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HMS Recruit (1806)
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HMS Recruit was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1806 at Sandwich, Kent. She is best known for an act of pique by Commander Warwick Lake, who marooned a seaman, and fo
Recruit attacking the D'Haupoult; the 74 now pouring a broadside into her, 15 April 1809.
Recruit attacking the D'Haupoult; the 74 now pouring a broadside into her, 15 April 1809.
Invasion of Martinique (1809)
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The British invaded and captured the French colony of Martinique between 30 January and 24 February 1809 during the West Indies campaign of 1804–1810 of the Napoleonic Wars. Martinique, like the nearb
HMS Recruit (1806)
…ammunition store. Recruit lost six killed and 23 wounded, half of them mortally, out of a crew of 106. Following repairs, Recruit participated in the invasion of Martinique in January 1809. Napier observed that Fort Edward at Fort Royal Bay appeared abandoned. He took a gig and with four men, landed, scaled the fort's…
1809 illustration of the invasion
1809 illustration of the invasion
The 7th Foot's grenadier company attacking French positions on 1 February
The 7th Foot's grenadier company attacking French positions on 1 February
Portrait miniature of George Beckwith, 1809, painted by Charlotte Martner [fr], an artist from Fort-de-France, 1809
Portrait miniature of George Beckwith, 1809, painted by Charlotte Martner [fr], an artist from Fort-de-France, 1809
Invasion of Martinique (1809) Monument, St. George's (Round) Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Invasion of Martinique (1809) Monument, St. George's (Round) Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia