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HMS Argus (1799)

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The Navy Board visited the dockyards and prepared a list of vessels that it condemned to be broken up and sold The "Principal Officers and Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy" offered the sloop
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in June 1803 for the Irish station. She spent her career primarily convoying vessels between Ireland and English ports such as Plymouth and Portsmouth.
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was a 300-ton (French; "of load") brig or corvette commissioned in Bordeaux in 1798, probably built that same year for Paul Mairac & Sons.
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was only six months old and was pierced for 22 guns, though she carried 18 brass 9-pounders. Prior to her own capture,
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for sale on 18 October 1810. She apparently did not sell, and instead was broken up at Plymouth in April 1811.
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House of Commons (1812) "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons", Volume 10, Part 4 Danish, p.14.
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British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
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Slaverne dansede og holdt sig lystige: En fortælling om den danske slavehandel
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La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799
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Kittoe left in 1806, and Commander James Stuart assumed command in October.
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also recaptured, on 9 April, an American schooner that the French privateer
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had taken on 1 April. The schooner had been on her way from Caracas to
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and two brigs from Teignmouth whose masters and crews were aboard her.
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to Lisbon. A Spanish privateer of 11 guns and 120 men had captured
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Commander Edward Kittoe replaced King in May 1804. In October
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arrived at Plymouth on 4 May 1799 and was laid up. After the
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On 15 April 1804, she convoyed a number of vessels from
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Runaway Virgins: Danish West Indian Slave Ads 1770-1848
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In April 1810, Commander Joseph Bott replaced Stuart.
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No. 5032. 22 January 1799. 405:with a cargo of cocoa and indigo. 14: 1207: 998:. No. 4192. 2 October 1807. 529:, had been sailing for Clonalky. 220:13 ft 0 in (4.0 m) 1031:. No. 4444. 27 March 1810. 777:. No. 4447. 24 April 1804. 449:detained and sent into Plymouth 89: 41: 1078:. 2 October 1810. p. 1564. 1062: 1050: 1017: 984: 951: 931: 898: 878: 618:, Ugland, master, was sold for 609: 597: 517:and on 23 September recaptured 862: 829: 796: 763: 751: 693: 245:Privateer: 18 × 9-pounder guns 1: 1115:(in French). Éditions Ancre. 1085: 747:. 16 April 1799. p. 358. 418:resumption of war with France 408: 947:. 1 April 1815. p. 683. 651: 492:, Captain J. W. Loring, and 7: 116:1799 by purchase of a prize 10: 1212: 1092:Corneiro, Enrique (2019). 18: 1186:Privateer ships of France 1111:Demerliac, Alain (1999). 553:was sailing from Galway. 451:Nuestra Senora del Carmen 136: 34: 30: 1196:Sloops of the Royal Navy 590: 568:; the crew was rescued. 137:General characteristics 1151:. Seaforth Publishing. 578: 16:Sloop of the Royal Navy 1147:Winfield, Rif (2008). 1138:Lauring, Kåre (2014). 690:, p. 270, n°2374. 533:also detained at Cork 389:had a crew of 90 men. 188: in (25.1 m) 1181:Ships built in France 506:) on 31 August 1807. 456:On 16 February 1805, 361:On 3 April 1799, HMS 281:Privateer and capture 212: in (8.3 m) 874:(1804), Seq.No.S782. 564:, Papler, master at 310:On 31 March 1799 at 303:was unable to board 248:RN: 16 × 18-pounder 132:Broken up April 1811 642:Kongen af Assianthe 633:Kongen af Assianthe 354:of Liverpool, that 325: /  1075:The London Gazette 944:The London Gazette 891:The London Gazette 744:The London Gazette 560:ran down and sank 1158:978-1-86176-246-7 1059:, Vol. 24, p.394. 1037:2027/uc1.c2735024 1025:"The Marine List" 1004:2027/uc1.c2735023 992:"The Marine List" 971:2027/uc1.c2735023 959:"The Marine List" 849:2027/uc1.c2735022 837:"The Marine List" 816:2027/uc1.c2735021 804:"The Marine List" 783:2027/uc1.c2735021 771:"The Marine List" 713:2027/uc1.c3049070 701:"The Marine List" 616:King of Assianthe 509:On 20 September, 499:King of Assianthe 365:met and captured 261: 260: 174:Keel: 82 ft 1203: 1162: 1143: 1142:. 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Index

HMS Argus
bm
carronades
chase guns
Royal Navy
45°25′N 9°16′W / 45.417°N 9.267°W / 45.417; -9.267
Pomone
West Indiaman
knots
Gironde
Corunna
resumption of war with France
Cork
leagues
HMS Niobe
King of Assianthe
Ashanti
Dram
Arundahl
Youghal
Waterford
£
s
d
Kongen af Assianthe
Gold Coast



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