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returned from a cruise on 23 January after stopping six vessels. She sent two Swedish and one Danish vessel into Dartmouth, the latter with a valuable cargo of tobacco from Baltimore bound for Stockholm. The Dane arrived on 4 January. The
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in a gale on 14 February 1801. She was never heard of thereafter and was declared lost, presumably having foundered in the gale. Mundall may have been temporary or acting captain because at the time of the sinking
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Historical record of medals and honorary distinctions conferred on the British Navy, Army and auxiliary forces from the earliest period: to which is added ... collection of Colonel Murray of Polmaise
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on her beam ends for several minutes with water up to the combing of her hatchways. It was only when the fore top-mast and the bowsprit went that she righted.
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s commander was Lieutenant John Mundall. Mundall's commission as lieutenant, however, dated from 10 January 1801. Under his command she captured the galliot
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Winfield, based on Admiralty records, reports only the fourteen 18-pounder carronades. James, writing about the ship action that occurred a year after
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had captured her she had been sailing from St. Bartolomew's to Hamburgh with a cargo of sugar and coffee. In all, on the one cruise
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s crew came forward to claim their medal, presumably in great part because most had been lost when she foundered in 1801.
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and the two vessels started an exchange of fire at 0730 hours. Each tried to board the other, but finally, at 1100 hours,
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she took several prizes and was the victor in one notable ship action before she was lost at sea with all hands in 1801.
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In 1847 the Admiralty issued the clasp "Telegraph 18 March 1799" to the Naval General Service Medal for the action with
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The Naval History of Great Britain, from the Declaration of War by France in 1793, to the Accession of George IV
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together with a number of vessels that also survived. Another vessel in the Bay that was less fortunate was
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had five men wounded. For his part in the action, Worth received promotion to the rank of commander.
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struck. She had suffered five men killed and 14 wounded and was totally dismasted and unmanageable.
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that had taken a cow and some corn from a poor man living there. A telegraph message dispatched
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too claimed a share of the head-money, perhaps on the grounds of being in sight, a claim that
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A distribution of the monies took place in November 1818, after Captain Bartholomew of
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was armed with sixteen mixed 8-pounder and 6-pounder guns, and had a crew of 72, to
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coming into Plymouth on 18 November from Jersey and without her mainmast.
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On 21 January 1803 prize money resulting from the capture of the galiot
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s officers and crew contested. The matter was not settled until 1818.
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with news of the French fleet. In November she captured the galiot
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survived because her crew cut away her main-mast. She had been in
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A worse storm on 9 November wrecked many vessels along the coast.
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in December 1800. On 5 January 1801 she captured the Dutch ship
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in pursuit. There is no further information, suggesting that
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shared in the prize money, suggesting that she was in sight.
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Lieutenant Caesar Corsellis replaced Worth as captain of
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came into Plymouth. A gale a few days earlier had put
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On 31 March 1805 the prize money for the capture of
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When 396:In mid-November or so, the hired brig 208:and had taken two prizes, an American 24: 1590:Hired armed vessels of the Royal Navy 614:d; a fifth-class share was worth 18s 36: 7: 77:with clasp "Telegraph 18 March 1799" 419:s assistance and rescued her crew. 521:The head money for the capture of 85:Lost on or around 14 February 1801 14: 773:. 17 November 1818. p. 2052. 518:was made available for claiming. 1605:Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean 1555: 1550: 923:, Issue 4957, 21 Nov 1800, p. 4. 38: 826:, Issue 4652, 28 Nov 1799, p.3. 793:. 25 August 1801. p. 1052. 674:. 26 January 1849. p. 239. 1039:, Issue 5023, 6 Feb 1801, p.3. 987:. 11 January 1803. p. 68. 813:. 18 January 1803. p. 93. 343:captured the French privateer 333:was in company with the sloop 177:At daylight on 18 March 1799, 1: 967:. 13 April 1805. p. 513. 753:. 5 August 1800. p. 905. 724:. 19 March 1799. p. 266. 159:from 10 November. During the 1600:Warships lost with all hands 859:. 16 June 1801. p. 677. 281:. On 5 May she captured the 355:exchanged a broadside with 75:Naval General Service Medal 1621: 1580:Maritime incidents in 1801 1092:. Vol. 1. R. Bentley. 872:, Vol. 3, p.328 & 405. 472:had captured six vessels. 314:and then landed a boat at 300:brought into Falmouth the 15: 1545: 1468:December (unknown date): 1451:November (unknown date): 1204:February (unknown date): 1066:Grocott, Terence (1997). 161:French Revolutionary Wars 89: 31: 27: 90:General characteristics 1108:. Seaforth Publishing. 1096:Tancred, George (1891) 1003:, Vol. 5 (1801), p.179. 935:, Vol. 4 (1800), p.520. 911:, Vol. 4 (1800), p.436. 1535:Countess of Sutherland 1104:Winfield, Rif (2008). 1015:, Vol. 5 (1801), p.92. 734:Tancred (1891), p.122. 499:Post loss developments 204:was three days out of 151:was built in 1798 and 948:. (Admiralty), p.114, 702:James (1837), p. 375. 511:was due for payment. 505:Beuns von Koningsberg 294:Beuns von Koningsberg 944:Teape, Henry (1823) 454:Catherine Margaretta 1070:. London: Chatham. 262:. However, none of 984:The London Gazette 964:The London Gazette 856:The London Gazette 810:The London Gazette 790:The London Gazette 770:The London Gazette 750:The London Gazette 721:The London Gazette 671:The London Gazette 600:was worth £39 9s 426:By December 1800, 326:was unsuccessful. 153:served on contract 1567: 1566: 1115:978-1-86176-246-7 1051:, pp. 106–7. 296:. 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Index

HMS Telegraph
Naval General Service Medal
Brig
bm
carronades
chase guns
served on contract
Royal Navy
French Revolutionary Wars
Île de Batz
St Malo
schooner
sloop
Seagull
Havick
galiot
Fréjus
Whitsand Bay
Looe Island
Spitfire
St Aubin's
Jersey
Flora
Sylph
Altona
Cape Ortegal
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