Out of eight lieutenants five were killed, with three hundred petty officers and seamen, and about one hundred wounded. Between 12 and 15 December 1814, Captain Lockyer of Sophie led a flotilla of some 50 boats, barges, gigs and launches to attack the US gunboats. Tonnant returned to England in May 1815. Tonnant was off New Orleans in January 1815, and in the vicinity of the attack on Fort Bowyer in February 1814. Our severe contest with the French admiral lasted more than half-an-hour, our sides grinding so much against each other that we were obliged to fire the lower deck guns without running them out. [2], During the Battle of Trafalgar (21 October 1805) she captured the 74-gun French ship Algésiras. It was a singular coincidence to see us shaking hands and offering cigars to men whose duty it was an hour before to shoot us. She then in the most gallant manner locked her bowsprit in our starboard main shrouds, and attempted to board us with the greater part of her officers and ship’s company. A first-class share of the prize money was worth £34 12s 9¼d; a sixth-class share, that of an ordinary seaman, was worth 7s 10¾d. [8], Later in 1804 Tonnant was in the Channel under Captain William Henry Jervis. Last name : First name : Approximate age on 21 October 1805 +/- Birth place: This will only find exact matches. There were so many of us in a crippled state it was thought prudent to haul to the westward, as the swell was throwing us towards the shore, and the sky had all the tokens of a gale of wind from the west-south-west. It names all the crew of the ship at the Battle of Trafalgar, each man on the list being awarded prize money for the enemy ships destroyed or captured during the battle. The British captured or destroyed almost the entire American force, including the tender, USS Alligator, and five gunboats. After Major General Robert Ross's death in the Battle of North Point, his body was stored in a barrel of 129 gallons (586 l) of Jamaican rum aboard Tonnant. The officers of the garrison gave a horse race on neutral ground, and invited the Governor of St. Roch with his staff. [3], Tonnant was commissioned under Captain Loftus Bland in January 1799, with Captain Robert Fitzgerald taking over in February. Crew - 690 History This sturdy ship is famous for bravely fighting three British ships of the line (HMS Victory, HMS Temeraire and HMS Tonnant) during the battle of Trafalgar, under the command of Captain Lucas. Emilie was armed with twelve 10-pounder guns and had a crew of 84 men. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! All the crew of the Defence would benefit from Prize Money : an incentive for all ranks in the Navy. She had rifle-men in her tops who did great execution. They cheered and in a short time carried her. The British lost 17 men killed and 77 wounded; Tonnant had three men killed and 15 wounded, one of whom died later. The British captured her in August 1793 during the Siege of Toulon but the French recaptured her when the siege was broken in December. HMS Tonnant 80 guns, Good Captain, Good Crew HMS Ardent 64 guns, Inspired Captain, Good Crew HMS Boadicea 38 guns Good Captain, Good Crew. The Battle of Trafalgar, by William Clarkson Stanfield. Champel) and Le Tonnant (Lieutenant de vaisseau (Lt.) A.A.C.H.P. Thus gloriously fell in the arms, and on the deck, of Victory, as brave, as intrepid, and as great a hero as ever existed, a seaman’s friend and the father of the fleet. HMS Tonnant (lit. “Not much,” replied he; “I am only winged above my elbow, and I am waiting my turn to be lopped.” His arm was dreadfully broken by a grape-shot. She then served as the flagship for Admiral Lord Keith when she took part in the exiling of Napoleon to St. Helena in 1815, though she was not part of the flotilla that took him there. Tonnant lost 26 officers and men killed and 50 officers and men wounded in the battle, with Tyler being among the wounded. These powerful ships of the line had a designed crew of around 780, and they were armed with 30 32–Pounder guns in the lowerdeck, 30 24–Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 18 24–Pounder guns in the quarterdeck, 2 12–Pounder guns in the forecastle. [7] In the new year, on 18 February 1804, Tonnant and the ships of the squadron recaptured the brig Eliza. The book in its entirety can be found at Gutenberg Press – if you don’t know this website, you’re missing out on a treasure trove of great books! A Spanish three-decker now crossed our bows and gave us a raking broadside which knocked away the fore and main top-masts, the main and fore-yards with the jib-boom and sprit-sail yard, part of the head, and killed and wounded twenty-two of the men. Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory was at the very heart of the battle, locked rail-to-rail with Redoutable. Their vessel was a small cartel ship bearing a flag of truce and manned with a crew of ten. The French Navy is present in this new series with two Bucentaure class ships and one Tonnant class ship.Bucentaure was a class of twenty–one 80–gun third rates, with a designed crew of around 500, while the Tonnant class was a group of eight 80-gun third rates ships of the line that had a designed crew of around 780. The exertion he made burst the vessels, and before they could be again taken up he died. Our rudder was unshipped, or rather the wreck of it, to be spliced. Source: Wikipedia. For more chance of success, use an asterisk on each side of the place name, for example, *England* or *India* We cheered and gave her another broadside, and down came her colours. The shot were the most destructive. Our guns were all double-shotted. [2] In October Captain Charles Kerr assumed command as Tonnant served as the flagship for Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane during most of the campaign in Chesapeake Bay. He sailed her to Gibraltar and then back to Britain. The tow rope parted from Tonnant , masts and sails were lost from both ships and Tonnant was blown out of control towards the rocky shore. The French admiral’s ship who so gallantly attempted to board us had his flag hoisted in three places. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Immediately before the battle, boats from Tonnant participated in the British victory at the Battle of Lake Borgne. Vice Admiral Alexander Cochrane invited him to join the officers for lunch, a standard courtesy. In about twenty minutes we were again in the rear of the enemy, who appeared to have had enough of it, as they had neared Cadiz, and all the prizes except four seventy-fours were making for the harbour. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. At the time we began the action it was dinner time, i.e. We left the second lieutenant and sixty men in charge of her, and took some of the prisoners on board when she swung clear of us. She then reverted to the French Navy.[1]. HMS Malta previously … Tyler carefully drilled his crew until Tonnant was amongst the most efficient and powerful ships in the fleet. [Note 5] After his release, Skinner, Key and Beanes were allowed to return to their own sloop, but were not allowed to return to Baltimore because they had become familiar with the strength and position of British units and knew of the British intention to attack Baltimore. She was nine days out of Saint-Malo and had captured one vessel, a Spanish merchant ship that the Royal Navy had recaptured on the 24th. Captain Montresor of the gun-brig Manly commanded the second, and Captain Roberts of Meteor commanded the third. One afternoon I had been rambling with another brother officer over the Rock, when, as we reached the O’Hara Tower, we were overtaken by a thunder-storm. Letter from Admiral Cochrane to the Admiralty dated 25 February 1814. About 7 p.m. the wind began to freshen from the westward. The order was given to fire; being so close every shot was poured into their hulls, down came the Frenchman’s mizzen-mast, and after our second broadside the Spaniard’s fore and cross-jack yards. They found the gallant French Admiral Magon killed at the foot of the poop ladder, the captain dangerously wounded. P.A. Shortly thereafter a sniper would kill Ross while Ross was leading his forces against Baltimore. They cheered and in a short time carried her. Tyler was born in County Cavan, Ireland in 1760, the son of Captain Peter Tyler of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry and his wife the Hon. The Royal Sovereign, which had only her foremast standing, with four other ships of our fleet, had already anchored. While serving together in HMS Tonnant in 1810, Lieutenant Thomas W. Cecil remarked that Stackpoole “drew a long bow” (lied). Flags of truce were stuck up beyond the Gibraltar limits, and we were at liberty to go nearly as far as the nearest Spanish fort. Cochrane was the highest-ranking British officer in North America, responsible for military strategy. A prize crew sailed the prize to Gibraltar where she was purchased into the Navy. On 8 December 1814, two US gunboats fired on Sophie, Armide and the sixth-rate frigate Seahorse while they were passing the chain of small islands that runs parallel to the shore between Mobile and Lake Borgne.[23]. We were saved the trouble of taking in our studding-sails, as our opponents had the civility to effect it by shot before we got into their line. The night was passed in much painful anxiety, and we expected every time we wore to strike on the rocks of Cape Trafalgar. Rudderless, with damaged masts and spars with the stern windows smashed in, Lieutenant Benjamin Clement recalled the crew’s fear -“In this state we experienced as heavy a gale as ever I was in. M.S. On the fourth morning, at daylight, during a fog, we were not a little astonished at finding ourselves bombarded, and the shells and shot flying fast and thick amongst us. After she cleared us another Spanish three-decker drifted nearly on board of us. He was desired to go below to