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HMS San Domingo (1809)

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Name
  
HMS San Domingo

Laid down
  
June 1806

Tons burthen
  
1820 (bm)

Launched
  
3 March 1809

Ordered
  
30 October 1805

Fate
  
Sold, 1816

Construction started
  
June 1806

Builder
  
Woolwich Dockyard

Class and type
  
Modified Courageux-class ship of the line

HMS San Domingo was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 March 1809 at Woolwich. She was sold in 1816.

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Career

On 14 August 1812 Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren, sailed to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on San Domingo}, together with Poictiers, Sophie, Magnet, and Mackerel. Magnet disappeared during the voyage and was presumed foundered with all hands.

On 17 January 1813 San Domingo captured the American privateer schooner Teazer.

On 13 April 1813, Sir John Borlase Warren's squadron, consisting of his flagship, San Domingo, and Marlborough, Maidstone, Statira, Fantome, Mohawk, and Highflyer pursued four schooners into the Rappahannock. The British sent boats 15 miles upriver before capturing their prey.

  • Arab, of seven guns and 45 men, was run aground and boarded by two boats from Marlborough.
  • Lynx, of six guns and 40 men, hauled down her colours when Borlase went alongside her in San Domingo's pinnace.
  • Racer, of six guns and 38 men, was boarded and carried, after a sharp, resistance, by the San Domingo's pinnace.
  • Dolphin, of 12 guns and 98 men surrendered after Racer's guns were turned on her. Dolphin resisted for two hours but then was boarded by men from Statira's large cutter and Maidstone's launch.
  • The British lost two men killed and 11 wounded. The Americans lost six killed and 10 wounded.

    The British took three of the schooners into service. The Chesapeake schooner Lynx became Mosquidobit. Of the three Baltimore schooners, the Racer became Shelburne; Dolphin retained her name; lastly, it is not clear what became of Arab.

    Fate

    San Domingo was sold out of the Navy in 1816.

    References

    HMS San Domingo (1809) Wikipedia