Английская Википедия:HMS Redbridge (1803)

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HMS Redbridge was the French privateer cutter Oiseau, which had been commissioned at Rochefort in August 1803. Шаблон:HMS captured her in September 1803. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS Redbridge. She foundered at Jamaica in February 1805.

Capture

Oiseau began her cruise in August 1803.Шаблон:Sfnp

Argo captured Oiseau on 12 September 1803. Oiseau was armed with ten guns and had a crew of 68 men under the command of Enseigne de vaisseau Nicholas Brune Daubin. Fire from Argo killed OiseauШаблон:'s second lieutenant during the pursuit. Oiseau was nine days out of Rochfort and taken nothing.[1]

Lieutenant Francis Blower Gibbes (acting) commissioned Redbridge in Jamaica in May 1804.

Fate

Redbridge, Lieutenant Francis Gibbes, was at anchor in Pedro Bay, Jamaica, on 26 February 1805 when at around 7a.m. water was found to be entering. The crew used the pumps, attempted to bail, and tried to kedge her on to shore, but she foundered suddenly at about 9a.m. All the crew were rescued. The post-loss inquiry found that Redbridge was in poor condition and leaky.Шаблон:Sfnp

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