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Prince William (1788 ship)

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44: 766:. She was a privateer commissioned in Dunkirk in 1797. On her first cruise in 1797 until November she was under the command of Pierre-François Sagot, with 51 men and 14 guns. On her second cruise, in 1798 she was under the command of a J.-J. (Jean-Jacques?) Seille, with 58 men an 14 guns. For her third, and last cruise in 1799, she was under the command of Charles-Adrien Parquet until HMS 318:
Britain's trade provided a lucrative target for French privateers so the Admiralty hired a number of merchant vessels, armed them, and then used them for convoy escort duties.
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served from 24 April 1797 to 26 November 1801. Her captain was Commander Thomas Whitwronge Clayton, her master was W. Nicholson, and she served on the North Sea station.
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were to be paid off at Newcastle following the signing of a peace treaty at Amiens; hostilities officially had ceased on 22 October. The Admiralty returned
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Naval Chronology, Or an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace 1802: With an Appendix
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on 18 December 1811 as escorts to a convoy of 15 transports and a fleet of merchantmen, some 120 sail or more. Four or five days later
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and Scotland, including most of the merchant vessels. The transports and a handful of the merchantmen proceeded with
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The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and Their Work from Its Foundation in 1769 to 1904
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A view of Scarborough with His Majesty's armed ship Prince William, anchoring in a fresh gale
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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was built in Newcastle in 1788. She then traded between England and the Baltic. The
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wrecked off Texel in a storm with the loss of all but 12 men of her 600-man crew.
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A report from Hull dated 24 September 1804 stated that Captain John Waller of the
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The Hull Packet and Original Weekly Commercial, Literary and General Advertiser
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La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799
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arrived at Grimsby with a convoy from the Elbe. One of the vessels was
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On 26 October 1801 it was announced at Hull that the hired armed ships
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was under the command of Captain Andrew Mott when she captured the
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had also captured six prizes with goods from Hamburg and Bordeaux.
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was part of a small squadron of shallow-draft vessels that Admiral
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foundered with all hands in September 1806 while on the
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was employed in convoying vessels. The French privateer
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French sources provide the following information on
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(6 December 1806) 68:William Rowe, St Peter's, Newcastle 1037:"SHIP NEWS". (25 September 1804), 1012:. No. 4303. 3 November 1802. 548:. Captain Mackay was to move from 352:in the North Sea off Buchan Ness, 14: 1070:. No. 4285. 3 January 1806. 1041:(Hull, England), issue: 924, p.3. 584:, which had left the convoy near 442:that in 1803 he exhibited at the 1211:. No. 4659. 24 April 1812. 707:On 19 April 1812 the armed ship 393:. Clayton received promotion to 42: 1163:. 9 February 1813. p. 282. 400:Lieutenant Thomas Richbell, of 385:to meet with supporters of the 1268:Graves, Algernon, ed. (1906). 741:captured the French privateer 544:had been appointed to command 431:to her owners on 21 November. 1: 1245:(in French). Éditions Ancre. 995:Graves (1906), Vol. 6. p.288. 947:(December 1799), pp. 1077-8. 885:. 27 July 1799. p. 760. 552:to His Majesty's armed ship 530:Second contract (1804–1812) 340:, of Aberdeen. 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Seaforth Publishing. 1128:"Marine Intelligence." 1076:2027/hvd.32044105232953 89:General characteristics 84:Last mentioned in 1812. 1327:Winfield, Rif (2008). 1304:"Fanshaw, Henry"  770:captured her in March. 307:Petersburg–Portsmouth 123:1801: 14 × 24-pounder 1310:Royal Naval Biography 1289:Royal Naval Biography 935:, p. 217, °1716. 626:, Hermansen, master. 504:Newcastle–Copenhagen 480:Newcastle–Copenhagen 444:Royal Academy of Arts 397:on 26 December 1799. 367:On 24 September 1799 18:Prince William (ship) 1192:Gentleman's Magazine 945:Gentleman's Magazine 853:(1789), Seq.No.P341. 805:Tyne Built Ships: P. 632:, together with the 484:Register of Shipping 974:, pp. 698–699. 595:On 23 August 1807, 574:On 1 December 1806 478:Newcastle transport 464:Source & notes 160:and one during the 1160:The London Gazette 1115:The London Gazette 1097:Lancaster Gazetter 882:The London Gazette 216:Captain & Co. 175:first appeared in 22:HMS Prince William 1354:Warship Histories 1352:, as part of the 1338:978-1-86176-246-7 1217:2027/uc1.c2735025 1205:"The Marine List" 1179:, pp. 302–4. 1064:"The Marine List" 1018:2027/uc1.c2735020 1006:"The Marine List" 866:, Vol. 1, p. 301. 697:Batavian Republic 683:. 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Index

Prince William (ship)
HMS Prince William
bm
carronades
Royal Navy
hired armed ship
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
Lloyd's Register
Memel
Stettin
Aberdeenshire
Archangelsk
Russia
Mitchell
Babet
road
House of Orange
Medemblik
post captain
Centaur
Good Design
post captain
Royal Academy of Arts
Lloyd's List
Sea Fencibles
Roads
HMS Serpent
Traveller
The Skaw

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