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STAG
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Built in 1794, Chatham.
Lost in 1800. |
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- Capt. Joshua Sydney YORKE, -/1794.
Channel and the coast of Ireland.
On 22 August 1795,being in a light squadron under Capt. James ALMS in the North Sea, he gave chase to two large ships and a cutter.
In the afternoon he brought the sternmost ship to action and when she struck after an hour she proved to be the Batavian frigate ALLIANCE (36) with a crew of 240 men of whom between 40 and 50 were killed and wounded.
Her consorts, the ARGO (36) and the cutter NELLY (16), escaped after a running fight with the rest of the squadron.
STAG lost 4 men killed and 13 wounded. - Mr Charles HEWITT became first lieutenant after the capture of the ALLIANCE, he had served with Capt. YORKE as a master's mate in CIRCE at the beginning of the war.
- On 19 October 1799 STAG and CAMBRIAN, about 100 miles west of the Garonne, fell in with two French vessels and they immediately gave chase.
One, the privateer HEUREAUX, was captured by STAG. She was armed with ten brass 6-pounders and was carrying a cargo of red dye, cotton, cocoa, coffee and sugar from Cayenne to Bordeaux.
CAMBRIAN, being a better sailor, went after the other, a 26-gun privateer outward bound from Bordeaux. - Capt. YORKE removed to JASON (36) in March 1800.
- 1800 Capt. Robert WINTHROP.
STAG took part in Sir John WARREN's expedition against Ferrol in the autumn of 1800. - On 29 August twenty boats from the squadron cut out the French privateer GUEPE from under the batteries in Vigo Bay.
With eighteen 9-pounders and 161 men on board she put up a desperate resistance, her commander having secured the hatchways to prevent his people retreating, and was carried only after 25 of them had been killed and 40 wounded.
Two of the boats were from STAG, one commanded by master's mate Charles HOLE. - On 6 September STAG parted her cables in Vigo bay.
The strong wind laid her on her beam ends and prevented her from wearing clear of the other ships.
Capt. WINTHROP made sail and endeavoured to weather Point Subudo but the wind increased to hurricane force and drove her on shore where she was holed on a rock.
After all her people were safe and some of her stores had been salvaged the Rear Admiral ordered her to be burnt.
While doing this Mr Pym, the first lieutenant was blown up but soon recovered.
Lieut. SMITH of the MILBROOK schooner saved many of the crew who were distributed among the fleet.
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