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On 13 and 14 September and 11 October, the garrison destroyed a number of floating batteries. In
December 1784 there was a distribution of £30,000 in bounty money for the batteries and the proceeds of the sale of ships stores, including those of
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was paid off in 1783. Between August 1784 and June 1786 she underwent repairs and fitting. She was recommissioned for service off
Scotland. She then underwent fitting for Channel service, but then was off Scotland again.
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may be a vessel of
Bordeaux "often be described as a brig, but listed as a corvette". She had a crew of 120 men and was armed with fourteen to eighteen 6-pounder guns. The British captured her at
481:. A second payment of £16,000 followed in November 1785. A third payment, this of £8,000, followed in August 1786. June 1788 saw the payment of a fourth tranche, this of £4,000.
449:. In June 1782 the garrison there launched 12 gunboats. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar.
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was one of 46 ships at
Plymouth that benefited from the seizure of several Dutch merchantmen and East Indiamenn on 30 January 1795. The next day a squadron under Captain Sir
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357:, of 1000 tons, 26 guns and 95 men, was returning from China and richly laden. Her cargo was valued at £300,000, half of which was insured with English underwriters.
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left
Portsmouth as one of the escorts for a convoy to the West Indies. She returned on 22 September 1802; she was paid off on 13 October at Plymouth and laid up in
48:
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was at
Plymouth between November 1791 and January 1792. Captain Edward Buller recommissioned her in August. Captain Manley Dixon replaced Buller in 1793.
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cost £5,443.0.11d to build, plus £4,604.13.8d for fitting and coppering. She was commissioned under her first captain, William Finch, in
December 1777.
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into the nearest port, and then set out after the privateer. The privateer put on such a press of sail that she lost her maintopmast, which enabled
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Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times
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was an 85-ton (bm) privateer commissioned in Saint-Malo in 1795 under François Galais with 67 to 80 men and 10 guns.
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Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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took part in commemorations marking the hundredth anniversary of the siege of Derry.
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was carrying Commissioner Duncan, whom she landed at Plymouth.
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In August Captain John Draper replaced Dixon. On 26 September
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around February 1780 and fought an action against two 36-gun
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narrowly escaped being herself captured at the recapture of
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that a French privateer had just captured an English brig.
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Captain Andrew Evans assumed command in October 1798.
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
417:on 22 July 1781. On 30 July 1780 she and the xebec
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370:, which later made three voyages for the British
702:shared in the capture on 8 November of the brig
836:Henry G. Bohn, "Battles of the British Navy",
195:114 ft 3 in (34.82 m) (overall)
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647:was in chase of another merchant ship as
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639:the day before. In addition to the brig
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488:s officers and crew shared in all four.
16:For other ships with the same name, see
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584:as the British ships came into range.
564:, of 18 guns and 90 men, had captured
445:was stationed at Gibraltar during the
405:She came under the command of Captain
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528:detained the Dutch East India Ship
1030:. 29 September 1795. p. 1022.
990:. 15 September 1801. p. 1145.
245:10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
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232:7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
1114:. 12 October 1802. p. 1097.
895:. 12 November 1785. p. 523.
47:
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811:. 21 September 1779. p. 4.
273:Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns
875:. 16 November 1784. p. 3.
591:captured the French privateer
393:captured the French privateer
322:Construction and commissioning
1:
1200:The Siege Of Derry: A History
1170:(in French). Éditions Ancre.
1062:. 26 March 1796. p. 291.
1010:. 15 April 1800. p. 367.
915:. 1 August 1786. p. 347.
658:captured the Spanish vessels
428:, the former British frigate
1204:. Little, Brown Book Group.
312:American War of Independence
935:. 7 June 1788. p. 278.
560:. The French corvette brig
424:engaged the French frigate
1455:
1429:Porcupine-class post ships
1094:. 2 May 1797. p. 402.
15:
1403:
1378:
1300:
1225:. Pen & Sword Books.
1166:Demerliac, Alain (1999).
