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a.m. on the 12th she grounded on the shore about five miles south-west of Odessa. She fired guns to attract the attention of the other ships, without result. She then launched her boats and streamed her anchors in an attempt to re-float herself, and also jettisoned all but one of her guns to lighten
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was compelled to surrender, but not before her crew attempted to burn her. The crew were taken as prisoners to Odessa, and with the appearance of the
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exploded causing great damage.About 24 Russian ships and the dockyard storehouses were set on fire before the Allied squadron withdrew.
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Captain Giffard lost his left leg, and later developed gangrene, from which he died on 1 June. He was buried at Odessa with
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was one of eight steam paddle-wheel frigates that took part in the attack on 22 April, along with several other ships, and
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on 2 June. A midshipman, two seamen, and a boy also died from their wounds, while three other wounded men recovered.
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was on fire in two places, and the Captain and several others had been severely wounded. In this hopeless position,
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might be recovered, opened fire upon her, and succeeded in blowing her up. Some sources suggested that the
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In April 1854, during the Crimean War, after the Russians fired on a boat from
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was later salved by the Russians and commissioned by them under the name
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The Royal Navy: A History From the Earliest Times to the Present
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A month after her sinking the Russians raised several guns from
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Grounded and subsequently sunk by Russian artillery, 11 May 1854
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opened fire from the cliffs above the ship. Within ten minutes
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became separated from her consorts in thick fog. At around 6
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400 hp (298 kW) steam engine, side paddle-wheels
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were salvaged and installed in the Russian royal yacht
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armed with 24-pounder rockets. During the attack, a
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Index

HMS Tiger

Chatham Dockyard
Steam sloop
bm
Henry Wells Giffard
Bombardment of Odessa
steam frigate
Royal Navy
grounding
Odessa
Crimean War
John Edye
Chatham Dockyard
side-paddlewheels
HMS Furious
flag of truce
punitive expedition
Odessa
ship's boats
magazine
Mole


screw sloop
Niger
Vesuvius
field artillery
full military honours

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