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CHAMPION
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6th rate
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Built in 1779, Ipswich.
Hospital ship in 1810.
Sold in 1816. |
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- 1782 Capt. Thomas WEST, with Rear Ad. Sir Samuel HOOD in the action with de Grasse at St. Kitts on 25 and 26 January 1782. With RODNEY in the battle of the Saintes on 12 April.
- 1784 Spithead.
- 1796 Capt. RAPER, 03/1796.
- 1798 Capt. G. E. HAMOND, 12/1798, Nore.
- 1800 Ditto, Spithead for the Mediterranean.
- 1801 Capt. Lord William STUART, Mediterranean.
A letter from the consul in Corfu dated 20 June stated that La BELLE HELENE, a French vessel, bound from Ancona to Egypt, had been cut out of Otranto by 13 men in CHAMPION's barge under a very heavy fire of musketry and great guns. She was commanded by an ensign de vaisseau, had on board 100,000 cartridges, 306 muskets and other articles, together with an aid-de-camp, other officers and several physicians and artists, 32 in all. She was taken to Corfu. - 1803 Out of commission at Chatham.
- 1805 Capt. Robert Howe BROMLEY, off La Havre.
On 23 July 1805 CHAMPION distinguished herself in an action with the French flotilla in which she lost 2 men killed and 3 wounded. Her hull, sails and rigging were badly damaged. - 1807 Capt. Kenneth M'KENZIE, Channel.
- 1808 Capt. James Coutts CRAWFORD, coast of Spain, where he co-operated with the Spanish patriots before removing to VENUS.
- 1810 Receiving ship at Sheerness.
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