Aeolus ➡ 1800 Guernsey

Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 20th of June 2026 04:03

Admiralty Office, 29 July 1780: Commodore Johnstone, in his letter to Mr Stephens, dated off Lisbon, the 7th instant, gives an account of his Majesty’s ship the Romney, Captain Home, having in the latitude of 45 deg, fallen in with and taken, after a close action of of half an hour, the Artois French frigate of 40 guns, and 474 men, commanded by M Le Febre; in which action the Romney had three men wounded; the Artois had nine men killed, and sixteen wounded; and the sails and rigging of both ships much damaged. The Romney was left in chace of a frigate when the prize parted with her; and the Commodore likewise mentions, that the Aeolus had, on the 24th of June, in company with two privateer cutters, taken the Eulalie, of 18 guns, and 100 men, bound from Bourdeaux to Port-au-Prince, laden with wine and flour. [Exeter Flying Post, 4 August 1780]

Posted by Jon Miller on Wednesday 17th of June 2026 12:58

Chatham, 21 January 1780: The shipwrights in this yard finished coppering the Aeolus, of 32 guns, this day, and have got the Bellona remarkably forward. All the hard work under the copper bottoms is now done with a composition of copper and brass, instead of iron; it having been found that in long voyages the iron work is so much damaged by the copper as to be attended with dangerous consequences. [Exeter Flying Post, 28 January 1780]

Posted by Jim Tildesley on Sunday 28th of October 2012 21:25

In action 1760/02/28 also took Le Blonde and Belle Isle. Aeolus was assisted by HMS Pallas and Brilliant