HMS Terpsichore (1785)
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HMS Terpsichore was a 32-gun Amazon-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She was built during the last years of the American War of Independence, but did not see action until the French Revolutionary Wars. She served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, in a career that spanned forty-five years.
Print by Thomas Whitcombe depicting HMS Terpsichore capturing Mahonesa on 13 October 1796
Captain Richard Bowen, Terpsichore's commander for many of her greatest exploits until his death at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in 1797
Terpsichore attacking the Santissima Trinidad, 2 weeks after the Battle of St. Vincent, by John Christian Schetky
Fleetwood Pellew commanding Terpsichore against Dutch vessels in Batavia Roads 24 November 1806
Richard Bowen (Royal Navy officer)
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Richard Bowen was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary Wars. Bowen saw service with Horatio Nelson, and was killed fighting alongside him at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Richard Bowen (Royal Navy officer)