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Built in 1835, Woolwich.
Coast Guard in 1857. |
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- 1840 Lieut. Christopher SMITH, 04/1836, Falmouth.
- 1842 Lieut. Thomas CRESER 07/1841, Falmouth.
- 1844 Robert DUNLOP, 09/1843, Coast of Africa.
On 6 March 1845 STAR re-captured the slaver FELICIDADE (see WASP). She was pretending to be the VIRGINIE and the crew said that a falling spar had caused their injuries but DUNLOP found signs that English seamen had been aboard. She was then sent to Sierra Leone with Lieut. WILSON and 9 men.
On 16 March they were overwhelmed during a severe squall and the schooner started to sink.
WILSON and his men constructed a raft of such materials as remained above water and set out for Africa 200 miles distant.
For 20 days they lived on rainwater and the flesh of four sharks until they were picked up by Henry LAYTON in CYGNET when they were in sight of land.
Only WILSON and four seamen survived. - 1848 (8-gun) Charles RILEY, 01/1848, Coast of Africa.
- 1850 Frederick SELWYN, 08/1848, Coast of Africa.
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