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Amethyst

HMS Amethyst

Wrecked

Royal Navy

TypeFrigate
RateFifth rate
Guns36 guns
WarNapoleonic Wars

36-gun frigate under Michael Seymour, who had lost an arm on the Glorious First of June. Off Lorient on 10 November 1808 she fought the frigate Thétis for six hours and took her by boarding, and in April 1809 she took Niémen as well. Wrecked in Plymouth Sound in 1811.

Career

10–11 November 1808

Michael Seymour