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HMS Senegal

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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]

Citations

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  1. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 47.
  2. ^ "William Duddingston (1740–1817)". threedecks.org. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  3. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 53.
  4. ^ "No. 12169". The London Gazette. 10 March 1781. p. 2.
  5. ^ Hepper (1994), p. 60.

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