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threw four of her guns overboard. Her commander was Mr. John Smith of the American Navy, and she had a crew of 60 men. Smith reported that he had been out 44 days and had made no captures. A later report gave her tonnage as 80 tons and her crew as 73 men. She was from Wilmington and
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was under the command of Peter Charriol and had a crew of 30, one of whom was found dead. She was 20 days out of Charleston and had made no captures. From the number of small arms on board, Kennedy suspected that Charriol had planned to gather more men.
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and a schooner from under the protection of four long-guns and 300 soldiers at the Port du Molas. Carr captured the vessels and then landed, spiked the guns, and blew up the French magazine.
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in January 1809. In 1847 the Admiralty awarded all surviving claimants from the campaign the NGSM with clasp "Martinique".
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On 31 May 1809 Richards sent boats from his small squadron under the command of Lieutenant Robert Carr of the gun-brig
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awarded the Naval General Service Medal with a clasp of "Guadaloupe" to all surviving participants of the campaign.
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entered service in 1806 under Captain John Richards and was sent to act as a convoy escort for ships sailing to the
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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as escort to a convoy and there to place herself under the orders of Admiral
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and suspended him from his rank for two years for disobeying orders from
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In 1812 Commander Alexander Kennedy replaced Watt. On 23 March 1813,
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Command passed to John E. Watt later in 1809, and under his command
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A first-class share of the prize money for Guadaloupe was worth
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sailed for the West Indies on 29 August 1808. Operating off
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A first-class share of the head money was worth £32 15s
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was caught in a gale, and several vessels were wrecked;
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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Index

HMS Forester

Forester
Dover
Naval General Service Medal
Cruizer-class
brig-sloop
bm
Brig
carronades
Royal Navy
Cruizer-class
brig-sloop
Dover
Baltic
Netherlands
frigate
Flora
Gorée
Spithead
Corunna
Barbados
invasion of Martinique
Attentive
letter of marque
capture of Guadeloupe
Admiralty
Brazen
Sceptre
Charles Stirling

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