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ASSISTANCE
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Built in 1781, Baker, Liverpool.
Wrecked near Dunkirk in 1802. |
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- 1782 Capt. J. WORTH, Plymouth.
- 1784 Capt. Wm. BENTINCK, with the broad pendant of Commodore Sir C. DOUGLAS, North America.
- 1791 Capt. Lord CRANSTOUN.
- 1793 Capt. John Samuel SMITH, with the flag of Vice Ad. Sir Richard KING, Halifax.
- 1797 Capt. H. MOWATT, Halifax.
- 1799 Capt. John Oaks HARDY.
- 1800 Capt. Robert HALL.
On 31 August 1800 ASSISTANCE arrived at Plymouth after a passage of six weeks from Halifax with his Royal Highness Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. After the men-of-war and the Citadel fired a royal salute of 21 guns, the Duke landed from her 12-oared barge at the Admiral's Hard in Stonehouse Pool and took a carriage to Weymouth. ASSISTANCE sailed for Portsmouth the following day. - 1802 Capt. Richard LEE.
ASSISTANCE was wrecked on the banks near Dunkirk on 29 March 1802 through the ignorance of the pilot. All the crew were rescued by a Flemish pilot boat.
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