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tow his prize away. The line became snagged on a rock, and had to be cut for the safety of both vessels. When dawn broke the next day Bowen discovered that the French had risen up against the prize crew and retaken the ship, sailing her into Cadiz. Now bereft of his prize, Bowen returned to port empty handed, writing to Jervis that 'As we feel conscious of having done out duty, to the utmost of our power, we endeavour to console ourselves with the expectation of our conduct being approved.' Jervis confirmed this, writing
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went by the board. She began to drift towards the breakers off Cadiz, while her crew were drunk. The
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Spanish ship was found to be anchored in Cadiz, and at 10 am the next day Bowen entered the harbour, captured the ship and brought her out. Bowen continued to cruise off Cadiz, and while sailing through a gale on the morning of 12 December, the lookouts spotted a frigate. Bowen gave
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onto his party, killing Bowen, his first lieutenant (George Thorp) and many of his men, while Nelson and his men, who were just landing, were caught in the fire, Nelson being hit in his right arm. Bowen's body was recovered the next morning and returned to the
British ships after the withdrawal. He
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Spanish. As he did so the Spanish
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when a mysterious sail was spotted coming up fast. The ship came up at 5.50 that evening, hoisted
English colours and fired a shot, before changing tack. She fired a second shot at 6.45, at which Montagu hauled up and hove-to. As the strange ship approached, Montagu was able to determine her to be
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December, that the French frigate then lying between the Diamond and Procros, had been dismasted and captured by an English frigate, impressed us all with an opinion, that the Terpsichore had
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Mistleythorn on 29 July 1782 and laid down there in November that year. She was launched on 29 July 1785 and completed between 31 January and November 1786, at a cost of £8,295.18.3d, with a further £104.15.2d spent on her boats, plus £4,025 for fitting out and
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above her own colours, indicating that she was in the hands of a
British prize-crew, but the bad weather meant no meaningful exchange could take place between the frigates and the Spanish vessel, and it was suspected that the British colours were being used as a
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on 13 October, a frigate was spotted under full sail. Bowen's crew had been reduced by sickness, but he decided to chase down the mysterious sail. After closing on her, and determining that she was attempting to manoeuvre into a position to better fight the
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and departed on another cruise, capturing several small vessels on 12 and 13 November, sending them to
Gibraltar, and on 22 November he learned from an American brig that he had encountered off Cape St. Mary's, that a Spanish ship bound for
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achieved this gallant action. I lament exceedingly that you and your brave crew were deprived of the substantial reward of your exertions; but you cannot fail to receive the tribute due to you from the government and country at large.
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covered the withdrawal, with Bowen receiving a wound to the face from French shot while assisting in the evacuation of the last of the troops. The wound became dangerous in the
Caribbean climate, and Bowen was sent home aboard
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During this action the future French Admiral Charles Baudin was severely wounded, losing an arm. Baudin recounts, in his memoirs, the kindnesses showed to him by an Englishwoman, wife of Captain Skene, master of the
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reportedly had five men killed and six wounded, including Motard, who may have had to have his arm amputated. It is not clear from the report how many casualties were due to the action and how many to the explosion.
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by two French frigates. Bowen set out to relieve him, an act he accomplished on 17 May, when the two British ships escaped to sea. The French attempted to pursue, but broke off when the British offered battle.
860:. He was on guard at a cabin door when he fired his musket into a box of gunpowder, which blew up. The explosion injured the captain, first lieutenant, doctor, master, and 20 seamen, four of whom later died.
1262:, closed at 7.10 and threw some combustible materials onto the deck, which caused a large explosion amongst boxes of powder. The explosion unmanned four guns and started fires, which the officers and men of
1468:, of six 6-pounder guns and 60 men, had been launched at Toulon Dockyard in August 1795. French records give the location of the capture as about four miles further east at Cape Cépet, and the commander of
728:, and determined to see if she would surrender to him. He opened fire on the massive Spanish vessel, at the time the world's largest warship, carrying 136-guns on four decks, over a hundred more guns than
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had been repaired, and she was fast closing on the French ship, under fire from her stern-chasers. The French eventually resorted to throwing overboard her boats, lumber, water and provisions and so
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for a further £5,833 between August and 8 October 1793. After nearly a decade spent laid up she commissioned under her first captain, Sampson Edwards, in August 1793 and sailed for the
732:. The Spanish ship resisted Bowen's fire, and he broke off the attack. It was later discovered that Bowen's attack had killed nine men, and left a number of others badly wounded.
