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HMS Lightning (1806)

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54: 33: 345:, which she sent into the Cape of Good Hope. The initial prize money payment was in excess of £2000, of which Doyle would have received a quarter. The House of Braganza, which had just expatriated to Brazil from Portugal, discouraged any vessels of the British squadron attached to them from going to sea. 334:, which had fled Portugal for Brazil. The station was not one that would please any British naval officer looking for glory or prize money. The Portuguese nobility discouraged the British squadron from leaving port. 431:, of Nantucket, was under the command of Captain Obed Swain and on her fifth voyage as a whaler. She had sailed for the Pacific in 1810 and was returning home with 1600 barrels of 59: 465:, brig, of Greenock, carrying sugar, rum, cotton and coffee from Demerara, mounting ten guns, captured on 6 February 1813 by the American privateer 311:
also received a share, with many other ships in the British fleet at Copenhagen in August–September 1807, of the prize money for the capture of
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captured only one privateer during her career. This occurred on 20 or 21 November 1810 in the North Sea, when she captured the
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Two more captures on the Leeward Islands station followed in October and November. On 12 October,
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was with the British fleet at Copenhagen, where Doyle commanded the naval brigade on shore. With
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up for sale 28 August 1816. She was sold at Deptford for £1,100 on the day she went on sale.
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was worth £264 1s 8¼d; a sixth-class share was worth £5 12s 7½d. A first-class share for
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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together, was worth £702 8s 9½d; a sixth-class share was worth £15 6s 7½d.
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for Brazil. There she was part of the British squadron that supported the
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was at Sheerness, being fitted as a sloop. Then on 7 May Doyle sailed
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he was present at the surrender of the Danish Fleet on 7 September.
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for an ordinary seaman, or just slightly over two months wages.
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was worth £46 5s 7d; a sixth-class share was worth £1 0s 6¾d.
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was worth £59 3s 3½d; a sixth-class share was worth 10s 3¾d.
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carried 16 guns and had a crew of 62 men. Doyle was made
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were in company on 6 March 1814 at the recapture of the
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Around that time 169:29 ft 7 in (9.02 m) 14: 1027:"Doyle, Bentinck Cavendish"  769:. 24 December 1814. p. 2512. 749:. 20 November 1810. p. 1862. 355:, of 14 guns and sixty-nine men. 177:9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) 891:. 18 May 1816. pp. 942–943. 809:. 23 February 1811. p. 360. 508:was escorting Spanish troops to 401:sailed for the Leeward Islands. 52: 31: 1007:. 24 August 1816. p. 1644. 987:. 4 October 1814. p. 1988. 967:. 11 October 1814. p. 794. 789:. 21 August 1813. p. 1668. 512:. Doyle transferred to command 947:. 12 April 1814. p. 2040. 1: 911:. 20 March 1813. p. 581. 729:. 10 July 1810. p. 1028. 674:. 11 July 1809. p. 1103. 404:In August or September 1812, 322:In January and February 1808 548:The prize money amounted to 694:. 11 May 1813. p. 924. 232:+ 2 × 18-pounder carronades 222:: 6 × 18-pounder carronades 213:Upperdeck: 16 × 24-pounder 1111: 841:. 4 May 1816. p. 829. 246:was launched in 1806 as a 18: 117: 45: 30: 1090:Sloops of the Royal Navy 607:A first-class share for 586:A first-class share for 118:General characteristics 419:. On 2 September 1812, 377:captured the privateer 16:Sloop of the Royal Navy 1061:Winfield, Rif (2008). 446:. 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Index

HMS Lightning

United Kingdom
Thais class
Ship-sloop
bm
Sails
carronades
QD
Fc
bow chasers
Thais-class
fireship
Battle of Copenhagen
John Henslow
Cormorant-class sloops
post ships
House of Braganza
Helicon
Princess Charlotte
Echo
post captain
post ship
droits
spermaceti
Comet
Vengeur
Madagascar
Corruna
£

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