the doctor. In the ensuing boarding action, Admiral Nelson was felled by a mizzen top sniper. Lockyer deployed the boats in three divisions, of which he led one. A marine who had sailed with me in a former ship was standing up as I passed, with his left arm hanging down. Dining With The Enemy. On the afternoon of the 20th of October, 1805, our longing eyes were blessed with the signal. These powerful ships of the line had a designed crew of around 780, and they were armed with 30 32-Pounder guns in the lowerdeck, 30 24-Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 18 24-Pounder guns in the quarterdeck, 2 12-Pounder guns in the forecastle. She was one of only three third rate vessels designed and built by the noted maritime architect Sir Anthony Deane. She was the largest ship and had four regular tiers of guns, mounting in the whole one hundred and thirty-six. At length both ships caught fire before the chest-trees, and our firemen, with all the coolness and courage so inherent in British seamen, got the engine and played on both ships, and finally extinguished the flames, although two of them were severely wounded in doing so. Stackpoole was in command of HMS Statira by 1811. HMS Tonnant (1798) - HMS Tonnant was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. [17] At the time that she captured Emilie, Tonnant was in company with Hogue, Colossus, Bulwark, and Poictiers. All our ships that had bands were playing “Rule Britannia,” “Downfall of Paris,” etc. [16], On 24 March 1812, still under the command of Gore, Tonnant was off Ushant when she captured the French privateer Emilie. At length we had the satisfaction of seeing her three lower masts go by the board, ripping the partners up in their fall, as they had been shot through below the deck, and carrying with them all their sharp-shooters to look sharper in the next world, for as all our boats were shot through we could not save one of them in this. We had fought on nearly empty stomachs. Anna Maria Roper, daughter of Henry Roper, 8th Baron Teynham.His father died when he was three years old. In 1820, while at sea in the southern Pacific Ocean under the command of Captain George Pollard, she was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale. [14] Tonnant then was among the vessels sharing in the captures of Goede Hoop on 9 July and Carl Ludwig on 2 August. We had pummelled her so handsomely that fourteen of her lower deck guns were dismounted, and her larboard bow exhibited a mass of splinters. The Defiance was ordered to take us in tow; we shortly afterwards made the signal, that we were able to renew the action. During the latter part of the action the captain, who was lying on a cot in the purser’s cabin, sent for me. ( Log Out /  From her he directed attacks on Washington, D.C. and Baltimore. She had previously been Tonnant of the French Navy and the lead ship of the Tonnant class. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. The Royal Navy then took her into service. Nineteen sail of their line of battleships had surrendered, and one, the Achille, had blown up. These powerful ships of the line had a designed crew of around 780, and they were armed with 30 32-Pounder guns in the lowerdeck, 30 24-Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 18 24-Pounder guns in the quarterdeck, 2 12-Pounder guns in the forecastle. [23] On 13 December 1814, the British attacked the one-gun schooner USS Sea Horse. The salutation was heartfelt and most gratifying. While under his command Minerve distinguished herself in a number of small cutting out expeditions. Lord Admiral Thomas Cochrane: Historys Real Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey. The explosion she made was sublime and awful; a number of her crew were saved by the Pickle schooner. The crew were then ordered with the second lieutenant to board her. ( Log Out /  In January 1812, Captain Jones was replaced in command by Captain Samuel Jackson. In 1771, at eleven years of age, he joined the Royal Navy aboard HMS Barfleur (1768) under Captain Andrew Snape Hamond as a … The carpenters had cobbled up one of the cutters, in which I was sent on board the Royal Sovereign to report our condition and to request the assistance of one of the fleet to tow us, as in consequence of our rudder being so much shattered by shot it was rendered unserviceable. We were drifting like a pig upon a grating, and as helpless as a sucking shrimp, when the signal was made to repair damages. As we stood in the tower, which, as Paddy would say, is no tower at all, we saw the thunder-clouds descend under us, and could distinctly see the lightning. We manned the jolly boat—the only boat that we thought would float—to take possession of her, but she had not proceeded more than a few yards when down she went, leaving the fourth lieutenant and her crew paddling like sea nondescripts. On 21st March 1812, the French cargo ship L'Emilie surrendered to a force comprised of HMS Poictiers, HMS Tonnant (80), HMS Colussus (74) HMS Bulwark (74) and HMS Hogue (74). [19] On 12 May, Abercrombie captured Betsy. 'Thundering') was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. [4] Next, Tonnant, Mars and Spartiate captured the Dutch ships Coffee Baum and Maasluys on 2 and 4 June. A cordon of frigates were ordered to repeat signals to us from the one nearest the shore, whilst we kept nearly out of sight of the land, and all our ships’ sides were ordered to be painted yellow with black streaks, and the masts yellow. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Tonnant underwent repairs between December 1801 and April 1803. [2] In 1809 she was under the command of Captain James Bowen when she recaptured Ann of Leith on 8 April. She was laid down at the Toulon Dockyard in November 1787 and launched on 24 October 1789. I regret to mention that out of sixteen amputations only two survived. HMS Tonnant (French language: "Thundering") was an 80-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy.She had previously been the Tonnant of the French Navy and the lead ship of the Tonnant class.Rear-Admiral Horatio Nelson captured her at Aboukir Bay off the coast of Egypt at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798. At daylight we had the felicity to see them from the deck, and counted thirty-three sail of the line and three large frigates. Thomas, RN), HMS Diamond (Lt.Cdr. Their stumps broke out afresh, and it was impossible to stop the hæmorrhage. Pellew received £85 12s 1d; a seaman received 3s 5¼d. The two French Navy warships had broken out of the blockade when they met Tonnant. This was the more provoking as we could not return her the compliment, having full employment with those we first engaged. On the morning of 14 December, the British engaged the Americans in a short, violent battle. [2] She then served as flagship for Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey. As a result, Key witnessed the bombarding of Fort McHenry and was inspired to write a poem called Defence of Fort M'Henry, later named "The Star Spangled Banner". They cheered and in a short time carried her. Under his command she participated in the Blockade of Ferrol. On 15 February 1793 she and HMS Hector left on a cruise during which at some point they pursued two French frigates and they captured a French merchant ship, the Etoille du Matin, on 23 February. We answered with alacrity the signal to make all sail for the enemy, preserving our order of sailing. The Governor, General Fox, sent an invitation to all the officers of the fleet requesting their company to a ball at the Government House. I wish to give the beggars,” meaning the enemy, “a few more hard pills before I have done with them.” Saying this, he bound his foot up in his neck-handkerchief and served out double allowance until his carronade was dismounted by the carriage of it being shattered to pieces. One of our men, Fitzgerald, ran up his rigging and cut away one of them and placed it round his waist, and had nearly, after this daring exploit, reached his ship, when a rifleman shot him and he fell between the two ships and was no more seen. Forester and Patrick O … We received her fire, which shot away the gaff. At this period the Bellerophon, seeing our critical position, gallantly steered between us and our first French antagonist and sheeted her home until she struck her colours. We gave them some parting salutes. Despite the loss of their commander, the British columns piled into the Franco – Spanish line, overwhelming those ships still fighting the centre and driving off both van and rearguards. twelve o’clock; a small proportion of cheese had been given out and half allowance of grog. Providentially the wind drew more round to the north-east, and at daylight we weathered the Cape and about noon anchored at Gibraltar. The following is chapter 16 of Captain Frederick Hoffman’s “A Sailor of King George”: In a week’s time we formed one of the squadron, and shortly after were joined by fourteen sail of the line under Lord Nelson. He drowned off Brest when going in his gig from Tonnant to San Josef on 26 January 1805. ( Log Out /  Lloyd's List reported on 14 June 1811 that French privateer Adolphe had captured George and Mary, but that Tonnant had recaptured George and Mary, which had been sailing from the West Indies and which arrived in Plymouth on 11 June. We at length received our rudder from the hands of the dockyard mateys. However, we fired as nearly as we could judge in the direction from whence their shells came, and I presume we must have done some execution among them. On mustering our ship’s company after we were tolerably in order, we found we had twenty-six killed and fifty-eight wounded, the captain included, who, as soon as we arrived, went on shore. [2] Even before she formally entered British service, she was among the vessels that participated in the capture of the Greek vessel Ardito on 24 October 1798. “My God,” said