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24, A. Todd; Moselle, 16, Charles Brisbane; Rattlesnake, 16, E. Ramage; Echo, 16, John Turner; and Hope sloop, J. Alexander. The Havick was lost in the British service, November 9, 1800.

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HELENA (prow) 8:

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BRAAK (bg.)....12:

1799.

Taken by La Virginie, 44, G. Astle,
East Indies, April 26.

BRIG (name unknown), 6: taken by the Arrogant, 64, E. O. Osborn; and Orpheus, 36, W. Hills, East Indies, May 24.

CRASH (G. V. armed with caronades), 12: captured from the British, August 26, 1798. Cut out and retaken, after an obstinate resistance, by the boats of the Pylades sloop, 18, A. Mackenzie ; L'Espiègle brig, 16, J. Boorder; and Courier cutter, 12, Lieut. T. Searle; from Shiermonnikoog, on the coast of Holland, August 11. At the same time a schooner of 70 men was burnt, and a row-boat of 30 men taken.

UNDAUNTED, (G. B.) 2: taken by the boats of the Pylades sloop, 18, and others, under the direction of Lieuts. Campbell and Humphries, within the island of Shiermonnikoog, coast of Holland, August 13.

VENGEANCE, (G. V.) 6: burnt, to prevent being taken by ditto, August 14. *CAMPHAAN,

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*CAMPHAAN, (bg.) 16: taken at the capitulation of Surinam, by the squadron under Vice-Adm. Lord Hugh Seymour, August 20

VERWACHTEN

Taken possession of, under the orders of Adm. Lord Viscount Duncan, by the squadron of Vice-Adm.A. Mitchell, consisting of the ships hereafter mentioned, in the_New Deep, in the Texel, August 28, being the

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*VENUS (since L'Amaranthe), 24:

FOLLOCK

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ALARM

Point. Besides which were taken the Dreigherlahn, Howda, and

Vreedelust, Indiamen, and a sheer-hulk.

WASHINGTON, Rear-Adm. Story, (since Princess of Orange)

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day on which the British troops took possession of the Helder

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Adm. Mitchell, and Capt. J. Oughton; Veteran, 64, A. C. Dickson; Ardent, 64, T. Bertie; Belliqueux, 64, R. Bulteel; Monmouth, 64, G. Hart; Overyssel, 64, J. Bazely; Mistiloff, 66 (Russian), A. Moller; Melpomene, 44, Sir C. Hamilton; Latona, 38, F. Sotheron; Shannon, 32, C. D. Pater; Juno, 32, G. Dundas; and Lutine, 32, L. Skynner. The Ratvisan, Russian ship, and America, 64, J. Smith, grounded in going in, and the squadron were thus deprived of their assistance.

DE VALK, 20: taken possession of by Vice-Adm. Mitchell, in the Zuyder-Zee; but lost on the Island of Ameland, Novem ber 10, and only 29 persons saved.

DE DRAAK.. .24: Taken by the Arrow, 30, N. Portlock, *DE GIER (bg.)..14: and Wolverine, (G. V.) 12, W. Bolton, in the Vlie, near the Texel, September, 12. De Draak was afterwards destroyed as unserviceable.

*DOLFYN (since Dolphin), 24: surrendered to the Arrow, 30, N. Portlock, and Wolverine, (G. V.) 12, W. Bolton, at the Vlie Island, September 15.

LYNX (slp.)......12: Taken in the River Ems, by a coup PERSEUS (sch.)... 8: ] de main, by the boats of the Circe, 28, R. Winthrop, and Hawke, cutter, 12, Lieut. Matthew Buckle, under the direction of Lieuts. Maughan and Pawle, in the night of October 9.

FOUR GUN-BOATS, each 4 guns: cut out and taken from the Pampus, coast of Holland, by the boats of the Dart, 30, P. Camp

bell,

bell, and of the gun-vessels, Hasty, Defender, Cracker, and Isis, schoot, October.

1800.

*A BRIG (since Rainier), 16; taken at Guypers Island, East Indies, by the Dædalus, 32, H. L. Ball; Centurion, 50, J. S. Rainier; Braave, 40, T. Alexander; and La Sybille, 44, C. Adam, August 23.

FIVE GUN-BOATS: burned in Carawang River, East Indies, by the Rainier, brig 16, Lieut. W. H. Dobbie, October 28.

1803.

DE HAASJE, (bg.) 6: taken by the Caroline, 36, B. W. near the Cape of Good Hope, August 2.

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*HIPPOMENES (corvette), (pierced for 18) 18: taken at the surrender of Demerara and Essequibo, to the naval and military forces, under Com. S. Hood and Gen. Grinfield, September 20. SERPENT, (sch.): taken at the surrender of Berbice to Capt. L. O. Bland, of the Heureux, 24, September 26.

1804.

DRAAK, (sch.) 5: taken by the Lilly, sloop, 18, W. Lyall, near Bermuda, March 1.

ANTELOPE, 5: taken, at night, by the pinnace and cutter of the Stork, 18, G. Le Geyt, West Indies, March 23.

ATALANTA, (bg.) 16: taken, at anchor in the Vlie-stream, by the Scorpion brig, 18, G. N. Hardinge, and Beaver sloop, 18, Charles Pelly, in the night of March 31. *PROSERPINE (since Amsterdam) *PYLADES (corvette), (since Surinam) 18: GEORGE (sch.)

