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THISTLE Gun-brig Built in 1812, Rochester.
Broken up in 1823.
  • 1814 J. K. WHYTE, North America.
    In January 1814 volunteer seamen from THISTLE, then lying at Halifax, joined those from FANTOME and MANLEY in marching 1,000 miles from St. John's, New Brunswick, to Kingston on Lake Ontario to man two frigates being built there to counter American moves towards Canada.
    On the third evening after leaving Frederickston the master of THISTLE died from the intense cold.
    The journey from Halifax to Montreal took from 22 January to 1 March with a further 11 days to Kingston.
    (See FANTOME and MANLEY)
  • 1816 Portsmouth.
  • 1819 Lieut. Robert HAGAN, 05/1819, Coast of Africa.
    THISTLE returned home on 21 May 1823.

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