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Skirmish of Loch nan Uamh

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which also happened to be the emblem of the British-Hanoverian supporters and as such the Jacobites on shore fired upon them. However, the privateers raised the French flag and the mistake was realized and sorted out.
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of privateers were killed and according to eyewitnesses her decks were awash with blood. The crew panicked and had to be forced back to duty. The
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was in a bad state having been hit six times above the water line, seven times below the water line and with three feet of water in her hold.
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On 2 May 1746 three British ships crept into the loch. As the British Government ships approached Captain Antoine Rouillé of
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The French ships escaped, but another French ship returned in September and successfully rescued the Jacobite leader
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arrived at Loch nan Uamh and anchored there on 30 April 1746. As they were privateers, their emblem was a black
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captain sustained a head wound and her rigging was shattered. She also lost her anchor and two of her masts.
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who had been in hiding. Both French privateers were captured the following year by the Royal Navy.
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engaged the British ships. Hundreds of spectators came to the shore to watch the battle, whom
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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against French privateers who were supporting the Jacobite rebels.
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was a conflict that took place on 2 May 1746 and was part of the
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was broken with a broadside. There was an attempt to board the
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at close quarters which caused great loss of life: Nearly a
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decided to stay at anchor, but Captain Claude Lory of the
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gold and cargo that had been unloaded by the Breton ships
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had also suffered 29 men killed and 85 men wounded.
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Culloden Moor 1746: The Death of the Jacobite Cause
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Index

Jacobite rising of 1745

Loch nan Uamh
Scottish Highlands
Kingdom of Great Britain
British-Hanoverians
Royal Navy
Jacobites
privateers
Kingdom of Great Britain
sloops-of-war
frigates
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Jacobite rising of 1745
Highbridge
1st Ruthven
Prestonpans
Culloden House
1st Carlisle
Clifton
2nd Carlisle
1st Fort Augustus
Inverurie
Falkirk
Stirling
2nd Ruthven
Moy
Inverness

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