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El Diligente (20)
1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer
Packet
Added
Tomas Varela
Spanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
Added
Sir William Legge George Hoste (2
nd
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
Update
Henry Negus Burroughes
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
Update
Thomas Edward Hoste
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
Update
Sir William Hoste (1
st
Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
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Veteran (64)
1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Update
Thomas Clark
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Added
Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
Update
Charles Inglis
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
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Ganges (74)
1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
(1782)
Henry Wickham
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1693
Thomas Camelford
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1799
John Clarke Searle
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
Gunboat No. 7 (14)
1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Sparkler"
(1797)
Swinger (12)
1794-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gun-brig
(1794)
Gunboat No. 23 (12)
1797-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Furious"
(1797)
Thomas Hopper
British
Marine
Service 1794-1802
Robert Winthrop
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
Sir John Lawford
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1832
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English Channel
Other Information
Type
: Geographic Area
Location(s)
:
British Isles -
North Atlantic Ocean
-
Europe
Associated Locations
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Isle of Wight
- Island
Binstead
- Port
Cowes
- Port
East Cowes
- Port
Newport IOW
- Town
Yarmouth IOW
- Port
Shambles Sandbank
- Feature of the sea
+ 
The Channel Islands
- Archipelago
Alderney
- Island
Brecqhou
- Island
+ 
Guernsey
- Island
Saint Peter Port
- Port
St Peter Port
- Port
Herm
- Island
+ 
Jersey
- Island
Saint Helier
- Port
Jethou
- Island
Sark
- Island
Ushant
- Island
Offices associated with English Channel and related locations
Commander-in-Chief English Channel
Commander-in-Chief The Channel Islands
Governor Isle of Wight
Impress Service Cowes
Impress Service Guernsey
Impress Service Jersey
Member of Parliament Newport IOW
Member of Parliament Yarmouth IOW
Physician of the Fleet English Channel
Regulating Officer Yarmouth IOW
Second in Command English Channel
Events at English Channel
1588/05
The Spanish Armada
NRS001
1744/10/05
Death of
Sir John Balchen
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1736
1744/10/05
Death of
The Hon. William Hamilton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1736-1744
1757/11/02
Unicorn vs Hermione
B103
1757/11/03
Antelope vs Le Moras
B103
1768/10/05
Death of
John Field
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1750-1766
1780/12/25
Vriendschap (Unknown)
1780-1780
Dutch Unknown Gun
Merchant
Brigantine
taken by
Perseus (20)
1776-1805
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
.
ref:2005
1780/12/25
Vriendschap (Unknown)
1780-1780
Dutch Unknown Gun
Merchant
Brigantine
taken by
Zebra (16)
1780-1812
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
.
ref:2005
1781/01/03
Catharina Wilhelmina (26)
1780-1781
Dutch 26 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
taken by
Perseus (20)
1776-1805
British 20 Gun
6th Rate
Ship
.
ref:2003
1781/01/03
Catharina Wilhelmina (26)
1780-1781
Dutch 26 Gun
Merchant
East Indiaman
taken by
Fortune (16)
1780-1797
British 16 Gun
Unrated
Sloop
.
ref:2003
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
B103
Battles of the British Navy Vol I
Joseph Allen
,
Digital Book
NRS001
NRS Vol 001 - State Papers relating to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada Anno 1588 Vol I
John Knox Laughton
,
Digital Book
ref:2003
ADM 51/4289 - Captains' logs (1706-1792)
Archive
ref:2005
HCA 32/477/6 - High Court of Admiralty. Captured ship: Vriendschap
Archive
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Sunday 14th of June 2026 06:41
Rob Griffith
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1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate
Ship of the Line
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:20
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British
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1693
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British
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Service 1797-1799
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British
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:09
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British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 7' (1797) (14)
1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated
Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Sparkler"