SEVEN GUN-BOATS

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Taken at the

surrender of

Surinam, by the naval and

military forces, under Com. S. Hood, and Major-Gen. Sir Charles Green, May 4.

ONE SCHUYT, No. 98, taken, and five sunk, by Sir Sidney Smith's squadron, between Flushing and Ostend, May 16.

1805.

SEVEN SCHUYTS: taken by the squadron under Rear-Adm. Douglas, off Cape Grisnez, April 24.

1806.

BATO, 68: burned in Table Bay, by the Dutch, to the water's edge, at the surrender of the Cape of Good Hope, to the naval and military forces, under the command of Com. Sir Home Popham, and Major-Gen. Sir David Baird, January 9.

TWO GUN-BOATS: taken by the Archer gun-brig, W. Price, off Cape Grisnez, April 25.

TERRIBLE, 68: lost in the East Indies, May
BELGICA, 12: taken July 6..
PALLAS (since Celebes), 36: taken July 26.
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By the Greyhound, 32, C. Elphinstone,

Elphinstone, and Harrier, 16, E. T. Trowbridge, in the East Indies.

ZEEROP, (bg.) 14: taken between Middleburg and Amsterdam islands, by the Caroline, 36, P. Rainier, East Indies, Octo

ber 18.

MARIA RIGGERSBERGEN (since Java), 36: taken in Batavia Roads, by the Caroline, 36, P. Rainier, October 18.

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Taken in the port of Curaçoa, by the Arethusa, 38, C. Brisbane; Latona, 38, J. A. Wood; Anson, 40, C. Lydiard; and FisThe island was captured at the

one of the Orkney isles, Febru

SCHOONER, 8: taken in the port of Samarang, in company with a large merchant brig, by the Psyche, 36, F. B. R. Pellew, August 31, and destroyed on the following day.

SCIPIO (corvette), 24: taken off Java, together with two merchant vessels, by the Psyche, 36, F. B. R. Pellew, September 1. REVOLUTION....70: Burnt by the squadron under the command of Sir Edward Pellew, at Griesse, East Indies, December.

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KORTENAAR.....68:

1808.

GUELDERLAND, 36: taken by the Virginie, 38, E. Brace, in the North Sea, on the night of May 19.

1809.

MANLY, (bg.) (formerly British), 16: taken in the North Sea, by the Onyx, 10, C. Gill, January 1.

ADMIRAL PIETHEYER, (sch.) 7: taken by the boats of the Princess Caroline, 74, C. D. Pater, in the Vlie Passage, near the Texel, May 20.

TUYNCELAAR, 8: cut out of a bay in the Straits of Sunda, from under the protection of two batteries, and five armed vessels, by the boats of the Modeste and Barracouta, under the direction of Lieut. W. Payne of the former, July 15.

ZEPHIN, (bg.) 14: taken by the Diana brig, Lieut. W. Kempthorne, September 11.

WAGSTER, 8: destroyed by the Procris, R. Maunsell.

1810.

DE HAVIK, 10: taken by the Thistle, Lieut. (now Capt.) P. Proctor, February 11.

MANDARIN,

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CUTTER (name unknown) 12:

Amboyna, by the Dutch, to prevent their falling into

the hands of the British, at the capture of that island in February. The Mandarin was afterwards weighed by the British.

L'ECHO, (bg.) 8: taken by the Sylvia, cutter, Lieut. A. V. Drury, near Batavia, April 26.

CLAUDIUS SEURLIS, 16: and TWELVE GUN-BOATS, taken at the reduction of Java.

SECTION III.

SPANISH NATIONAL SHIPS, LOST, TAKEN, OR DESTROYED.

War was proclaimed against Great Britain, at Madrid, October 8, 1796; and His Majesty's Order of Council, for General Reprisals, was issued on the 9th of the following month.

1796.

LA PRINCESSA, 16: detained by the Seahorse, 38, G. Oakes, off Corunna, September 16.

EL MAHONESA, 34: taken, after a warm and spirited action of one hour and forty minutes, by the Terpsichore, 32, R. Bowen, near Cape de Gatt, in the Mediterranean, October 13.

EL SAN PIO (corveta), 18: taken by the Regulus, 44, W. Carthew, in the Atlantic, November 2.

EL GALGO (corveta), 18: taken, with 80,355 dollars, by the Alarm, 32, E. Fellowes, off Grenada, November 23.

EL CORSO, (bg.) 18: taken by the Southampton, 32, J. Macnamara, near Cape Del Melle, in the Mediterranean, Decem

ber 2.

LA SABINA, 40: taken by La Minerve, 42, G. Cockburn, in the Mediterranean, December 20; but retaken the next day.

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GALLARDO.

ARROGANTE

SAN CECILIA....36:

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Taken by the squadron under Adm. Sir John

Jervis, K. B.,off Cape

St. Vincent, Febru

Burnt, to prevent being taken by the fleet under Rear-Adm. H. Harvey, in Shaggaramus Bay, island of Trinidad, West Indies, February

SAN DAMASO, 74: taken by the fleet under Rear-Adm. H. Harvey, in Shaggaramus Bay, island of Trinidad, February 17.

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