ERNE
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Built in 1813, Dartmouth. Wrecked in 1819. |
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- 1814 Capt. Hon. W. J. NAPIER, cruising in the Channel.
- 1815 Ditto, Jamaica.
- 1816 Capt. Richard SPENCER, 09/1815, fitting out for the Mediterranean. She returned home to be paid off at the end of 1817.
- 1818 Cdr. Timothy SCRIVEN, 12/1817, Cork.
Shortly after taking command he nearly lost his right hand when the ship faced destruction in Dublin Bay. - ERNE was wrecked on one of the Cape Verde Is.
on 1 June 1819 and the captain and his crew were taken to Barbados in a Portuguese vessel. Cdr. SCRIVEN returned to England in the COLUMBO on 14 August and was censured at a court martial six days later thus losing the promotion to post rank which had already been listed.
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