British schooner 'Matilda' (1805)

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Matilda
Nominal Guns	10	TRN5
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Privateer schooner 'La Matilda' (1805) (10) 1805-1805 French 10 Gun Privateer Schooner
Captured	3.7.1805	TRN5
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	TRN5
Ship Type	Schooner	TRN5
Wrecked	8.1805	TRN5

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
3.7.1805 - 8.1805LieutenantTRN5

Service History

DateEventSource
3.7.1805A crew was placed on board and the vessel was despatched to the River St. Mary, then the boundary between the Spanish colony of Florida and the United States, to destroy a Spanish privateer which was thought to be lying in the river. The Matilda proceeded twelve miles up the river, under a continual fire from Spanish sharpshooters on the banks, found the privateer moored with two prizes across the river, and then ran aground. Pigot, however, led his men in their boats to the enemy, carried all three craft in succession, turned their fire upon the enemy's sharpshooters, and finally brought them off. The British loss was 2 killed and 14 wounded, among the latter being Pigot himself. The Spaniards are said to have had 25 killed and 22 wounded.TRN5

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

TRN5William Laird Clowes, Digital Book

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