HMS La Hogue
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Name | HMS La Hogue |
Ordered | 1 October 1806 |
Builder | Deptford Dockyard |
Laid down | April 1808 |
Launched | 3 October 1811 |
Fate | Broken up, 1865 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1750 bm |
Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS La Hogue was a 74-gun
History
During the
Later, La Hogue successfully trapped Young Teazer off the coast of Nova Scotia, British North America.
On 16 August 1813 La Hogue captured the Portuguese ship Flor de Mar. At the time HMS Tenedos was in sight.[Note 1]
La Hogue was driven ashore at
From 7–8 April 1814, ships' boats of the La Hogue,
In September 1814, La Hogue anchored near the Scituate Light station on the coast of Massachusetts with the intent of sending a raiding party into the town. Rebecca and Abigail Bates, the lighthouse keeper's daughters, repulsed the attack by playing a drum and a fife that had been left at the station, simulating the approach of the town militia.
La Hogue was converted into a screw-propelled steamship frigate in 1850. From 1852, she acted as a guard-ship at
She was eventually broken up in 1865.[1]
Notes
- d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth £1 11s 11¾d.[4]
Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p188.
- ^ Lubbock, Basil (1922), The Blackwall Frigates, p.21.
- ^ "No. 16771". The London Gazette. 7 September 1813. p. 1768.
- ^ "No. 17209". The London Gazette. 14 January 1817. p. 88.
- ^ "Marine List". Lloyd's List (4833): 78 v. 27 December 1813.
- ^ James, p325
- ^ Jerry Roberts. "The British raid on Essex". connecticuthistory.org. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. pp. 247–247.
- ISBN 9781584651116.
Letter from Coote to Capel dated 9 April 1814
- ^ Marshall, pp301-304
- ^ "Biography of William Ramsay R.N."
- ^ "The Baltic Fleet". The Times. No. 22175. London. 3 October 1855. col C-E, p. 8.
References
- OCLC 48836534.
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
- Marshall, John (1833). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 4, part 1. London: Longman and company.
- The Naval chronicle for 1813 : containing a general and biographical history of the royal navy of the United kingdom with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects. Vol. XXX, July–December. London: Joyce Gold.
External links
- Media related to HMS La Hogue (ship, 1811) at Wikimedia Commons
- HMS La Hogue history