Pandora Frigate, on a reef of rocks, August 28th, 1791. 100 souls perished.
Droits de l’Homme—A British ship of the line, and the Amazon, a frigate, lost off Hodierne Bay. Many hundreds perished, January 14th, 1797.
Nassau, of 64 guns, October 25th, 1799. 100 of the crew and marines perished.
Queen, transport on Trefusis Point, January 14th, 1800. 369 souls lost.
Queen Charlotte, of 110 guns, lost March 17th, 1800. This was the flag ship of Lord Keith, commanding in the Mediterranean Sea, burnt by accidental fire off the harbor of Leghorn. More than 700 perished. The ship took fire just before day break. It was occasioned by a match kept burning for the purpose of firing salutes, having communicated itself to some hay, &c., and so rapidly did the fire rage, that nothing could save the noble vessel. She burned rapidly to the water’s edge, and then blew up.
Invincible, of 74 guns, March 20th, 1801. 400 souls perished.
Apollo, frigate, lost April 2nd, 1804, in a heavy gale off Capo Mondego. 61 of her crew and her commander, perished, and with her 40 sail of the outward-bound West India fleet, lost.
Venerable, of 74 guns, Nov. 24th, 1804. Crew saved.
Tartarus, of 74 guns, December 20th, 1804. Crew saved.
Æneas, transport, off Newfoundland, lost October 23rd, 1805. 340 perished.