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HMS Quebec & the French Surveillante fought in 1779 perhaps the most ferocious frigate action of the Age of But it was marked by magnanimity in victory & heroism in defeat. Click: https://t.co/BJvHzjYzaf

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2023-04-01

A survivor’s memoir is quoted in this account of the loss of the '74' HMS Namur, in a storm off India’s east coast of in 1749. Telling of a disaster that claimed some 500 lives, it still has the power to move. Click: https://t.co/90Sq5ku4oX

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2023-03-20

HMS Proserpine, frigate, ran aground in the Elbe Estuary in winter 1799. Enveloped by snow and battered by floating ice, she began to break up. What followed was an epic of survival. Part 1 of 2-part article. More next week! Click: https://t.co/yAgT1Cn4DF

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2023-01-30

When frigate HMS Proserpine grounded in the Elbe Estuary in winter 1799 she was enveloped by snow. Battered by floating ice, she began to break up. An epic of survival followed. Part 1 of 2-part article. More next week! Click: https://t.co/yAgT1Cn4DF

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2023-01-29

1804: “74” ship-of-the line HMS Venerable was driven ashore in a gale. What followed involved however courage, professionalism, leadership and skill of the highest order under her 67-year old captain. Click: https://t.co/eb55FK268Z

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2022-10-23

The Escaping Smuggler by British marine artist Montague Dawson

“Brandy for the Parson,
Baccy for the Clerk…”

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2022-08-04

1796: HMS Southampton’s capture of a French corvette close inshore & protected by powerful enemy shore-batteries was one of the most spectacular exploits of the Age of Fighting Sail. Click: https://t.co/ieKF8BZEgw

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2022-04-16

RT : 1808: Loss of frigate HMS Crescent, victor of a famous 1793 ship-to-ship duel, shows how even a well-built could be was pounded to driftwood by a storm on a lee shore. Heroism was not enough to save her. https://t.co/KCEQeZGvMQ

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2022-03-01

1808: Loss of the frigate HMS Crescent, victor of a famous 1793 ship-to-ship duel, shows how even a well-built ship could be was pounded to driftwood by a storm on a lee shore. Heroism was not enough to save her. Click: https://t.co/OLEisFVihf

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2022-02-28

RT : Thomas Luny (1759–1837) was a maritime painter & a man of indomitable and inspirational fortitude who created great art despite dreadful incapacitation. His life was one of heroism & achievement. https://t.co/9vcI5x2XKM

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2021-12-01

RT : Thomas Luny (1759–1837) was not just a superb maritime artist of the but also a man of indomitable and inspirational fortitude who created great art despite dreadful incapacitation. https://t.co/kjxIRMS4TA

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2021-11-29

Thomas Luny (1759–1837) was a maritime painter, and also a man of indomitable and inspirational fortitude who created great art despite dreadful incapacitation. His story, as a man and an artist, is heroic. Click: https://t.co/bUN8MWXytY

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2021-11-28

RT : Capture of slaver-schooner Felicidade in 1845 led to a bloody & disgraceful outcome. It was but one of West African Anti-Slavery Patrol’s encounters that liberated thousands of prisoners. https://t.co/9WzZzfaPyz

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2021-09-21

RT : Small and lightly armed British privateer, alone and far from any base to fall back on, did not hesitate to take on two Spanish warships in ferocious action off coast of Peru on 1801. https://t.co/r9rTGuiy20

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2021-08-25

In 1815 frigate turned troopship HMS Penelope was wrecked on the coast. It became notorious for the breakdown in discipline of her crew, albeit in atrocious circumstances. Click: https://t.co/r4oAsIVGNk

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2021-08-08

A French privateer, originally built as a polacca, was to serve under the flags of four nations in just 8 years. She fought her most remarkable action as the brig-of-war HMS Transfer in 1799. Click: https://t.co/1GIwnPpAOw

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2021-07-24

RT : HMS Rattler of 1843, steam sloop: What links a tug-of-war between two 100 veterans of Trafalgar, one of the first joint British-American naval operations and 36 Chinese Pirate junks? https://t.co/2cKwz9rKB2

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2021-05-11

1795: Without other support, “Carronade crazy” Captain Henry Trollope in HMS Glatton fought a successful action against a powerful French squadron of six large frigates, a brig, and a cutter off the Dutch coast. Click: https://t.co/M4ZWn3rWsr

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2021-04-24

RT : Captain Arthur Gardiner felt dishonoured by association with disgraced Admiral Byng. In 1758, commanding HMS Monmouth he cleared his name in battle with one of the most powerful French ships afloat. https://t.co/ahVzPcQroB

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2021-02-23

Captain Arthur Gardiner felt dishonoured by association with disgraced Admiral Byng. In 1758, commanding HMS Monmouth he cleared his name in battle with one of the most powerful French ships afloat. Click: https://t.co/cx1W5f35Hr

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2021-02-19