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HMS Marlborough (1767)

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when strong winds drove her onto a partially submerged ledge of rocks. A substantial breach was opened in her hull and she began to batter against the rocks with each incoming wave. Her commander, Captain Thomas Sotheby, ordered the ship's guns and stores to be thrown overboard to lighten her, but
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In May 1797 a mutiny ejected the commander, Captain Henry Nicholls. He was replaced by Captain John Eaton then
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The three entangled ships continued exchanging fire for some time, all suffering heavy casualties with
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The storm abated by the following morning, but the ship had settled on the rocks and was awash to her
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and succeeded in taking off all 600 of her crew. No attempt was made to salvage the ship itself.
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s position between Guadaloupe and Dominica, during the Battle of the Saintes, 12 Apr 1782
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as waves flowed in through the hull. A distress signal was raised and answered by
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and built by the master shipwright Adam Hayes, at a cost of £33,319.
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built to update the Navy and replace ships lost following the
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Famous Fighters of the Fleet, Edward Fraser, 1904, p.105
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in August 1797. In May 1798 a second mutiny occurred in
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Shipwrecks of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Eras
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HMS Marlborough

Royal Navy Ensign
Great Britain
Battle of Cape St Vincent
Battle of the Saintes
Glorious First of June
Ramillies-class
ship of the line
bm
Full-rigged ship
74-gun
third-rate
ship of the line
Royal Navy
Deptford
Ramillies class
Seven Years' War
Richard Bickerton
guard ship
Medway
American Revolutionary War
Glorious First of June
Taylor Penny
Battle of the Saintes
Hugh Pigot
George Cranfield Berkeley

Joseph Ellison
Berehaven

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