NARRATIVES OF SHIPWRECKS
OF THE ROYAL NAVY:
BETWEEN 1793 AND 1849.

COMPILED
PRINCIPALLY FROM OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS IN
THE ADMIRALTY,

BY

WILLIAM O. S. GILLY.

WITH A PREFACE
BY

WILLIAM STEPHEN GILLY, D.D.
VICAR OF NORHAM AND CANON OF DURHAM.

LONDON:
JOHN W. PARKER, WEST STRAND

MDCCCL

CONTENTS.

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Preface, by the Rev. Dr. Gilly

The Wreck of the
    Boyne
    Amphion
    Tribune
    Resistance
    Proserpine
    Sceptre
    Queen Charlotte
    Invincible
    Grappler
    Apollo
    Hindostan
    Romney
    Venerable
    Sheerness
    Athenienne
    Nautilus
    Flora
    Ajax
    Anson
    Boreas
    Hirondelle
    Banterer
    Crescent
    Minotaur
    Pallas and Nymph
    St. George and Defence
    Hero
    Dædalus
    Persian
    Penelope
    Alceste
    Drake
    Fury
    Magpie
    Thetis
    Firefly
    Avenger

List of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy
between 1793 & 1850

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