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  Topic: St. Jago 1793
James

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PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2015 3:10 pm   Subject: St. Jago 1793
Look at what i found!

https://books.google.com/books?id=cssPAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA29&dq=spanish+ship+st.+jago&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5-ZTT3cPJAhVCOiYKHaJBDLsQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=sp ...
  Topic: Frigates
James

Replies: 2
Views: 65507

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 8:13 pm   Subject: Frigates
Can someone help me with something, of the 28 gun frigates to serve in the Royal Navy, does anyone know the name of the longest serving 28 gun frigate?

James
  Topic: HMS Amethyst(1799) Royal Marines
James

Replies: 0
Views: 60063

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:08 pm   Subject: HMS Amethyst(1799) Royal Marines
Being a large 36 gun frigate, how many marines would be aboard HMS Amethyst a Penelope class frigate?

Thanks,

James
  Topic: Prize Money for Santa Brigida and Thetis 1799
James

Replies: 1
Views: 57799

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:54 pm   Subject: Prize Money for Santa Brigida and Thetis 1799
When all of the prize money was paid out, how many peopls actually collected?
Was all of the prize money ever paid?(Rigging and Stores)?

James
  Topic: Ship replicas on the History Channel
James

Replies: 0
Views: 57949

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:55 pm   Subject: Ship replicas on the History Channel
I wanted to let you all know that I might have identified the ships I'd asked about appearing on "The Great Ships" series on the History Channel. I believe they are the replica ships HMS Bou ...
  Topic: HMS Araxas(1813)
James

Replies: 2
Views: 37452

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:23 am   Subject: HMS Araxas(1813)
Thanks for pointing out my mistake!
After correcting the spelling I found out the Leda class frigate which bore the name HMS ARAXES was named for a river in Turkey.

James
  Topic: HMS Araxas(1813)
James

Replies: 2
Views: 37452

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:01 pm   Subject: HMS Araxas(1813)
I was reading about George Miller Bligh yesterday, read where he served on HMS Victory at Trafalgar and was wounded and was in the cockpit when
Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson died. later on, in 1814 he ...
  Topic: HMS Agamemnon and Mensun Bound
James

Replies: 3
Views: 31010

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:12 pm   Subject: HMS Agamemnon and Mensun Bound
Could it be this one?
http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/x9vn/lost-ships--the-ghost-of-trafalgar
That's it, thanks! Mr. Green
  Topic: HMS Agamemnon and Mensun Bound
James

Replies: 3
Views: 31010

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:21 am   Subject: HMS Agamemnon and Mensun Bound
A few years back someone by the name of Mensen Bound presented a show on the 64 gun ship HMS Agamemnon, I believe it was on the History Channel.
Does anybody know what the show was called?

James
  Topic: British & French 3rd Rate Ships of the Line
James

Replies: 5
Views: 33353

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 5:40 pm   Subject: British & French 3rd Rate Ships of the Line
I meant to say, did the French ever attempt a raid, much like the one the Dutch carried out in early June 1667, while Napoleon was in power.

James
  Topic: British & French 3rd Rate Ships of the Line
James

Replies: 5
Views: 33353

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2012 5:13 pm   Subject: British & French 3rd Rate Ships of the Line
Can someone please tell me how many 3rd rate 64 gun ships of the line the British and French had in commission in the years 1794-1814?

While Napoleon was in power in France did the French Navy ever ...
  Topic: French Magicienne class frigate armament
James

Replies: 1
Views: 18925

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 1:54 am   Subject: French Magicienne class frigate armament
I was reading about the Battle of the Nile on wikipedia and in the article it states that the French had 2 Magicienne class frigates present, Serieuse and Artemise. The Wikipedia article on the Battle ...
  Topic: British 18 pounder 36 gun frigate crews
James

Replies: 2
Views: 22824

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:24 pm   Subject: British 18 pounder 36 gun frigate crews
I'm not comparing the establishments of the different frigates of the two countries, I'm working on three different ship designs and want to use the largest crew establishment for the 36's from the tw ...
  Topic: British 18 pounder 36 gun frigate crews
James

Replies: 2
Views: 22824

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:13 am   Subject: British 18 pounder 36 gun frigate crews
I recently found a document that states the United States 36 gun frigate Congress had a total crew, including marines of 416 in 1821.
William James states that in January 1813 the crews of the 18 pou ...
  Topic: H.M.S. Amethyst(1799-1811) Ship's Boats
James

Replies: 2
Views: 22480

PostForum: Age of Nelson   Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 5:17 am   Subject: H.M.S. Amethyst(1799-1811)Ship's boats
Thanks for the help!

James
 
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