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HMS Emerald was a 36-gun Amazon-class frigate designed by Sir William Rule in 1794 for the Royal Navy, and completed in 1795. After serving in the British Mediterranean Fleet, Emerald unsuccessfully hunted for the crippled Santisima Trinidad after the Battle of Cape St Vincent. The frigate missed the Battle of the Nile in 1798 after being separated by a storm from Horatio Nelson's squadron and arriving nine days too late. The vessel was part of John Duckworth's squadron during the action of 7 April 1800 off Cádiz. Emerald served in the Caribbean throughout 1803, taking part in the invasion of Saint Lucia in July, and of Surinam the following spring. The ship then served in the Western Approaches before joining a fleet under James Gambier in 1809, and taking part in the Battle of the Basque Roads (pictured). In November 1811 Emerald sailed to Portsmouth and was laid up in ordinary. Fitted out as a receiving ship in 1822, the aging frigate was broken up in January 1836. (Full article...)
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Hi Ykraps and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 21:46, 31 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi Gog the Mild. I am not sure about saying, "unsuccessfully hunted" because that makes it sound like she wasn't found. Perhaps we could just say, 'sent to find', and leave it vague. Whatever you think though. Thanks for writing this.--Ykraps (talk) 07:51, 1 February 2020 (UTC)