Hired_armed_ship_Hannibal

Hired armed ship<i> Hannibal</i>

Hired armed ship Hannibal

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Hannibal was an armed ship of 16 guns that the British Royal Navy hired in 1804.[1] On 25 September she was reported to be escorting troop transports from Plymouth to the Downs.[2] She was under the command of Commander Richard James Lawrence O'Connor on 16 November when she drifted from her anchors in the Downs; she was wrecked near Sandown Castle, Isle of Wight.[3][4] Her crew was saved.[5]

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  1. [1]
    Winfield (2008), p. 394.
  2. [2]
    Naval Chronicle, Vol. 12, p.338.
  3. [3]
    "NMM, vessel ID 368132" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol viii. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. [4]
    Marshall (1828), p. 214.
  5. [5]
    United Service Magazine (1830), p.378.

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