HMS Espiegle

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Espiegle

A gun-boat named Espiegle served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March and 2 September 1801. Her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. [9]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Both Demerliac and Winfield confuse the captor of this vessel with the captors of Espiegle (1793). [4] [5] The National Maritime Museum database and Winfield and Roberts have the correct attribution. [6] [7] [8]

Citations

  1. ↑ "No. 13601". The London Gazette . 7 December 1793. p. 1100.
  2. ↑ Winfield (2008), p. 283.
  3. ↑ "NMM, vessel ID 366391" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Demerliac (1996), p. 83, #544.
  5. ↑ Winfield (2008), p. 336.
  6. ↑ "NMM, vessel ID 366392" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "NMM, vessel ID 369032" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  8. 1 2 Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 206.
  9. ↑ "No. 21077". The London Gazette . 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

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