No. 10. See p. 391. Letter from captain Phillimore to sir William Congreve, bart. Dear Sir, H. M. S. Eurotas, Falmouth, October 11th, 1813. I AM afraid you will attribute blame to me for not having written to you about your guns, but the fact is, I have been unwilling to give an opinion, till I had an opportunity of trying them; and the chasing, in a ship of this sort, looking out from a fleet, is so very frequent, and the attention requisite to a new ship's company occupies a great deal of time; but I hope you believe I am ready and willing to give any information you may like to write for. On the (my) arrival in the Brest squadron, I invited commodore Malcolm, and all the captains, to come on board: we tried them eight times, with full allowance of powder, and doubleshotted, which they stood remarkably well; indeed, every one of them went away pleased with the gun. If well manned I could fight both sides with ease, and I cannot express too strongly how delighted I am with them in a gale of wind; we had a very heavy gale coming in here, and I had to carry a heavy press of sail off Ushant; the guns did not work in the least, and the ship did not seem to feel the smallest inconvenience from them. A few days before I left the fleet, commodore Malcolm mentioned (in conversation to me) he should like them on the Queen-Charlotte's main and middle decks. I write this in haste, being anxious to send many letters by this post. Believe me, dear sir, A list of french and american line-of-battle ships and frigates, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1814. No. 11-continued, How, when, and where lost. Captured, January 20 and 16, Captured, January 6, by the Captured, February 3, by the Captured, March 28, by the british frigate Phoebe and sloop Cherub, off Valparaiso. Destroyed, September 3, by her crew at Castine, in the Ponobscot, to prevent capture. An abstract of french and american line-of-battle ships and frigates captured, &c. during the year 1814. Total Total lost to the added french and to the american british navies. navy. In the annual abstract, to which this list belongs, there appear to have been eight foreign frigates of the Z class added to the navy. This is a mistake. The Melpomène, one of the number, was not captured until 1815. No. 12. See p. 511. A list of the ships and vessels late belonging to the british navy, captured, destroyed, wrecked, foundered, or accidentally burnt, during the year 1814. How, when, and where lost. Wrecked, October 22, Foundered, February 28, 30, West Indies. Captured, April 29, by the american sloopof-war Peacock, off the southern coast of the United States. Wrecked, November 24, on her passage from St.John's, New Brunswick,to Halifax: crew saved. Wrecked, May 19, on a Captured, June 28, by How, when, and where lost. Wrecked,October 10, in the gulf of Florida : crew saved. Foundered, latter end of 1813, or beginning of 1814. Captured, March 22, by what exact force unknown. Wrecked, January 29, off St. Sebastian : crew, except the commander and five men, saved. {Wrecked, date unknown on the Saintes. Captured, April 29, by the american privateer Perry, off the coast of the United States. Foundered, exact date unknown, on the Halifax station. Captured,July 12, by the american privateer Syren, Channel. Wrecked, June 28, near the island of Anticosti, gulf of St. Lawrence crew, except a few, saved. Owing to the extreme inaccuracy of Steel's list of losses, (in later years especially,) and to the circumstance of the annual abstracts having been printed before the errors could conveniently be rectified, this abstract again differs, as well in its total, as in some of its items, from the annual abstract with which it corresponds in date. No. 13. See p. 511. For the pay and maintenance of 55000 seamen and 15000 marines for three, and 70000 seamen and 20000 marines for ten lunar months... the 388500 0 0 " 337653 16 5 97245 2 9 2811 12 6 the provisions for troops and garrisons.... 1288757 0 0 ,, paying off navy-debt 2000000 0 0 Total supplies granted for the sea-service.. €19032700 2 7 |