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s guns had made in her. The French vessel had had a crew of 96 men, and had been armed with a brass 12-pounder gun on a pivot amidships, two brass 4-pounder carriage guns, and four brass 3-punder swivel guns. The next morning the
British retrieved the 12-pounder gun and destroyed the French schooner.
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was armed with one long brass 18-pounder amid-ships, and four 12-pounder carronades; she carried 83 men, and had been out from
Trinidad in Cuba for three months but had made no captures. In the action the Spaniards had eight men killed and six wounded; the British had only one man wounded. Boyd sent
266:, which was in pursuit. The French schooner eventually ran ashore at Point de Selina, with her crew getting ashore over the bowsprit, taking their casualties with them. Smith sent in a boat, which was unable to take out the French schooner because she had filled with water from holes
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to escort to Cape
Antonio (the extreme south-west of Cuba), a merchant vessel sailing from Port Royal to Vera Cruz. On their way back, on 27 December, the two schooners fell in with a Spanish privateer schooner that they captured after a running fight. The privateer
247:, which had been carrying passengers from San Domingo to Porto Rico. He then chased a French sloop, but had to abandon the chase when the sloop took shelter under the guns of San Domingo. Next Smith chased a brig, which turned out to be American, and hence neutral.
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captured in 1804. While serving with the Royal Navy in the
Caribbean she captured two small armed vessels. She was last listed in 1808.
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The
British had suffered three men wounded in the engagement, one of them a fellow midshipman of Smith's.
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258:, but when she repelled the attacks, the French schooner sailed towards the land, firing her stern
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was last listed in 1808, and perhaps may have been sold that year. Lieutenant Boyd transferred to
573:
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on 21 October 1804. She was armed with 14 guns and had a crew of 55 men. She was on her way from
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Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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to San
Domingo with troops and dispatches. The dispatches also were captured.
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On 9 April 1805 Smith fell in with and captured the large
Spanish schooner
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Head money for the crew of the French schooner was finally paid in 1829.
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On 23 August her boats participated in an attack on
Spanish vessels at
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Later, a French naval schooner came out from San
Domingo and engaged
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419:; a fourth-class share, that of a petty officer, was worth £2 9s 1d.
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626:. Vol. 3, part 2. London: Longman and company. pp. 90–91.
301:, had arrived at Jamaica. Both had been on their way to Vera Cruz,
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606:. Vol. 4, part 1. London: Longman and company. p. 341.
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was under the command of Midshipman John Bernhard Smith.
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came under the command of Mr. William Smith, Master.
323:In 1807 Lieutenant David Boyd assumed command of
337:In December 1807 Dacres ordered the schooners
8:
69:Last listed 1808, possibly having been sold
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477:
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635:(2nd ed.). Seaforth Publishing.
184:was a French armed schooner that the
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7:
334:, then flagship of Admiral Dacres.
327:, which was serving as a tender to
254:. The French twice tried to board
14:
121:21 ft 2 in (6.5 m)
108:Overall: 72 ft (21.9 m)
129:9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
34:
534:. No. 4061. 13 June 1806.
293:reported that the Spanish brig
395:A first-class share was worth
111:Keel: 50 ft (15.2 m)
1:
577:. 22 March 1808. p. 415.
467:. 8 January 1805. p. 52.
617:"Smith, John Bernhard"
519:. 6 March 1829. p. 429.
670:Schooners of the Royal Navy
499:. 9 July 1805. p. 901.
225:was serving as a tender to
167:Royal Navy: 8 × 18-pounder
16:UK naval schooner 1804–1808
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357:into port under escort by
232:, the flagship of Admiral
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74:General characteristics
305:from San Sebastien and
61:October 1804 by capture
631:Winfield, Rif (2008).
318:Ensenada, Buenos Aires
623:Royal Naval Biography
603:Royal Naval Biography
313:had captured them.
597:"Boyd, David"
530:"The Marine List".
574:The London Gazette
516:The London Gazette
496:The London Gazette
464:The London Gazette
164:Privateer: 14 guns
642:978-1-86176-246-7
540:2027/uc1.c2735022
480:, pp. 90–91.
309:from Cadiz, when
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238:Jamaica Station
217:In April 1805,
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152:Royal Navy: 40
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41:United Kingdom
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25:
24:
15:
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10:
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2:
682:
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572:
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532:Lloyd's List
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79:Tons burthen
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660:1800s ships
569:"No. 16130"
511:"No. 18556"
491:"No. 15823"
459:"No. 15770"
654:Categories
585:References
307:Conception
299:Conception
245:Don Carlos
186:Royal Navy
169:carronades
144:Complement
427:Citations
374:HMS
370:Gracieuse
339:Gracieuse
329:HMS
325:Gracieuse
311:Gracieuse
282:Gracieuse
268:Gracieuse
264:Gracieuse
256:Gracieuse
252:Gracieuse
227:HMS
223:Gracieuse
219:Gracieuse
204:Gracieuse
202:captured
197:HMS
181:Gracieuse
134:Sail plan
52:Gracieuse
614:(1832).
594:(1833).
280:In 1806
159:Armament
138:Schooner
58:Acquired
411:⁄
376:Firefly
355:Juliana
350:Juliana
331:Veteran
260:chasers
229:Hercule
208:Curacoa
199:Blanche
88:⁄
28:History
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399:149 15
234:Dacres
192:Career
103:Length
383:Notes
359:Gypsy
344:Gipsy
271:'
637:ISBN
365:Fate
341:and
303:Cora
295:Cora
206:off
179:HMS
118:Beam
66:Fate
50:HMS
47:Name
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