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Showing posts with label Leeward Islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leeward Islands. Show all posts

Tuesday, 9 July 2024

Brooklyn aircraft attacked enemy submarine according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 21 December 1941

An item referred to OPNAV reporting that on 14 December Brooklyn aircraft attacked an enemy submarine east of the Leeward Islands, hits were claimed.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 11 dated 21 December 1941.

Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Spanish privateer La Maria captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Armed with one gun and 74 men, captured by the Port d'Espagne, commanded by J.P. Stewart, off the Leeward Islands 18 August 1807. Her capture was described in a letter dated 18 August 1807, written by J.P. Stewart. This schooner armed with a long 18 pdr and 74 men was captured after a chase of 6 hours. The last port she visited was Margarita, fitted out for a period of 3 month, destined to the windward of Barbados but still without prizes.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version. 

Friday, 22 February 2019

Spanish privateer El Rosario captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Armed with one gun and 34 men, captured by the Port d'Espagne, commanded by J.P. Stewart, off the Leeward Islands 12 September 1807. Her capture was described in a letter dated 12 September 1807, written by J.P. Stewart in the morning of 12 September by boats of the Port d'Espagne. Armed with 1 gun and 34 men, the latter escaped ashore.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle.
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version. 

Wednesday, 20 February 2019

Spanish privateer Estrella del Noste captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Armed with 2 guns and 35 men, captured by the Solebay (32 guns), commanded by A. Sproule, off the Leeward island 25 November 1807. A letter dated 25 November 1807, written by A. Sproul, described the capture of the lugger Estrelle del Noste of Vigo at one p.m., armed with 2-6pdr and swivels and 35 men and 9 British prisoners. The latter were crewmembers of the brig Liberty of London taken 23rd November.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle.
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version. 

Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Anonymous Spanish privateer captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Rowboat of which the name is unknown, with 10 men, captured by the schooner Eclair (10 guns), commanded by Lieutenant Evelyn, off the Leeward Islands 9 June 1807. A report of the Admiralty Office dated 29 August 1807 described the capture of the rowboat by the cutter of the Eclair off Point Cedar. Her crew fled ashore after a fight of an hour.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version. 

Spanish privateer Mercede captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Armed with 2 guns, 2 swivels and 30 men, captured by the sloop Port d'Espagne (16 guns), commanded by Lieutenant Stewart, off the Leeward Islands 6 June 1807. A report of the Admiralty Office dated 29 August 1807 described the capture of the Mercede, armed with 2 guns and 2 swivels with 30 men in the Golf of Paria by the Port d'Espagne. The Mercede was disguised as a neutral schooner, of her crew were 3 killed, 1 drowned and 3 wounded due to the fight.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version. 

Monday, 11 February 2019

Spanish privateer Nuestra Senora del Carmen captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Armed with 2 guns and 63 men, captured by the gunbrig Attentive (16 guns), commanded by Lieutenant Carr, off the Leeward Islands 17 October 1807.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version. .