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HMS Penelope (1798)

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placed the master at the bottom of the list of seniority for failing to pay attention to the situation of the ship. Galloway and his First Lieutenant were reprimanded for the breakdown of discipline on board and on shore during the disaster; neither was employed again. One seaman received 500 lashes
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lost two killed and two wounded in the battle. Blackwood was later commended for his gallantry and perseverance in initially engaging the French ship despite her larger size and firepower.
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served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (2 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the
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had again drawn within range of the larger French vessel, and Blackwood ordered a continued raking fire which brought down
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at close range, disabling her rigging and causing damage to her hull. Both British ships were badly damaged by the time
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slightly before midnight, heading northeast. Blackwood ordered an immediate pursuit and sent word via
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for insubordination, desertion, and being drunk. Some 48 men took the opportunity to desert.
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had put to sea in the evening of 30 March under the command of French Admiral
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to the rest of the fleet. A first broadside was fired at about 1am, but
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that took the French ship in tow and led her as a prize to Syracuse.
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continued on her course without returning fire. By dawn,
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Index

HMS Penelope

Royal Navy Ensign
Bursledon
Naval General Service Medal
fifth rate
frigate
Royal Navy
Henry Blackwood
Guillaume Tell
Foudroyant
Alexander
Lion
Minorca
Denis Decrès
Northumberland
Alexander
Bonne Citoyenne
Vincejo
polacca
Valletta
Admiralty
English Channel
William Robert Broughton
Moselle
Boadicea

Cap des Rosiers
British North America
court-martial

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