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Did you know... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828?
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... that HMS Redpole, one of the aptly-named coffin brigs, sank in an action with a pirate vessel in August 1828? Source: Blake, Nicholas; Lawrence, Richard (1999). The Illustrated Companion to Nelson's Navy. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 42. ISBN1 86176 090 6., Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 314. ISBN1-86176-246-1.
ALT1: ... that HMS Redpole escorted Napoleon Bonaparte to exile in St Helena? Source: Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 314. ISBN1-86176-246-1., Ussher, Thomas (1906). Napoleon's last voyages : being the diaries of Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher, R. N., K. C. B. (on board the "Undaunted"), and John R. Glover, secretary to Rear Admiral Cockburn (on board the "Northumberland"). New York: Charles Scribner. p. 191. OCLC1049880975.
ALT2: ... that HMS Redpole was attacked on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte? Source: Clowes, William Laird (1997) [1900]. The Royal Navy, A History from the Earliest Times to 1900, Volume V. London: Chatham Publishing. p. 493. ISBN1-86176-014-0.