Remarks. Set fire to at Toulon on the 18th of Decem CORVETTES. 1 Total in the Inner Harbour and Bason wanting repairs, nine Line of Battle Ships, five Frigates, and two Corvettes. Ships in Commission prior to Lord HOOD's taking Possession of Toulon, and which were then cruising in the Levaxt, or employed on various Services. Query, If the 74 be not the Spartiate, taken by Lord Nelson. { 401 36 32 40 { Where stationed in 1793, and Remarks. Stationed in the Levant. Taken by the Sea Horse, Captain Foote, coming from Malta, June 1798. In the Levant and at Corsica. Taken the 10th of August 1794, by Lord Hood's squadron, at the surrender of Calvi, Cor sica. Now in Channel Service, and lately commanded by Sir Charles Hamilton, Bart. Stationed in the Levant and off Corsica. Taken by Lord Hood's squadron in the Bay of St. Fiorenzo, Corsica; having been sunk (19th February 1794) by the English batteries, and was afterwards weighed by the Ships of the squadron. Now commanded by Sir Harry B. Neale, in the Channel service. Stationed in the Levant and off Corsica ; and when attacked by the English batteries, and Lord Hood's squadron, she was burnt by the enemy at her anchorage (19th February 1794), the crew having abandoned her, and escaped to Bastia. Taken on the 11th of October 1793, in the Bay of Especia, by the Captain, of 74 guns Captain Reeve, and Speedy sloop, Charles Cunningham, Commander, having been! detached from Lord Hood's squadron at Toulon.-Captain Cunningham was first made Post into her and she was afterwards commanded by Captain Wolsely till paid off-When re-commissioned, Lord Augustus Fitzroy was appointed to command her, and ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. She is now in the East Indies, commanded by J. Rowley. Taken out of Genoa, on the 7th of October 1793, by the Bedford, Captain Man, and others of the squadron detached from Toulon under Rear Admiral Gell's orders.- Captain T. B. Martin, now of the Fishguard, was first made Post into her.At present repairing at Portsmouth, Stationed at Corsica, and taken by Lord Hood's squadron on the surrender of Calvi (roth August 1794).-Lieutenant Ralph W. Miller (now Captain of the Theseus) was first appointed to command her, but was not confirmed Post till the beginning of 1796.-This frigate was burnt at Ferajo, 31st July 1797, being unserviceable. Stationed in the Levant; and taken July 1799, by the Centaur, Captain Mark ham. Stationed at Villa France. Taken by the Terpsichore, Captain R. Bowen, off Cadiz (13th December 1796); retaken next day. Ships. La Fleche La Fauvette L'Eclair Ja Badine Le Hazard La Brune Guns. 24 24 20 24 20 24 CORVETTES. { Where stationed in 1793, and Remarks. Stationed in the Levant. Taken by Lord Hood's squadron, 21st May 1794, on the surrender of Bastia. Lieutenant Came appointed to command her. Lost in Sta Fiorenzo Bay, November 1795. Crew saved. Stationed in the Levant. Supposed still to exist in the French Navy. Stationed at Smyrna, and taken July 1793, by Lord Hood's Fleet, on her return to Toulon. Now at Sheerness in want of repair. Stationed at Villa Franca, and supposed still to exist in the French Navy. In all cruising and employed in various services prior to Lord Hood's taking possession of Toulon, one Ship of the Line, ten Frigates, and six Corvettes. Total Ships in the foregoing Lists (A), (B), (C), (D), belonging to the Department of Toulon, August 1793. Line of Battle Ships. Of 120 Guns. Of 80 Guns. [Of 74 Guns. Total of the Line. Frigates. RECAPITULATION of the Number of Ships, Frigates, and Corvettes, in the Outer Road, Inner Harbour, Bason, and Arsenal of Toulon, in August 1793, and the Number taken into the Service, disposed of, brought away, burnt, and destroyed, between the 1st of September and the 18th of December 1793 inclusive; together with those since taken, burnt, sunk, or destroyed. Total Ships in Toulon-2 of 120 guns, 4 of 80 guns, 25 of 74 guns, 12 frigates, and 13 corvettes or sloops Sent as cartels to Brest, Rochfort, and L'Orient, September 1793 Taken into the service of the Spaniards, Neapolitans, and Sardinians N. B. Six others had been set fire to, but did not burn so as to Burnt by accident at Leghorn Brought away from Toulon, and afterwards taken into his Ma jesty's service, including one ship of 120 guns Total disposed of, taken, burnt, and destroyed Ships of the Corvettes. Skips remaining at Toulon on the 18th of December 1793, including six of the line considerably damaged from