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| NAME OF SHIP | TYPE OF SHIP | VOYAGE DATES | LOCATION(S) | NOTES/MORE INFO |
HMS Regulus |
44-gun fifth rate Roebuck class two-decker converted in 1789 to troopship | May 3, 1804-July 10, 1807 | North Sea, off Boulogne & on the Guernsey Station | This image is not of the Regulus itself, but of a “Roebuck class” ship. It would’ve been built to the same specifications. |
HMS Swiftsure  |
74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy | Nov 5, 1807 – Jan 10, 1810 | North American Station off coast of Bermuda | Famed for being one the “Nelson ships” that fought at Trafalgar. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Swiftsure_(1804) Image location: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/H.M._Ship_Swiftsure.jpg |
| HMS Maidstone (no image) | 32-gun fifth rate | Jan 8, 1824-Sept 22, 1827 | Patrolled coast of Guinea | Prevention of the slave trade (noted in service record). More information on this 4-year tour and more history of the Maidstone here: http://nelsonlambert.blogspot.com/2011/06/africa-hms-maidstone-part-2.html (text below table) Acta Militaria, Blog by Nelson Lambert. Didn’t find any pictures, but there are architect drawings. |
HMS Barham |
74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , reduced to 50-gun in 1826 | Mar 27, 1831-May 3, 1834 | Patrolled Channel & Mediterranean | Presumed prevention of the slave trade |
HMS Howe |
120-gun first rate ship of the line | October 28, 1840 – Jan 12, 1841 | Supernumerary to the Coast of Syria | He traveled from England on this ship to get to the Revenge to start his duty there. http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~pbtyc/genealogy/18-1900/H/02327.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Howe |
HMS Revenge |
74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 13 April 1805 | Jan 12, 1841-Feb 28, 1842 | Patrolled Coast of Syria | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Revenge_(1805) Presumed prevention of the slave trade |