tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post5432773955581006735..comments2024-03-28T00:14:47.581-07:00Comments on Dawlish Chronicles : The most ferocious frigate action ever? Antoine Vannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00490972848447907013noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-34251925934308419322015-09-05T05:11:13.805-07:002015-09-05T05:11:13.805-07:00Particularly when they lost!Particularly when they lost!Antoine Vannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490972848447907013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-23038904349887487362015-09-03T21:29:59.417-07:002015-09-03T21:29:59.417-07:00Having read Theodore Roosevelt's history of th...Having read Theodore Roosevelt's history of the naval part of the War of 1812, I have learned that captains on all sides were not above embroidery and even prevarication in their official reports. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383216621004238883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-69988122435338057122015-09-03T21:29:35.626-07:002015-09-03T21:29:35.626-07:00Having read Theodore Roosevelt's history of th...Having read Theodore Roosevelt's history of the naval part of the War of 1812, I have learned that captains on all sides were not above embroidery and even prevarication in their official reports. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05383216621004238883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-75376437789608026412014-03-10T17:12:37.314-07:002014-03-10T17:12:37.314-07:00It is possible that orders had been given by du Co...It is possible that orders had been given by du Couëdic or one of his officers on the Surveillante , that no boats were to be allowed to approach the ship. It must be remembered that there were already a number of British prisoners on board, picked out of the water, and it was not at all an inconceivable idea that a boat's crew from the Rambler, together with another from the Quebec, might make an attempt on the Surveillante, which had lost half her crew. Moreover, the crew of the Rambler's boat were armed, and the Quebec's colours were still flying. The fight, though actually, was not nominally, at an end.Antoine Vannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00490972848447907013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4406619839841800067.post-60576595408968209472014-03-10T04:55:14.236-07:002014-03-10T04:55:14.236-07:00Fantastic piece as always. Rather unsporting of th...Fantastic piece as always. Rather unsporting of the French to fire on the Rambler's rescue boat!Simon Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798733767120473569noreply@blogger.com