he, “you are all Nelsons!”5. At length we had the honour of nestling His Majesty’s ship between a French and a Spanish seventy-four, and so close that a biscuit might have been thrown on the decks of either of them. In descending we started two large baboons, who appeared as much surprised as we were. Not a particularly good roll up for the British with lots of average stuff and being outnumbered 10 to 6 and then the random wind direction favoured the Spanish. [2], Tonnant underwent repairs between December 1801 and April 1803. Key’s party finally found the HMS Tonnant, the flagship of the fleet, whose crew welcomed them on board. The crew were then ordered with the second lieutenant to board her. The wind was very light, and it was nearly noon before we closed with the enemy. I must retrograde a little here and relate a few occurrences which took place during the action, and of which I was an eye-witness. The Tonnant class was a group of eight 80-gun third rates, designed for French Navy by Jacques-Noel Sane. Tonnant was the only French ship still engaged in the morning, with her colours flying, though aground. The muster roll for HMS Victory is held in the archives at the library here at the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Out of eight lieutenants five were killed, with three hundred petty officers and seamen, and about one hundred wounded. The Tonnant class ship HMS … Our own struck up “Britons, strike home.” We were so slow in moving through the water in consequence of the lightness of the wind that some of the enemy’s ships gave us a royal salute before we could break their line, and we lost two of the band and had nine wounded before we opened our fire. [2] In 1810 she served under Captain Sir John Gore. The Tonnant class was a group of eight 80-gun third rates, designed for French Navy by Jacques–Noël Sané. After our second broadside all was silent. They extended in line ahead. They escaped her but British naval forces of varying strengths harried them during their journey back to port and they only just made it to the safety of A Coruña. 29 Apr 1810 At Cadiz. [11][Note 3], Tonnant underwent a refit at Portsmouth between January and June 1806. He served off New London 1813-14, encouraging the arrangement of a “duel” between the former sister ships USS Macedonian and HMS Statira in January 1814. It was not until 3 August that she finally struck her colours. Upon her arrival in Plymouth in 1800 she was laid up in ordinary. His death was deservedly and deeply felt by every man in the fleet. Early life. Trafalgar is one of the most famous British battles of all time, right alongside the Battle of Hastings and other pivotal moments in the history of the British Isles. The principal signalman, whose name was White, and a captain of one of the guns on the poop, had his right great toe nearly severed from his foot. We soon removed from our position, as the small building under which we had taken shelter had been formerly struck by lightning, and we began to be apprehensive of its second visit. She left the anchorage off Mobile Bay on 18 February and arrived in Havana on 24 February 1815, accompanied by Asia and Vengeur.[26]. The marines kept up a warm and destructive fire on the boarders. I understood it was well attended, and the ladies very amiable. She arrived at the naval base at Plymouth, England on 17 July 1799. [10] Captain Charles Tyler replaced Jervis in March. I, having received a wound in the left hand, which was painful, did not attend. [15], Between November and December 1809 she was under repair at Plymouth. Tonnant shared in the capture of Perseverance on 28 October, though the prize money was much less. The Tonnant class was a group of eight 80-gun third rates, designed for French Navy by Jacques-Noel Sane. The purpose of HMS ACASTA is to accurately portray a crew of His Majesty's Royal Navy circa 1800-1810 for the educational benefit of the public and for the mutual research and enjoyment of the individual members. On 13–14 September 1814 Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner were dining aboard the ship after negotiations to release some captured prisoners, during the Battle of Baltimore. These powerful ships of the line had a designed crew of around 780, and they were armed with 30 32–Pounder guns in the lowerdeck, 30 24–Pounder guns in the upperdeck, 18 24–Pounder guns in the quarterdeck, 2 12–Pounder guns in the forecastle. Among the dead was Majestic's captain, George Blagdon Westcott. Anaconda then evacuated the wounded. On 9th March 1812, HMS Northumberland was part of a force commanded by Captain Sir John Gore in the ex-French 80 gun ship HMS Tonnant, blockading Lorient. Our poop was soon cleared, and our gallant captain shot through the left thigh and obliged to be carried below. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Her crew were taken out by our frigates and she was scuttled. 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