Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Espiegle

A gun-boat named Espiegle served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March and 2 September 1801. Her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants.[9]

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  1. ^ Both Demerliac and Winfield confuse the captor of this vessel with the captors of Espiegle (1793).[4][5] The National Maritime Museum database and Winfield and Roberts have the correct attribution.[6][7][8]

Citations

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  1. ^ "No. 13601". The London Gazette. 7 December 1793. p. 1100.
  2. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 283.
  3. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 366391" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  4. ^ Demerliac (1996), p. 83, #544.
  5. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 336.
  6. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 366392" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  7. ^ "NMM, vessel ID 369032" (PDF). Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
  8. ^ a b Winfield & Roberts (2015), p. 206.
  9. ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.

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