Personal Narrative of Events, From 1799 to 1815Lovell, William Stanhope
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Personal Narrative of Events, From 1799 to 1815
Lovell, William Stanhope
Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Sea life
No. Guns.
1. _San Ildefonso_ 74 Taken. (Spanish.)
2. _San Juan Nepomuceno_ 74 Do. (Do.)
3. _Bahama_ 74 Do. (Do.)
4. _Swiftsure_ 74 Do. (French.)
(The above four ships arrived safe at Gibraltar.)
5. _Monarca_ 74 Taken and wrecked. (Spanish.)
6. _Fougueux_ 74 Do., do., and all her crew.
(French.)
7. _Indomptable_ 84 Do., do. (Do.)
8. _Bucentaure_ 74 Taken and wrecked, and most of
her crew. (French.)
9. _San Francisco de Asis_ 74 Taken and wrecked. (Spanish.)
10. _El Rayo_ 100 Do. (Do.)
11. _Neptuno_ 84 Do. and destroyed. (Do.)
12. _Argonaut_ 74 Driven on shore, but got off again.
(French.)
13. _Berwick_ 74 Taken and wrecked. (Do.)
14. _L’Aigle_ 74 Do., do. (Do.)
15. _L’Achille_ 74 Blew up in action, with most of
her crew. (French.)
16. _Intrépide_ 74 Taken, and burnt after the action.
(French.)
17. _San Augustin_ 74 Do., do. (Spanish.)
18. _Santissima Trinidada_ 140 Taken by the _Neptune_; sunk after
the action by the _Prince_ and
_Neptune_, in consequence of
orders to destroy her. (Spanish.)
19. _Rédoutable_ 84 Taken, and foundered with all her
crew except four. (French.)
20. _Argonauta_ 80 Taken and destroyed. (Spanish.)
21. _Santa Anna_ 112 Taken, but got into Cadiz
dismasted. (Spanish.)
22. _Algesiras_ 74 Taken, but escaped in the gale
into Cadiz. (French.)
23. _Pluton_ 74 Do., do. (Do.)
24. _San Juste_ 74 Do., but got into Cadiz with her
foremast only standing.
(Spanish.)
25. _San Leandro_ 64 Taken--got into Cadiz. (Do.)
26. _Le Neptune_ 84 Escaped. (French.)
27. _Le Héros_ 74 Escaped--lost topmasts. (French.)
28. _Principe di Asturias_ 112 Lost all her masts--escaped
into Cadiz. (Spanish.)
29. _Montanez_ 74 Escaped. (Spanish.)
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