HMS Polyphemus (1782)
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HMS Polyphemus, a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 April 1782 at Sheerness. She participated in the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen, the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Sieg
Polyphemus
A figurehead of Polyphemus
Polyphemus at Copenhagen, 1801
Hugh Lyle Carmichael
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Lieutenant-General Sir Hugh Lyle Carmichael was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant-governor of Demerara and Essequibo from 1812 to 1813, when he died in off
HMS Polyphemus (1782)
…Aurora, Tweed, Sparrow, Thrush, Griffon, Lark, Moselle, Fleur de la Mer, and Pike. They sailed from Port Royal on 7 June with troops under Major-General Hugh Lyle Carmichael to assist the Spanish forces besieging the French in the city of San Domingo. On 1 July Polyphemus anchored at Caleta and loaded eight of her 24-pounder…
c. 1809 portrait of Carmichael