668:Nostra Senora de la Rigla
538:benefited from that too.
517:French Revolutionary Wars
453:provided crews for five:
316:French Revolutionary Wars
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41:
27:
1439:Ships built in Limehouse
607:when the revenue cutter
599:was about three or four
1244:. Seaforth Publishing.
1196:Gebler, Carlos (2005).
1185:Drinkwater, J. (1905).
838:Joseph Allen, ESQ. R.N.
235:11 ft (3.4 m)
222: in (9.817 m)
141:General characteristics
1240:Winfield, Rif (2008).
1219:Winfield, Rif (2007).
1075:, p. 243, n°2055.
353:in the Bay of Biscay.
342:On 29 September 1778,
1043:, p. 81, n°468.
687:Halifax, Nova Scotia
279:: 2 × 6-pounder guns
568:on 13 September as
526:John Borlase Warren
407:Sir Charles Knowles
1111:The London Gazette
1091:The London Gazette
1059:The London Gazette
1027:The London Gazette
1007:The London Gazette
987:The London Gazette
932:The London Gazette
912:The London Gazette
892:The London Gazette
872:The London Gazette
808:The London Gazette
689:, the next month.
372:East India Company
53:Great Britain
1416:
1415:
1294:-class post ships
1251:978-1-86176-246-7
1232:978-1-78346-925-3
854:Drinkwater (1905)
587:On 20 March 1796
578:Walsingham Packet
570:Walsingham Packet
566:Walsingham Packet
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121:Commissioned
81:25 June 1776
73:21 June 1776
63:
34:
22:
1106:"No. 15523"
1086:"No. 14006"
1054:"No. 13878"
1022:"No. 13818"
1002:"No. 15248"
982:"No. 15407"
927:"No. 12997"
907:"No. 12774"
887:"No. 12699"
867:"No. 12596"
803:"No. 12016"
767:Port-Navalo
531:Ostenhuyson
447:Great Siege
361:became the
208:32 ft
1434:1777 ships
1423:Categories
1341:Amphitrite
1159:References
664:St Ignacio
637:Saint-Malo
605:the Lizard
554:Walsingham
479:San Miguel
435:, off the
308:Royal Navy
301:sixth-rate
260:Complement
157:sixth-rate
1348:Crocodile
1306:Porcupine
1292:Porcupine
789:Citations
763:Insolente
744:Porcupine
729:Porcupine
722:Porcupine
710:Porcupine
699:St Albans
694:Porcupine
672:Monserrat
660:La Merced
656:Porcupine
649:Porcupine
629:Porcupine
617:Porcupine
613:Porcupine
611:informed
597:Porcupine
589:Porcupine
543:Porcupine
536:Porcupine
522:Porcupine
511:Porcupine
505:Porcupine
503:In 1788,
497:Porcupine
483:Porcupine
451:Porcupine
443:Porcupine
430:HMS
419:HMS
385:Porcupine
344:Porcupine
327:Porcupine
304:post ship
296:Porcupine
290:Porcupine
250:Sail plan
160:post ship
152:Porcupine
113:Completed
100:July 1776
97:Laid down
91:Limehouse
64:Porcupine
35:Porcupine
1394:Myrmidon
1369:Champion
1334:Penelope
1320:Eurydice
844:, pp.307
733:ordinary
676:Trinidad
574:Insolent
562:Insolent
548:Minotaur
467:Terrible
432:Montreal
426:Montréal
415:Valencia
399:Tapageur
314:and the
268:Armament
134:Woolwich
105:Launched
1362:Pandora
1313:Pelican
779:Coureur
718:Diamond
714:America
645:Coureur
641:Coureur
633:Coureur
601:leagues
593:Coureur
582:Lorient
463:Scourge
421:Minorca
390:Milford
359:Modeste
355:Modeste
351:Modeste
333:Service
306:of the
227:Draught
217:⁄
175:⁄
149:24-gun
86:Builder
78:Awarded
70:Ordered
42:History
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