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    Lutine was a frigate which served in both the French Navy and the Royal Navy. She was launched by the French in 1779. The ship passed to British control...
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  • borne the name HMS Lutin or Lutine, Lutine being French for "the tease" or "tormentress" or more literally "imp", and Lutine the feminine: HMS Lutin was the...
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  • treasure hunters at bay. The Wash § King John and his jewels HMS Sussex (1693) HMS Lutine (1779) Lavery, p. 5. Farrington, p. 35. Jack O'Sullivan (11 September...
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  • commander. He was drowned at the sinking of the infamous HMS Lutine famed for the ship's bell: the Lutine Bell. Skynner was born in 1766 at the vicarage (now...
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  • defeat the Russo-British expedition force. 9 October – Sinking of HMS Lutine (1779), a famous treasure wreck, in the West Frisian Islands. 16 October...
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  • HMS Sceptre was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 8 June 1781 at Rotherhithe. The ship was wrecked in a hurricane on...
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    were named in his honor. HMS Lutine — while commanding Arrow, Portlock was involved in the wreck and attempted salvage of Lutine, which sank on 9 October...
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    calculated for His Majesty's Service." The Navy concurred and took Lutine into service as HMS Hawk. Carysfort returned to Britain later in 1806 and was laid...
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    Sérieuse, (launched 28 August 1779 at Toulon) – sunk at the Battle of Aboukir, August 1798. Lutine, (launched 11 September 1779 at Toulon) – captured by British...
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    HMS Lutine, the 8-gun bomb vessel HMS Strombolo, and the 6-gun tender HMS Alexander. On 31 October, with Lutine, Strombolo, the 20-gun corvette HMS Bonne...
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    captured on 21 April by the Royal Navy's HMS Foudroyant. San Miguel ( Spanish Navy): Great Siege of Gibraltar, 24 June 1779 – 7 February 1783: The 74-gun ship...
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  • to post-captain in recognition of his capture of Lutine and given command of the 32-gun frigate HMS Boston. He sailed Boston home to England and after...
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    escorts were the 74-gun ships HMS Fortitude and HMS Bedford, the 32-gun frigates HMS Juno and HMS Lutine, the fireship HMS Tisiphone, and the recently captured...
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    bell. The Lutine Bell, is the ship's bell of the wrecked HMS Lutine, weighs 106 pounds (48 kg) and bears the inscription "ST. JEAN – 1779". It rests...
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    HMS Proserpine was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1777 was wrecked in February 1799. Proserpine was...
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  • untreated sewage discharged into the River Thames. 17 July: The salvage of the Lutine bell takes place, and it is subsequently hung in Lloyd's of London. 2 August:...
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