Tag Archives: cutting out expedition
Captain Conway Shipley
(photo located here) We briefly mention Commander Conway Shipley in the story below, Capture of l’Egyptienne. In that story he is the 21 year old commander of HMS Hippomenes who gave chase to, and captured, the 36-gun privateer l’Egyptienne in … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Operations, Smal Boat Actions
HMS Pallas at the Corduoan Light
I decided to do one more Lord Cochrane piece before moving on to something else. This episode predates The Boats of HMS Impérieuse by a year. At the time Cochrane was commanding the 32-gun 12-pounder frigate HMS Pallas with a … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Battles, Naval Operations, single ship actions
The Boats of HMS Impérieuse
I’ve noted on a couple of occasions that I’m reluctant to cover the careers of well know figures such as Nelson because they have been covered in such detail that I can’t add anything new to the discussion while on … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Operations Ashore, Smal Boat Actions
Fiasco: HMS Circe and Consorts vs. Cygne
We’ve chronicled in several places the success of British ships in cutting out expeditions and small boat actions. One is left in awe of the casualness with which British sailors took on impossible odds and carried the day. Often they … Continue reading
Cutting out the Sandwich
In May, 1800, the USS Constitution, commanded by Captain Silas Talbot, looked into the neutral port of Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, (pictured above) and found a French privateer, the former British packet Sandwich, sheltered there. Captain Talbot tells the story:
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Operations, Naval Tactics
Cutting out the Rose
We’ve written a bit about cutting out expeditions. Some of these were large scale affairs like that conducted by Captain Sir Henry Duncan at Anzio in which a convoy of 29 French or allied merchantmen was cut out in broad … Continue reading
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Captain Sir Henry Duncan at Anzio
Captain Sir Henry Duncan was the second surviving son of Captain, later Admiral, Adam Duncan, the victor at the Battle of Camperdown. Sir Henry came from a family with a seafaring tradition and went to sea in 1800 at age … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Famous Ships, Naval Biography, Naval Operations
Cutting Out Expeditions
Cutting out expeditions, the use of one or more small boats to take an enemy ship at anchor, are the staple of naval fiction. Some novels, such as Dudley Pope’s Nicholas Ramage novel, Ramage’s Mutiny, revolve around historical incidents. In … Continue reading
Filed under Age of Sail, Naval Operations
