Cruise off West Africa, 1812–1813: replaced: quarter deck → quarterdeck
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| [[File:John Christian Schetky, HMS Amelia and the French Frigate Aréthuse in Action 1813 (1852).jpg|thumb|left|HMS ''Amelia'' in action with the French frigate ''Aréthuse'', 1813, by [[John Christian Schetky]], 1852]] | [[File:John Christian Schetky, HMS Amelia and the French Frigate Aréthuse in Action 1813 (1852).jpg|thumb|left|HMS ''Amelia'' in action with the French frigate ''Aréthuse'', 1813, by [[John Christian Schetky]], 1852]] |
| On 6 February, ''Amelia'', guided and reinforced by sailors from ''Daring'', attacked ''Aréthuse''. A furious, 4-hour night battle followed. ''Aréthuse'' and ''Amelia'' disabled each other by shooting at their sails and rigging. Eventually the ships parted, neither able to gain the upper hand, and both with heavy casualties: ''Amelia'' had 46 killed and 51 wounded; ''Aréthuse'' suffered over 20 killed and 88 wounded, and 30 round shot had struck her hull on the starboard side below the quarter deck.<ref name=WJ>[[William James (naval historian)|James]] (1837), Vol. 6, pp.183–190.</ref> | On 6 February, ''Amelia'', guided and reinforced by sailors from ''Daring'', attacked ''Aréthuse''. A furious, 4-hour night battle followed. ''Aréthuse'' and ''Amelia'' disabled each other by shooting at their sails and rigging. Eventually the ships parted, neither able to gain the upper hand, and both with heavy casualties: ''Amelia'' had 46 killed and 51 wounded; ''Aréthuse'' suffered over 20 killed and 88 wounded, and 30 round shot had struck her hull on the starboard side below the quarterdeck.<ref name=WJ>[[William James (naval historian)|James]] (1837), Vol. 6, pp.183–190.</ref> |
| ''Aréthuse'' returned to the wreck of ''Rubis'' to gather her crew, and returned to France. Soon afterwards ''Aréthuse'' captured the British privateer ''Cerberus'', and arrived back in [[St Malo]] on 19 April having taken 15 prizes.<ref name=WJ/>{{refn|''Cerberus'', a brig of 294 tons (bm), was armed with ten 9 and 4-pounder guns, and six 18-pounder [[carronade]]s. Her master, John Tregowith, had received a [[letter of marque]] on 13 January 1813.<ref>Letter of Marque,{{cite web|url=http://www.1812privateers.org/Great Britain/marque1793-1815.htm |title=War of 1812: UK sources for Privateers |access-date=2015-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015070...vateers.org/Great Britain/marque1793-1815.htm |archive-date=2015-07-09 }} - accessed 14 May 2011.</ref>|group=Note}} | ''Aréthuse'' returned to the wreck of ''Rubis'' to gather her crew, and returned to France. Soon afterwards ''Aréthuse'' captured the British privateer ''Cerberus'', and arrived back in [[St Malo]] on 19 April having taken 15 prizes.<ref name=WJ/>{{refn|''Cerberus'', a brig of 294 tons (bm), was armed with ten 9 and 4-pounder guns, and six 18-pounder [[carronade]]s. Her master, John Tregowith, had received a [[letter of marque]] on 13 January 1813.<ref>Letter of Marque,{{cite web|url=http://www.1812privateers.org/Great Britain/marque1793-1815.htm |title=War of 1812: UK sources for Privateers |access-date=2015-10-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015070...vateers.org/Great Britain/marque1793-1815.htm |archive-date=2015-07-09 }} - accessed 14 May 2011.</ref>|group=Note}} |
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