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CIRCE
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6th rate
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Built in 1785, Dover.
Wrecked in 1803. |
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- 1793 Capt. Joshua Sydney YORKE.
- 1794 Capt. HALKETT, 10/1794.
- 1797 Capt. WINTHROP, 12/1797, Nore.
In the autumn of 1799 CIRCE was operating off the coast of Holland under Vice Ad. MITCHELL in ISIS.
On 10 October, being prevented by contrary winds from joining Ad. MITCHELL in the Zuyder Zee, he decided to reconnoitre the port of Delfzel (Delfzijl) near the mouth of the Ems and found there a sloop and a schooner lying close under the batteries. Bad weather prevented an attack until eight that night when the boats went off with the tide to row the 20 miles to Delfzel. They arrived just as the moon went down and the first lieutenant, Mr MAUGHAN attacked the sloop and Lieut. POWLE the schooner, both being carried without loss although the enemy guns were primed and loaded. Lieut. BUCKLE of the HAWKE cutter and Captain MAY in the service of the Prince of Orange accompanied them as volunteers. - 1800 Capt. Isaac WOOLEY, 02/OO, re-fitting at Sheerness.
- 1803 Capt. Charles FEILDING. She was wrecked on the Lemon and Ower Shoal in the North Sea on 16 November 1803 while chasing an enemy. The crew were saved.
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