having been also set on fire Taken, burnt, sunk, or destroyed, of the above remaining Ships since the evacuation of Toulon, by Lord Nelson and others, as mentioned in the foregoing list, including the remaining ship of 120 guns, and one of 80 guns Supposed to exist in the French Navy of the Ships left undestroyed at Toulon It is to be observed, that in addition to the ten sail of the line, three frigates, and two sloops, completely destroyed, the following ships were set on fire by Sir Sidney Smith, and the officers under his orders, viz. of the line, Le Tonnant, Le Hereuse, Le Mercure, Le Conquerant, Le Commerce de Bourdeaux, and a ship building, name unknown; also the frigates, La Serieuse, Courageuse, and Iphigenie-And although it afterwards turned out that these Ships were not burut so completely as the other ten sail of the line, &c. so as to prevent their being rebuilt and repaired; yet the damage they received was considerable : and as all the stores in the arsenal had been consumed or burnt, a long time elapsed before the enemy, with all his exertions, could get the Ships left undestroyed ready for service. It remained, therefore, only for the Spaniards to burn the seven ships of the line, which were in the Inner Harbour and Bason; and had they co-operated in the scene of conflagration in the manner pre-concerted, and which the Spanish Admiral had pledged himself to the Eritish Admiral would have been done, every remaining Ship must have been completely destroyed." RECAPITULATION of the Number of Ships belonging to the Department of Toulon employed in the Levant, at the Time Lord HOOD entered that Port, and the Number taken while in Possession, and since the Evacuation, contained in List marked (D). 1 Ships of the Corvettes. Total stationed in the Levant, Corsica, &c. Total taken, burnt, sunk, or destroyed, by Lord Hood's squadron, as named in list (D), Taken by other cruizers Taken by Lord Hood's squadron and other cruizers Supposed still to exist in the French Navy Total Ships of war taken, brought away, burnt. sunk, or destroyed, by Admira 1 Lord Hood, between the 11th of September 1793, and the 10th of August 1794, as named in lists (A), (B), (~), (D) The first named four sail of the line have been taken by Lord Nelson in the battle of the Nile; and as there is reason to suppose the Ship building was named the Spartiate, it will make five sail of the line since taken out of the six. La Serieuse frigate was sunk in the Bay of Aboukir ; and the Courageuse has been recently taken by the Centaur. It is with pleasure we contemplate the Naval achievements, which in so short a period gave the first deadly blow in this war to the maritime strength of the French in the Mediterranean; and we cannot sufficiently appreciate the zeal, activity, and talents of the Veteran Chief by whom they were directed.—It is perhaps the only instance recorded in the Naval Annals of this, or any other nation, where it has fallen to the lot of one Commander in Chief to take, burn sink, or destroy (in less than twelve months) so many of the enemy's line-of-battle ships and frigates. Captain Horatio Nelson, then commanding the Agamemnon of 64 guns, has ever been a distinguished favourite of Lord Hood's : that congeniality of sentiment which actuates great souls in matters of public service, requiring zeal, energy, and enterprise, as it were attracts and brings them together, notwithstanding a disparity of years and rank in the service. This intrepid Officer, therefore, had his share of the duties and enterprise in the period alluded to; which he so gloriously followed up in the battle of the Nile, where in one night the remaining force of the original squadron belonging to the Toulon department was nearly annihilated. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XIX. Correct Portraits of two Russian Ships, each of 64 Guns, as they lay at Anchor off Sheerness, in the Year 1796. THE Russian Ships differ little in their construction from ours: the stern is generally plain, and snug, without much carving; their masts are nearly at equal distances. Their Ships are also easily known from the bowsprit's stecving much more than those of the English. In the Captain's barge, the Russian sailors row with short oars, two men on each thwart. Nothing can exceed the coarse fare with which they are contented; even the bread and broth of Sparta, must be considered as delicacies to the train oil, which the Russian mariner receives as his repast. |
