"Lieutenant Hawksworth and the Magnet Affair" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Aug 2016 4:03 p.m. PST |
"On 5 October 1813, the American naval squadron on Lake Ontario, commanded by Commodore Isaac Chauncey, intercepted an unescorted British troop convoy off the Ducks Islands. Of the seven sloops and schooners in the convoy, five were captured by Chauncey, one was burned by her crew to avoid capture and only the schooner Elizabeth reached Kingston. This success delighted Chauncey but dismayed the British naval commander, Commodore Sir James Lucas Yeo. Yeo's distress was not only due to the capture of the troops on board: the two flank companies of the DeWatteville regiment and small detachments from other units, but by the loss of the six vessels. They composed the majority of the British transport capacity on Lake Ontario and their loss forced Yeo to use a part of his squadron as armed transports the following year. This would have a serious impact on the life and career of a young Royal Navy midshipman who, at the time the convoy was lost, was on his way up the St. Lawrence River to Kingston: George Sarver Hawksworth…."
More here
PDF link Amicalement
Armand |
| charared | 04 Aug 2016 6:30 p.m. PST |
NICE!!! Thanks Armand!!! 
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Dave Jackson  | 05 Aug 2016 6:22 a.m. PST |
And more on Sir James Lucas Yeo: link |
| Tango01 | 05 Aug 2016 10:41 a.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.
