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HMS Tartarus (1797)

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high water, the sea entered and all her remaining crew were taken off. She then disappeared beneath the sea with only the tops of her mast showing. The subsequent court martial admonished the officer of the watch for having gone below during his watch and advised him to be more careful in the future. It criticized the master's mate for inattention during his watch and ordered him to be reprimanded and to lose six months seniority.
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on Margate Sands. She had been at anchor to ride out the gale but drifted on to the sands when her cables parted. Two local fishing boats came out and rescued some sick men though one drowned when a boat overturned as they were being transferred. At low water she lay high and dry, but heeled over. At
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in April 1797 and had her fitted at Chatham between 28 April and 9 September for service as a bomb vessel. Commander Samuel Kempthorne commissioned HMS
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were positioned where they could use their mortars to fire shells. Consequently, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the
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to destroy the sluice gates of the Ostend-Bruge Canal. The expedition landed 1,300 troops under Major General
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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underwent fitting at Woolwich. Commander Francis Temple commissioned her in July for
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participated in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801).
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A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth
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in July. Commander Thomas Hand replaced Kempthorne in October.
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British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859
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Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. 1: 727:Ships built on the River Tyne 461:Between June and August 1803 648:. 3 April 1823. p. 633. 441:Naval General Service Medal 230:: 4 × 18-pounder carronades 224:: 4 × 18-pounder carronades 215:Upper deck: 4 × 68-pounder 758: 742:Maritime incidents in 1804 15: 674:Hepper, David J. (1994). 134: 31: 27: 135:General characteristics 130:Wrecked 20 December 1804 697:. 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Index

HMS Tartarus
Great Britain
Newcastle upon Tyne
Great Britain
NGSM
bm
carronades
QD
Fc
Royal Navy
bomb vessel
Lloyd's Register
Home Riggs Popham
expedition to Ostend
Coote
Aboukir Bay
Battle of Abukir (1801)
Negresse
Malta
Entreprenante
Dangereuse
Janissary
Cruelle
Fury
Naval General Service Medal
Admiralty

the Downs
£
s

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