Elephant

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 14th of July 2026 05:51

Elephant – Killed at Copenhagen, Captain James Bawden, of the Cornish Miners, Volunteer in the Rifle Corps; Mr Henry Yaulden, Master’s Mate.

Posted by Jon Miller on Tuesday 30th of June 2026 03:23

Portsmouth, 30 March 1816: The following thirty ships, at this port, are ordered to be sold, or taken to pieces. Those employed as receiving ships, powder ships, and military depots, are to be retained so long as they may be required for those services: Blake, Fortunee, Gladiator, Malacca, Emerald, Castor, Prince, Excellent, Elephant, Mars, Magnificent, Royal Oak, Swiftsure, Victorious, York, Hyperion, Atlas, Fortitude, San Antonio, Bull Dog, Alcide, Robust, Cuba, Squirrel, Pluto, Speedy, Prince George, Arve Princen, Hygeia.
The Tuscan and Tickler, at Plymouth, are to be sold; the Majestic and Medusa have been broken up at Pater Yard. [Hampshire Telegraph, 1 April 1816]

Posted by Mike Webb on Monday 17th of May 2021 14:54

This ship appears to have been on convoy duty in Jamaica, July 1807. It is named in a letter from John Coloquhoun Grant to Joseph Foster Barham II (sugar plantation owner), 6 July 1807 (in Bodleian, MS. Clar. dep. c. 357). Described there as Elephant of 74 guns.