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had a crew of 94, which had been doubled by the troops taken on at Fréjus. In all she lost 14 men killed and 28 wounded, including her captain, Lieutenant Baudin.
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be moved to his ship and departed to deliver it to the United Kingdom. For removing the second most powerful British vessel on the Pacific coast of the
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came close to reconnoitre, the other two British ships having to hold off because of shallow water. Although the French escorts came out when they saw
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had a crew of 113 men but her casualties are not known. She did not engage deeply in the battle, though she did exchange some fire 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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becalmed, they then turned back when the winds picked up and took their convoy to
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when they intercepted a French convoy that had left Genoa on 11 June, heading for
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hauled off to rejoin the two larger British ships, which were coming up, while
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The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.
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during the Oregon crisis, Gordon was court-martialed and reprimanded.
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Belin. The British on 15 June drove the French to take shelter at the
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In 1812 she was part of a British squadron consisting of the frigate
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The British Columbia Historical Quarterly 9, No. 1 (1945), pp. 1-24.
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The Royal Navy on the Northwest Coast, 1813-1850. Part 1.
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A sanguinary but inconclusive action ensued. Eventually,
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six men killed and 17 wounded, out of 109 men on board.
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Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
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Index

HMS America

United Kingdom
Blackwall Yard
Vengeur-class
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
carronades
third-rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Blackwall Yard
Curacoa
Swallow
Toulon
Renard
Charles Baudin
Île Sainte-Marguerite
Fréjus
Grimaud
fourth rate
United States
Oregon boundary dispute
Pacific Northwest
Straits of Juan de Fuca
Kingdom of Hawaii
Pacific Station
Valparaíso
Chile

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