Juste

Posted by Jon Miller on Saturday 11th of July 2026 00:48

Chatham, 12 January 1801: The Prince George, of 98 guns, and Juste, of 84 guns, having run on board each other, are arrived at Plymouth to repair their damages. [Hampshire Telegraph, 19 January 1801]

Posted by Jon Miller on Thursday 11th of June 2026 12:29

Portsmouth: His Majesty’s ship La Juste, of 84 guns, in dock, on Tuesday by some accident caught fire, but was soon extinguished; but before which one man belonging to the dock-yard was so much burnt that he died the next morning. [Hampshire Chronicle, 28 January 1797]

Posted by Jude de angulo on Tuesday 22nd of April 2025 23:32

In 1801-02 it voyaged to the West Indies.
The anonymous publication 'Military Memoirs of Four Brothers, &c.', published by William Sams, of London, in 1829, gives full details of the voyage.
" My brother was appointed 2nd lieutenant in the Portsmouth division in 1800, and embarked on board Juste, 80 guns, commanded by Sir Edmund Nagle. Juste joined the Channel fleet off Brest on which station she remained until February 6th, 1801, when he commenced a journal. In a letter to his brother William on a cruise to the West Indies he writes:
“Accept, my dear William, these lines addressed to you, from a brother happy to inform you of his return to his native country, and hoping to be relieved of all anxiety respecting the health and happiness of his beloved friends. Our departure from England was so sudden and unexpected, our destination being unknown even to the admiral, Sir Robert Calder, 'til we arrived in a certain latitude; that it was impossible for me to send a proper address.
The French fleet consists of twenty four sail of the line, ready for sea in Brest. Admiral Cornwallis expects they will make an attempt to sail daily, as he told the admiral
commanding our squadron. We sailed from Cawsand Bay on the 6th of February, on the 9th saw nine sail to windward of us, and on the 10th came up with them, and the in-shore squadron, close in with the French coast.
We received orders to join the nine sail, under the command of Sir Robert Calder, making seven sail of the line, two frigates, and one brig. We parted company with the in-shore squadron that evening, to go in quest of the French fleet, under the command of Admiral Ganthaume. Crossing the Bay of Biscay, we discovered the Spanish Coast, Cape Finisterre, encountering a heavy gale, which lasted three days. The squadron parted company except the admiral and our ship; four sail joined us on the 17th. The Montagu, 74 guns, and the Magicienne frigate, had their masts carried away during the gale, they were obliged to bear up before the wind. The brig we never heard of afterwards, and fear she foundered, and all hands perished.
Our ship for two days was flooded, the sea stove in the larboard quarter gallery; the ward-room had three windows stove in; the sea broke over the quarter-deck, and carried away one of the boats on the larboard quarter.
We bore up for Lisbon after the storm, with seven sail out of the ten, and arrived on the 19th; we found the Montagu in the Tagus, dismasted, but the frigate we did not see again til we arrived at Jamaica. We made Cape St. Vincent on the 22nd, & altered our sailing W. by S. concluding our course was set for the West Indies. We saw from the mast-head on the 25th, 72 sail outward bound, came up with them on the 26th, and made the island of Madeira.The squadron lay-to before Funchal, and took in bullocks and wine for the ship's company.
The next day the governor and consul paid the admiral a visit, and informed him that five sail of the line, and five frigates were seen off the island on the 24th. On the 27th we bore away from Madeira, steering for Teneriffe, supposing the enemy to be there. We made the Peak, about eighteen leagues on the 1st of March, although rather hazy; but with clear weather it may be seen from a distance of more than fifty leagues. We arrived before the island in the evening, when the admiral made signal to clear for action, and to anchor, expecting to find the French fleet in the Bay of Santa Cruz, which is the principal town in the island, and extremely well fortified. Early in the morning of the 2nd we were well-in with the land, all ready for action, at our quarters. Signal was made to form the line of battle in open order, and a frigate was sent to reconnóitre the harbour, to see if the enemy was there; she made a signal to the admiral: - No enemy in sight. Judge of our disappointment,all our castles were made in the air. I was stationed with a party of marines, on the quarterdeck, at the carronades, we were to take up small arms, when occasion required, to annoy the enemy with musketry; but all our expectations vanished in the sight of the signal.
We bore up from Tenerife, cruising amongst the Canary Isles, for three or four days, and then bent our course to the West Indies. We crossed the Tropic of Cancer on the 9th of March, and entered the torrid zone, when I was much amused by the sight of flying fish, grampusses, and dolphins. We arrived at Barbados on the 24th, lay-to for some hours,then proceeded to Martinique, and anchored in Cáse de Nevere's Bay. We took in wood and water, and sailed on the 29th in search of Admiral Duckworth's squadron;  passed most of the Antilles, and found the squadron before St.Thomas's, which it had just captured from the Danes; we parted company and made Porto Rico, on the 2nd of April.
We came to anchor in Port Royal, Jamaica, on the 12th, and after a short time under the command of Sir Hugh Seymour, we received on board French and Spanish prisoners, and sailed from Jamaica on the 21st; came through the windward passage, instead of stretching along the coast of America. We joined the grand fleet off Ushant,on June 2nd received orders from Admiral Cornwallis, to repair to Cawsand Bay, where we arrived this morning at 5  o'clock, June 3rd, having been just 6 weeks on our passage from Jamaica.”  
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The Juste served on the Plymouth station until she was paid off in early April 1802.
Vol. 7 of the Naval Chronicle, reported these events from April 2nd & 3rd, 1802.
" 2d. April. Wind WSW. Some rain. Came in La Juste, of 84 guns, Captain Sir E. Nagle,from Portsmouth. She came-to in the Sound, previous to going up the harbour to be paid off.
3rd. April. Wind variable. Fair. Went up the harbour the Juste, of 84 guns, Capt. Sir E. Nagle. In turning up the harbour in the Narrows, the wind failed her, and she tailed ashore on the rock called the Asia Rock, having missed stays, but by the exertions of her Officers and crew, and the tide flowing freely, she swung off without damage, and got safe to her moorings in Hamoaze. The crew began stripping her directly."