Phaeton

Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 12th of June 2026 21:39

The following singular circumstance occurred at the Mayor’s-office in Liverpool, on Thursday: a woman applied to the magistrates for a summons to enable her to recover wages, as a seaman, from a captain of a ship; when it appeared that she had served in men’s habits as a sailor in various situations for ten years. She was on board the Phaeton when she retook the famous St Jago prize, and is intitled to her proportion of prize-money on that occasion. She was obliged, it is said, to forgo her accustomed avocation in consequence of an unfortunate tete a tete with one of her shipmates: yet swears like a legitimate son of Neptune, that she will not give up her grog for all the caudle in Christendom. [Hampshire Chronicle, 20 May 1797]

Posted by Jeanette Hahn on Thursday 9th of May 2024 12:33

1788 crew from a court martials report in the 3 Nov 1788 Newspaper Caledonian Mercury re Surgeon David Wardrope on British Newspaper Archive. Captain Dawson. Court-Martial on Mr William Wall and Mr John Lucas, First and Second Lieutenants of the Phaeton. Lieutenant Stocker was the prosecutor and Third Lieutenant. Mr Wilkie was the Master. Mr Stocker was the gun-room Steward. Mr. Bowen, Midshipman. Mr Stephen, the Purser. Mr Shuttleworth, the Surgeon's Mate

Posted by Rebecca Earle on Thursday 6th of July 2023 12:03

This is a great site! I am trying to find out if the Santiago de Chile, captured by the General Dumourier, which was captured by the Phaeton, was carrying any paintings at the time of its capture. Do you know if there are full details about the contents of the Phaeton's prize, which might indicate this? Thank you so much.

Posted by Mr.E.P.Daly on Friday 28th of August 2020 12:28

Note 8thOctober1783 the Phaeton frigate left Portsmouth for the Mediterranean captained by JohnColpoys but carrying with him SirJohnLindsayKB as commodore and C-in-C of the Med.Fleet.
SirJohn at Gibraltar left to command the HMS.Trusty also a frigate but returned after just over a year due to severe gout
but was later promoted on Sept.24th1787 to R.AdmiralOfTheRed.
SirJohnLindsay's natural daughter was DidoElizabethBelle who was raised by LordMansfield at CaenWoodHouse in Hampstead,London.