Two vessels that served the
Royal Navy have been named Senegal:
HMS Senegal was launched at Rotherhithe on 26 December 1760 as a 14-gun sloop of 292 tons (bm). She grounded while attempting to enter the harbour at
Canso, Nova Scotia, on 22 August 1764 and foundered while being towed into the harbour.[1] It was later commanded by
Sir Thomas Rich in 1769 and by
William Duddingston in 1771.[2]
HMS Senegal was a sloop of 183 tons (formerly named Racehorse) that the Royal Navy purchased in 1777 and armed with 16 guns. The French captured her on 15 August 1778.[3]HMS Zephyr recaptured her on 2 November 1780 off the Gambia River, but she blew up by accident at Gorée on 22 November.[4][5]
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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Two vessels that served the
Royal Navy have been named Senegal:
HMS Senegal was launched at Rotherhithe on 26 December 1760 as a 14-gun sloop of 292 tons (bm). She grounded while attempting to enter the harbour at
Canso, Nova Scotia, on 22 August 1764 and foundered while being towed into the harbour.[1] It was later commanded by
Sir Thomas Rich in 1769 and by
William Duddingston in 1771.[2]
HMS Senegal was a sloop of 183 tons (formerly named Racehorse) that the Royal Navy purchased in 1777 and armed with 16 guns. The French captured her on 15 August 1778.[3]HMS Zephyr recaptured her on 2 November 1780 off the Gambia River, but she blew up by accident at Gorée on 22 November.[4][5]
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN0-948864-30-3.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.