
1026:HMS
1006:Pert
984:Fame
930:HMS
909:HMS
898:HMS
858:Ajax
649:ISBN
631:ISBN
612:ISBN
541:2011
510:2011
430:Fate
353:Pram
329:and
321:Hull
281:HMS
233:Beam
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180:Pram
176:Type
147:Fate
129:Name
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70:HMS
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