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HMS Nonsuch (1774)

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is the flagship in Forester's "Commodore Hornblower". In his novel "Lord Hornblower", set at a later date, she is Captain Bush's ship and supports Hornblower when he takes Le Havre and acts as governor, until Napoleon is defeated at Waterloo.
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by the Royal Navy. The crew of out-bound merchantmen and whalers were generally exempt from the Press; the crew of returning vessels, however, were subject to impressment.
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s logs state she arrived in the Humber at the end of June 1795, having sailed up from Chatham under Blackwood's command. By 2 July she was in a permanent mooring at Hull
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s crew pelted them with spears, capstan bars, handspikes, other offensive weapons, and also several large iron shot. The boats withdrew, but not before three men from
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s crew got to shore and absconded. The government promised to pardon all of the members of the crew other than those that had actually murdered the two men from
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was commissioned in August 1775 as a guardship at Plymouth. She was fitted for the role in December 1776, but sailed for North America on 23 March 1777.
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replaced Blackwood, only to be replaced in October 1797 by Captain Isaac Woolley, who commanded her until 1799.
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escorted a fleet from Georgia "with the principal inhabitants, their Negroes, and their Effects" to Jamaica.
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was paid off in December. In February 1795 Captain William Mitchell recommissioned her in the
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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was armed with eighteen 6-pounder guns. The Royal Navy took her into service as
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The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.
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to come to. Mitchenson ignored that signal, and several other shots. When
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La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792
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surrounded her. As the boats approached with the intent to board,
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159 ft 5 in (48.6 m) (gundeck);130 ft
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on 12 April 1782) under command of Captain Truscott.
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was fourth in line attacking the French fleet at the
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U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio 599:Mitchell's successor, in August, was Captain 8: 836:"The Battle of St. Lucia – 15 December 1778" 811:"NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF The American Revolution" 738:Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181. 356:captured the Rhode Island privateer sloop 876: 756: 19:For other ships with the same name, see 731: 477:into service under her existing name. 27: 767: 765: 49: 7: 1012:Floating batteries of the Royal Navy 775:: Captain and Sailing Master's logs. 274:Upper gun deck: 26 × 18-pounder guns 16:British ship of the line (1774–1802) 992:Ships of the line of the Royal Navy 922:. 14 August 1798. pp. 771–772. 376:galley of the Rhode Island Navy at 838:. morethannelson.com. 27 June 2016 773:National Archives (United Kingdom) 14: 997:Intrepid-class ships of the line 303:Upper deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns 51: 31: 596:at Hull as a floating battery. 1007:Ships built in Plymouth, Devon 866:. 28 November 1780. p. 6. 542:Between February and May 1794 271:Gun deck: 26 × 24-pounder guns 1: 649:arrived at the port's haven, 404:appears in this depiction by 333:. She was broken up in 1802. 171: in (39.9 m) (keel) 680:were wounded, two mortally. 348:American War of Independence 297:Lower deck: 20 × 68-pounder 488:'s relief fleet during the 431:, captured the brig-rigged 1028: 18: 938:Demerliac, Alain (1996). 378:Fall River, Massachusetts 120: 44: 30: 903:- accessed 17 June 2014. 717:A fictitious 74 gun HMS 490:Great Siege of Gibraltar 121:General characteristics 950:Conway Maritime Press. 706:was broken up in 1802. 641:fired a shot to signal 427:, under the command of 962:Winfield, Rif (2008). 617:In April 1796 Captain 473:. The Royal Navy took 420: 193: in (13.4 m) 946:Lavery, Brian (2003) 624:On 30 July 1797, the 520:Battle of the Saintes 400: 394:on 15 December 1778. 370:s boats captured the 280:: 10 × 4-pounder guns 246:: 500 (491 from 1794) 215: in (5.8 m) 619:Robert Dudley Oliver 504:was able to repulse 484:was part of Admiral 460:captured the 26-gun 390:participated in the 382:Mount Hope Bay raids 352:On 16 January 1777, 286:: 2 × 9-pounder guns 556:Philippe d'Auvergne 392:battle of St. Lucia 291:As floating battery 250:As floating battery 919:The London Gazette 879:, p. 88, 581. 863:The London Gazette 816:. history.navy.mil 421: 942:. Éditions Ancre. 637:. 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Index

HMS Nonsuch

Israel Pownoll
Plymouth Dockyard
Intrepid-class
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
QD
Fc
carronades
third rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Plymouth
Spitfire
Fall River, Massachusetts
Mount Hope Bay raids
battle of St. Lucia

Dominic Serres
Barrington
St Lucia
Sir James Wallace
cutter
Saint Malo
HMS Echo
frigate
Belle Poule
Loire

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