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The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners be pleased to recommend him to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty as a most valuable Officer and deserving of their Attention ; on his Account most sincerely do I lament the baffling Winds that prevented my bringing the Enemy to Action on the preceding Day, which I was several Times in Expectation of doing. La Dedaigneuse is a perfect new Frigate, Copper fastened, and fails well, carries Twenty eight Twelve-Pounders on her Main Deck, and pierced for Forty Guns. I have given the Prize in Charge of my First Lieutenant with Directions to proceed to Plymouth ; …..' I have the Honor to be, &c. &c. Sec. S H Linzee There is considerable confusion in secondary sources about this action, for example the list of vessels involved is always inaccurate, as can be seen from the announcement of payment of the prize money in 1802 435 . Rooke may have been in Sirius when she and Amethyst captured the Spanish privateer Charlotta, also early in 1801 436 . 435 London Gazette 15486 dated 5 June 1802 p 584 Plymouth May 29 1802 Notice is hereby given to the Officers and Company of His majesty’s Ship Sirius, Richard King Esq; Commander and who were actually on board at the Capture of the French Frigate La Desdaigneufe 19 th January 1801 by His Majesty’s Ships Oifeau Amethyst Sirius Immortalite and Atalantes that they will be paid their refpective Proportions of the Proceeds of the said Frigate’s Hull Stores and Head-money on board the Sirius at Portsmouth, Saturday 5 th June next; and that the shares not then demanded will be recalled at my Office every Friday afterwards for Three years Edmund Lockyer, of Plymouth, George Player, of Portsmouth, Agents It is noted that Mr Lockyer had been promoted between July 1801 and the date of this notice. 436 London Gazette 15334 dated 3 Feb 1801 p 149 Sirius, off Cape Belam 28 th 1801 My Lord, I beg leave to inform your Lordship, His majesty’s Ship Sirius, under my command, in company with His Majesty’s Ship Amethyst, captured the Spanish Letter of Marque Charlotta, from Ferrol bound to Curacao, out of Ferrol only Sixteen Hours , Cape Belam bearing S by W Six or Seven Leagues I am &c Rcd King Also Gentleman’s Magazine 1801 pt 1 Jan 1801 pp 170-171 135
The Manor of Lackham IV : 19 th & 20 th century owners According to O’Bryne FW Rooke next spent 14 months in HMS Boadicea 33 437 under Capt. Charles Rowley 438 , the brother of his second Captain. The date when he left Sirius is unknown but he is likely to have been in Boadicea when she and two other ships captured the Spanish ship El Reymo Duno on 21 st August 1801 439 In 1802 he was made Admiralty Midshipman in HMS Clyde 38 with Capt. John Larmour 440 serving in the North Sea and the Baltic. In December 1803 Rooke was made Acting Lieutenant in HMS Ariadne 26 441 , Capt. Charles Elphinstone Fleeming commanding. He didn’t remain in Ariadne long; according to O’Bryne in 1804 he served in HMS Veteran 64 442 under both Capt. Richard King 443 (again) and Capt. James Newman. Newman 444 . During his 437 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Boadicea Ordered April 1795, from the Adams Yard at Bucklers Hard, in Hampshire. Laid down September 1795, launched April 1797 and commissioned in September of that year. Broken up 1858 438 Sir Charles Rowley, Admiral 1841. 16/12/1770 – 10/11/1845 Fourth son of Vice Adm. Sir Joshua Rowley 439 Londan Gazette 15431 dated 28 November 1801 p1428 The other vessels were HMS Fisgard, under Thomas Byam Martin and HMS Diamond, Edward Griffith commanding. 440 Died 1807 - “In Memory of Capt. John Larmour of the Royal Navy who died Jan 16 th 1807, aged 52 years” [Allen, T (1827) The history and antiquities o the parish of Lambeth” section Monuments and Epitaphs in the Churchyard p15 441 Ariadne has started life as a 20 gun 6 th rate frigate, launched 27 December 1776 at Chatham but was rebuilt as a 26 gun vessel at Northam 16 years later and it was in this version that Rooke served. She was sold in 1814 [http://britainsnavy.co.uk/Ships/HMS%20Ariadne/HMS%20Ariadne%20(1776)%201.h tm ] 442 Lavery, B (1984) The Ship of the Line vol 1 The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850 p192 Veteran was a 64 gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1787. She had been present in the reserve force at the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801. 443 King had been made Captain ten years earlier but was appointed to Achille in April 1804 (see fn 429 above) 136
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