Bombardment of Algiers order of battle
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This is a listing of the fleets that participated in the Bombardment of Algiers on August 27, 1816.
British
| Ship | Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | ||||
| Queen Charlotte HMS Queen Charlotte (1810) HMS Queen Charlotte was a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 July 1810 at Deptford. She was built to the lines of Sir Edward Hunt's as a replacement for the first HMS Queen Charlotte which had been lost by accident on 17 March 1800.She was Lord Exmouth's flagship... |
104 | Flagship Flagship A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag... of Adm. Edward Pellew, Baron Exmouth Capt. James Brisbane James Brisbane Captain Sir James Brisbane, CB was a British Royal Navy officer of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Although never engaged in any major actions, Brisbane served under both Lord Howe and Horatio Nelson and performed important work at the Cape of Good Hope, prior to the Battle of... |
8 | 131 | First-rate First-rate First rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for its largest ships of the line. While the size and establishment of guns and men changed over the 250 years that the rating system held sway, from the early years of the eighteenth century the first rates comprised those ships mounting 100... Ship of the line Ship of the line A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear... |
| Impregnable HMS Impregnable (1810) HMS Impregnable was a 98-gun second rate three-decker ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 1 August 1810 at Chatham. She was designed by Sir William Rule, and was the only ship built to her draught... |
98 | Rear-Adm. David Milne David Milne (admiral) Admiral Sir David Milne, GCB, RN was a Royal Navy admiral.-Naval career:Born in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland, he entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman in 1779... Capt. Edward Brace |
50 | 160 | Second-rate Second-rate In the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied... Ship of the line |
| Albion HMS Albion (1802) HMS Albion was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Perry's Blackwall Yard on the Thames on 17 June 1802... |
74 | Capt. John Coode | 3 | 15 | Third-rate Third-rate In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost... Ship of the line |
| Minden HMS Minden HMS Minden was a Royal Navy 74-gun Ganges-class third-rate ship of the line, launched on 19 June 1810. She was named after the German town Minden and the Battle of Minden of 1759, a decisive victory of British and Prussian forces over France in the Seven Years' War... |
74 | Capt. Joseph Prior | 7 | 37 | Third-rate Ship of the line |
| Superb HMS Superb (1798) HMS Superb was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, and the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was launched on 19 March 1798 from Northfleet, and was eventually broken up in 1826. Superb is mostly associated with Richard Goodwin Keats who commanded her as captain from 1801 until... |
74 | Capt. Charles Ekins Charles Ekins Sir Charles Ekins GCB was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, rising to the rank of admiral.-Life:... |
8 | 84 | Third-rate Ship of the line |
| Leander HMS Leander (1813) HMS Leander was a 4th rate Ship-of-the-Line of 60 guns of the Royal Navy, launched on 10 November 1813.In the War of 1812 she took part in the battle of Fort McHenry.... |
50 | Capt. Edward Chetham | 17 | 118 | Fourth-rate Fourth-rate In the British Royal Navy, a fourth rate was, during the first half of the 18th century, a ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns. While the number of guns stayed subsequently in the same range up until 1817, after 1756 the ships of 50 guns and below were considered too weak to stand in... Ship of the line |
| Glasgow | 40 | Capt. Hon. Anthony Maitland | 10 | 37 | Frigate Endymion class frigate The Endymion-class was a class of six Royal Navy 40-gun fifth-rate frigates, with the prototype launched in 1797 and five slightly amended versions built of fir launched from 1813 to 1814.-Design:... |
| Severn | 40 | ? | 3 | 34 | Frigate |
| Granicus | 36 | Capt. William Furlong Wise | 16 | 42 | Frigate Frigate A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"... |
| Hebrus | 36 | Capt. Edmund Palmer | 4 | 15 | Frigate |
| Heron | 18 | ? | - | - | Brig-sloop Sloop-of-war In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the... |
| Mutine HMS Mutine (1806) HMS Mutine was a Royal Navy 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop, built by Henry Tucker at Bideford and launched in 1806. During her career she was under fire in Danish waters, in the Bay of Biscay, and at Algiers. She also visited North America, South America, and the West Coast of Africa... |
18 | Cdr. James Mould | Brig-sloop | ||
| Promethus | 18 | Cdr. William B. Dashwood | - | - | Brig-sloop |
| Satellite | 18 | ? | - | - | Brig-sloop |
| Saracen | 18 | Cdr. Alexander Dixie (?) | - | - | Brig-sloop |
| Britomart | 10 | Cdr. Robert Riddle | - | - | Brig-sloop |
| Cordelia | 10 | Cdr. William Sargent | - | - | Brig-sloop |
| Jasper | 10 | Cdr. Thomas Carew | - | - | Brig-sloop. Only as far as Gibraltar, then returning home with dispatches. |
| Beelzebub | - | Cdr. William Kempthorn | 1 | 3 | Bomb Bomb vessel A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannon —although bomb vessels carried a few cannon for self-defence—but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow and elevated to a high angle, and projecting their fire in a... |
| Fury HMS Fury (1814) HMS Fury was a Hecla-class bomb vessel. Built in the 1810s, she saw wartime service in an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in August, 1816, captained by Constantine Richard Moorsom. The ship after it left his command was converted to an Arctic exploration ship.The Fury made two journeys to the... |
- | Cdr. Constantine Richard Moorsom Constantine Richard Moorsom Constantine Richard Moorsom was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. He commanded HMS Fury a Hecla-class bomb vessel which saw wartime service in the Bombardment of Algiers, an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in HMS Fury in August, 1816. Moorsom was the son of Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom, a... |
- | - | Bomb |
| Infernal | 6 | Cdr. Hon. G. J. Perceval | 2 | 17 | Bomb |
| Hecla HMS Hecla (1815) HMS Hecla was a Royal Navy Hecla-class bomb vessel of 372 tons. Launched on 15 July 1815, she saw wartime service in an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in August, 1816... |
- | Cdr. William Popham | - | - | Bomb |
Netherlands
| Ship | Guns | Commander | Casualties | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killed | Wounded | ||||
| Amstel | 44 | W.A. van der Hart | 4 | 6 | Frigate Frigate A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"... |
| Diana | 44 | P. Ziervogel | 6 | 22 | Frigate |
| Frederica | 44 | J.A. van der Straaten | - | 5 | Frigate |
| Melampus | 44 | A.W. de Man | 3 | 15 | Frigate, flagship |
| Dageraad | 36 | J.M. Polders | - | 4 | Frigate |
| Eendragt | 20 | J.F.C. Wardenburg | - | - | Corvette Corvette A corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role... |
Algiers
| Ship | Guns | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ciotat | 40 | French |
| 4 Frigates | 44 | 1 scuttled, the rest burnt? |
| 5 Corvettes | 24-30 | Burnt? |
| 30-40 Gunboat Gunboat A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:... s and Mortar vessels |
Burnt? | |
| 55 Others? | ||