HMS_Semiramis_(1808)

HMS <i>Semiramis</i> (1808)

HMS Semiramis (1808)

Royal Navy warship

HMS Semiramis was a fifth-rate Royal Navy frigate[1] during the Age of Sail. She was built at Deptford Dockyard,[2] launched on 25 July 1808,[3] and eventually broken up in 1844.

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Charles Richardson captained HMS Semiramis between 1810 and 1814,[4] during which time the ship destroyed the French 16-gun brig Le Pluvier and captured the 14-gun French privateer vessel Grand Jean Bart.[5][3]

Captain Sir James Yeo was transferred to command HMS Semiramis in October 1817; he would die aboard in 1818 while returning to England from Jamaica.[6]

References

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    "HMS Semiramis". www.pdavis.nl. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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    "HMS Semiramis". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
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    Winfield, Rif (2005). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd ed.). Seaforth (published 2008). p. 157. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.
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    Marshall, John (1825). "Richardson, Charles" . Royal Naval Biography – via Wikisource.
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    O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Richardson, Charles" . A Naval Biographical Dictionary – via Wikisource.
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    Laughton, John Knox. "Yeo, James Lucas" . Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900 – via Wikisource.
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