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Thursday 15 December 2011

British rear admiral sir Penrose arrived at Livorno according to the Nederlandsche Staatscourant dated 1 July 1818

Paris, 25 June. The British rear admiral sir Penrose arrived 10 June with the 74-gun Albion (1) with a crew of 540 men and the 26-gun corvette Ganimedes (2) with a crew of 120 men coming from Genoa at Livorno.

Notes
1. 3rd rate, launched at ths shipyard of Perry, Blackwall, England in 17 June 1802, broken up in 1836, dimensions 175 x 48½ x ?, 1743 tons builders measurement and an armament of 74 guns.
2. 6th rate, captured as French Hebe by Loire in the Atlantic 5 January 1809, convictship since 1822, capsized and broken up 1838, dimensions 127 x 33 x ?, 601 tons builders measurement and an armament of 26 guns.