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in defence of British trade and the garrison there. In early October 1796 the British squadron under Sir John Man was chased into Gibraltar by a Spanish fleet. Bowen set out in
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s losses were almost entirely caused by the explosion of the powder boxes, and amounted to one lieutenant and twenty men killed and twenty-two wounded, two of them mortally.
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alongside and at 10 o'clock on the night of 13 December the two ships engaged each other. After two hours the frigate surrendered, and was discovered to be the 36-gun French
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in the Bay of Santa Cruz. On the night of 17/18 April a joint cutting out expedition was mounted by the two British frigates, each sending three boats of which those from
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was in the area. Bad weather prevented Bowen from locating the Spanish vessel at first, and he also had to escape from a Spanish ship of the line that appeared and chased
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apparently suffered an explosion in a room near the magazine during the action. To reduce risk, the crew flooded the magazine, leaving her without usable powder,
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was launched in 1785, but was not prepared for active service until the outbreak of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793. She was initially sent to serve in the
724:. After the frigates lost sight of the ship in bad weather, Bowen hurried to report the sighting to Jervis. While returning to his station he again fell in with
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had been badly damaged in her sails and rigging, but gave chase, and for the next four days pursued the fleeing French. By 20 March most of the damage to
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in August on a special mission to Copenhagen. The Danes not being ready for war, his mission staved off hostilities for about a year. In 1807, after the
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and her convoy into the Downs on 6 August. They later released her, and presumably the rest of the convoy. This incident led to strained relations with
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struggled with but successfully extinguished. The two ships exchanged fire for sometime, each trying to manoeuvre into an advantageous position, until
1062:(EIC) Governor of the Bombay Presidency received a warning from the Portuguese authorities that they feared that the French were going to try and take
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was refitted, and remained in the Indian Ocean until she returned to Britain with a convoy. On 15 February 1809 she sailed from Point de Galle with
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was due to an explosion in a room near the magazine, during the action. To reduce risk, the crew flooded the magazine; without usable powder,
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of 14 February 1797 arrived. He immediately set out to join the fleet, and having fallen in with several other British frigates, including
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opened fire, which was returned and a general action began. The enemy ship, which was the 40-gun French frigate
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1989:Seton-Karr & Sandeman (1868), Vol. 4, p. 196.
1131:and Mackellar then returned to the siege of Goa.
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136:General characteristics
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1357:and return to port.
1334:herself returned to
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867:captured the 14-gun
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2132:The Naval Chronicle
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1197:On 28 January 1808
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684:Santissima Trinidad
555:Mediterranean Fleet
461:Sir Charles Knowles
2008:. 7 February 1815.
2005:The London Gazette
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1060:East India Company
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710:Santísima Trinidad
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670:Santísima Trinidad
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354:Santísima Trinidad
345:Santísima Trinidad
51:on 13 October 1796
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2254:978-1-86176-246-7
2155:978-1-86176-281-8
1932:, Vol. 4, p. 157.
1384:Return to England
1239:On 15 March 1808
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2239:, Volume 4.
2000:"No. 16982"
1955:"No. 15810"
1848:"No. 14032"
1553:on 8 March.
1550:St Fiorenzo
1540:Piémontaise
1443:in ordinary
1435:Terpsichore
1429:Later years
1389:Terpsichore
1355:Terpsichore
1332:Terpsichore
1319:Piémontaise
1306:Terpsichore
1296:Terpsichore
1288:Terpsichore
1284:Terpsichore
1280:Terpsichore
1264:Terpsichore
1250:Terpsichore
1241:Terpsichore
1213:Terpsichore
1199:Terpsichore
1184:Terpsichore
1180:Terpsichore
1160:Terpsichore
1152:Terpsichore
1150:commanding
1129:Terpischore
1114:Terpsichore
1052:Terpsichore
1045:East Indies
1041:Terpsichore
1031:Terpsichore
995:Terpsichore
975:Terpsichore
898:hired armed
876:Terpsichore
869:San Antonio
865:Terpsichore
858:Terpsichore
844:Terpsichore
833:Terpsichore
798:on 5 July.
