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sailed from
Guernsey, bound for Weymouth. At about 6p.m. she encountered a French privateer that was cruising between Guernsey and Jersey. At 8:30 the privateer, which had 14 guns and a large complement, came within 50 yards. Wood fired a broadside, at which the privateer sheered off.
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s mails and dispatches before she was captured. In the engagement, one passenger was killed and several of her crew were wounded. The Post Office paid Wood ÂŁ1,626 in compensation. He used the money to purchase another vessel, which he named
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was probably the privateer commissioned at Dieppe in 1810 under
Captain Bonamy. She was then sold and made another cruise in February with 55 men and 16 guns.
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to London when she was captured on 1 March. She arrived on 4 March at
Cherbourg. French sources report that the English vessel
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One passenger, a captain sailing to join his regiment in Jersey, died in
Cherbourg. Two seamen may also have died there.
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rescued five boys who were in a small boat that was drifting towards the rocks off
Guernsey. The boys had sailed to
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590:"Letters have been received from some of the passengers taken in the Chesterfield packet, from Weymouth."
295:, of 130 tons (bm), arrived in Cherbourg in March. She was carrying a cargo of leather and sweet almonds.
181:. From November 1806 to her capture in October 1811, she sailed between Weymouth and the Channel Islands.
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was launched in 1806 at
Portland. She served from November 1806 to her capture in October 1811, as a
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was three days out of
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165:. She then became a French privateer that made several captures before the
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Starr Wood was the son of
Captain James Wood, who had been master of
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had thrown eight of her 14 guns overboard while trying to escape
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was sailing to
Guernsey. Other reports give the vessel's name as
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The Great Western at Weymouth: a railway and shipping history
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List of Weymouth–Channel Islands Sailing Packets (1794-1826)
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788:(in French). Vol. 2. Julien, Lanier et compagnie.
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Les Corsaires français sous la République et l'Empire
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ashore on the French coast, where she was destroyed.
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reported that a French privateer lugger had captured
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287:, Beveridge, master, had been sailing from
306:, Cole, for the second time. The schooner
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836:Age of Sail merchant ships of England
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321:sailed from Bennodet, near Quimper.
276:, Captain Black, captured the ships
201:At about 11a.m. on 12 January 1811,
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177:Captain Starr Wood took command of
143:18 ft 11 in (5.8 m).
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571:. No. 4612. 5 November 1811.
135:58 ft 4 in (17.8 m)
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72:29 October 1811; later recaptured
633:. No. 4649. 20 March 1812.
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431:arrived at Cork on 15 July.
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782:Gallois, Napoléon (1847).
240:Wood succeeded in sinking
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156:Post Office Packet Service
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851:Privateer ships of France
753:Demerliac, Alain (2003).
460:The lugger may have been
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759:(in French). Éd. Ancre.
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812:Mayne, Richard (1971).
797:. David & Charles.
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115:General characteristics
102:October 1812 by capture
793:Lucking, J.H. (1971).
607:, p. 252, no1860.
396:, Le Brun, master, at
229:. The privateer was
449:Earl of Chesterfield
223:Earl of Chesterfield
219:Earl of Chesterfield
727:"The Marine List".
664:"The Marine List".
629:"The Marine List".
567:"The Marine List".
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18:Chesterfield (ship)
713:The London Gazette
693:The London Gazette
163:single ship action
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841:Packet boat
708:"No. 16624"
688:"No. 16624"
502:Alicia Hill
500:recaptured
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394:Alicia Hill
381:Alicia Hill
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110:10 May 1812
831:1806 ships
825:Categories
747:References
462:San Joseph
184:See also:
167:Royal Navy
816:. Picton.
775:162449062
512:Citations
495:HMS
331:captured
302:captured
298:On 1 May
272:In 1812,
474:Épervier
235:Epervier
231:Epruvier
210:Capture:
107:Captured
99:Acquired
69:Captured
61:Launched
403:48°26′N
372:Sybille
328:Sybille
319:L'Aigle
300:L'Aigle
293:Peavert
289:Mogador
282:Pivert.
274:L'Aigle
267:L'Aigle
93:L'Aigle
32:History
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406:9°58′W
386:Alicia
345:8°22′W
342:49°6′N
285:Beaver
278:Beaver
173:Career
159:packet
132:Length
83:France
592:Times
435:Notes
429:Aigle
390:Aigle
376:Aigle
368:Aigle
333:Aigle
312:Eliza
308:Arrow
304:Eliza
245:'
799:ISBN
771:OCLC
761:ISBN
497:Rota
326:HMS
280:and
196:Herm
140:Beam
123:85 (
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