HMS Senegal

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Two vessels that served the Royal Navy have been named Senegal:

HMS Senegal was launched at Rotherhithe on 26 December 1760 as a 14-gun sloop of 292 tons (bm). She grounded while attempting to enter the harbour at Canso, Nova Scotia, on 22 August 1764 and foundered while being towed into the harbour.^[1] It was later commanded by Sir Thomas Rich in 1769 and by William Duddingston in 1771.^[2]
HMS Senegal was a sloop of 183 tons (formerly named Racehorse) that the Royal Navy purchased in 1777 and armed with 16 guns. The French captured her on 15 August 1778.^[3] HMS Zephyr recaptured her on 2 November 1780 off the Gambia River, but she blew up by accident at Gorée on 22 November.^[4]^[5]

Citations

↑ Hepper (1994), p. 47.
↑ "William Duddingston (1740–1817)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
↑ Hepper (1994), p. 53.
↑ "No. 12169". The London Gazette . 10 March 1781. p. 2.
↑ Hepper (1994), p. 60.

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References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.

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[FOOTNOTEHepper199447-1] Hepper (1994), p. 47.

[2] "William Duddingston (1740–1817)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 15 June 2022.

[FOOTNOTEHepper199453-3] Hepper (1994), p. 53.

[4] "No. 12169". The London Gazette . 10 March 1781. p. 2.

[FOOTNOTEHepper199460-5] Hepper (1994), p. 60.

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