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Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849Gilly, William O. S.

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Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849

Name: Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 1849
Author: Gilly, William O. S.

Gilly, William O. S.

Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 18th century; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- History -- 19th century; Shipwrecks

|              |    |              |   |      |man-of-war.
Musquito,   |          1795|    |---- McCarty  | 50|      |Wrecked, date
  G.-boat   |              |    |              |   |      |unknown, on the
            |              |    |              |   |      |coast of
            |              |    |              |   |      |France.
Malabar     | Oct. 10, 1796| 54 |Thos. Parr    |324| None |Foundered
            |              |    |              |   |      |coming home
            |              |    |              |   |      |from West
            |              |    |              |   |      |Indies.
Medusa,     | Nov. 22, 1798|    |Alexander     |118| None |Drifting on
  Store-ship|              |    |  Becher      |   |      |shore in Rosier
            |              |    |              |   |      |Bay, Gibraltar.
Mastiff,    | Jan.  5, 1800|    |James Watson  | 50| Many |In Cockle
  Gun-boat  |              |    |              |   |      |Sands, Yarmouth
            |              |    |              |   |      |Roads.
Marlborough | Nov.  4, 1800| 74 |Thomas        |590| None |In the
            |              |    |  Sotheby     |   |      |Bervadeux
            |              |    |              |   |      |Shoal, near
            |              |    |              |   |      |L'Orient,
            |              |    |              |   |      |France.
Martin,     | October, 1800| 16 |Hon. Matth.   | 76|  All |Foundered in
  Sloop     |              |    |  St. Clair   |   |      |North Sea.
Melenger    | June  9, 1801| 16 |Hon. T.       |215| None |In the
            |              |    | Bladen Capel |   |      |Westernmost
            |              |    |              |   |      |Triangle, G. of
            |              |    |              |   |      |Mexico.
Minerve     | July  2, 1803| 40 |Jaheel        |294| None |On the western
            |              |    |  Brenton     |   |      |point of the
            |              |    |              |   |      |Cones of
            |              |    |              |   |      |Cherbourg.
Magnificent |March 25, 1804| 74 |Wm. Henry     |500| None |Wrecked near
            |              |    |  Jervis      |   |      |the Pierres
            |              |    |              |   |      |Noires, Brest.
Morne       | Dec.  5, 1804|    |John L. Dale  |   | None |On Crooked
  Fortunee  |              |    |              |   |      |Island, West
            |              |    |              |   |      |Indies.
Mallard,    | Dec. 24, 1804|    |John William  | 50| None |Near Calais.
  Gun-boat  |              |    |  Miles       |   |      |
Martin,     |          1806| 18 |Thomas Prouse |121|  All |Date unknown.
  Sloop     |              |    |              |   |      |In passage
            |              |    |              |   |      |to Barbadoes.
Moueheron   |          1807|    |James Hawes   |121|  All |Wrecked, date

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