792:Terpsichore
761:Terpsichore
745:Terpsichore
730:Terpsichore
680:Terpsichore
642:Terpsichore
634:Terpsichore
629:Terpsichore
616:Terpsichore
587:Terpsichore
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563:Terpsichore
543:Terpsichore
528:Terpsichore
495:Terpsichore
490:Terpsichore
482:Terpsichore
470:Terpsichore
427:Terpsichore
407:in ordinary
405:was placed
403:Terpsichore
398:Terpsichore
387:in ordinary
383:Terpsichore
375:East Indies
371:Terpsichore
365:Terpsichore
358:Terpsichore
337:Terpsichore
333:Terpsichore
325:West Indies
321:Terpsichore
285:Terpsichore
201:35 ft
79:Terpsichore
43:Terpsichore
2292:1785 ships
2286:Categories
2201:1861760302
2108:References
1876:Campbell.
1823:Campbell.
1805:Campbell.
1787:Campbell.
1767:Campbell.
1747:Campbell.
1725:Colledge.
1710:Campbell.
1695:Campbell.
1680:Campbell.
1658:Campbell.
1640:Campbell.
1625:Colledge.
1607:Winfield.
1447:Portsmouth
1378:Sémillante
1376:, a prize
1364:Sémillante
1359:Sémillante
1351:Sémillante
1347:Sémillante
1310:Sémillante
1292:Sémillante
1276:Sémillante
1272:Sémillante
1268:Sémillante
1255:Sémillante
1234:Sémillante
1039:, sailing
1006:Incendiary
953:Copenhagen
910:HDMS
896:, and the
887:Prevoyante
775:Santa Cruz
715:Union Jack
706:first rate
625:Montevideo
486:Guadeloupe
465:Chesapeake
431:Northfleet
341:first rate
303:Royal Navy
296:fifth-rate
267:carronades
246:Complement
228:Propulsion
152:fifth-rate
45:capturing
1905:, p. 216.
1561:Citations
1548:HMS
1508:Elizabeth
1504:Waldemarr
1393:HMS
1227:Serampore
1118:HMS
1068:HMS
990:Alexander
816:grapeshot
809:. In the
699:HMS
595:HMS
574:Cartagena
567:HMS
559:Gibraltar
547:North Sea
454:HMS
443:privateer
236:Sail plan
120:Completed
104:Laid down
37:Print by
2224:(1888).
2212:(1824).
2118:(1818).
1516:Holstein
1410:Calcutta
1395:Culloden
1158:In 1803
1070:Intrepid
1025:Benjamin
917:galliots
785:Manillas
781:Tenerife
656:bowsprit
597:Mahonesa
591:Mahonesa
583:Mahonesa
522:Captain
507:Mahonesa
474:Daedalus
456:Daedalus
446:Montague
435:Woolwich
254:Armament
112:Launched
48:Mahonesa
2062:James.
2042:James.
2022:James.
1487:Halifax
1373:Gilwell
1221:up the
1208:Modeste
1120:Trident
1106:Gujarat
1054:was at
1043:to the
1036:Jamaica
982:polacca
979:Ragusan
949:Denmark
937:Nemesis
925:Nemesis
921:Nemesis
881:Nemesis
701:Emerald
649:Vestale
638:Vestale
609:Vestale
602:guineas
537:in 1797
478:Halifax
411:Chatham
301:of the
299:frigate
210:⁄
170:⁄
155:frigate
144:32-gun
93:Builder
85:Ordered
57:History
2270:
2251:
2198:
2152:
1544:struck
1528:Nymphe
1526:, and
1476:Camus.
1470:Pierre
1466:Pierre
1419:, and
1404:Bengal
1328:Madras
1245:Ceylon
1218:Dasher
1188:Jaseur
1172:Zephyr
1087:Betsey
1056:Bombay
1003:, and
933:struck
901:lugger
851:Pierre
790:Next,
569:Pallas
293:-class
291:Amazon
183:Length
149:-class
147:Amazon
2180:6 May
2174:(PDF)
2167:(PDF)
1520:Maria
1512:Freya
1453:Notes
1324:Cadry
1314:Cadry
1299:'
1110:Surat
1091:Daman
969:Freya
965:Freja
945:Freja
941:Arrow
929:Freja
912:Freja
893:Arrow
848:xebec
837:Malta
796:Cadiz
652:'
623:from
621:Cadiz
531:'
361:'
231:Sails
2268:ISBN
2249:ISBN
2196:ISBN
2182:2013
2150:ISBN
1542:had
1524:Mary
1215:and
1093:and
939:and
905:Nile
755:and
749:Dido
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