frigate royal_navy served french revolutionary napoleonic wars notable naval commanders played key role battle copenhagen captain commanded frigate squadron attack killed battle command briefly lieutenant significant impression rear admiral appointed serve flagship amazon passed continued association nelson service mediterranean participation chase west_indies went join sir warren squadron atlantic took defeat forces action march battle hunted captured gun frigate amazon continued service years active raiders withdrawn active service late retained ordinary years end napoleonic wars broken construction commissioning ships built design sir amazon ordered april laid month launched quickly service having cost build including fitting commissioned commander captain british waters baltic amazon served initially english channel capturing french february mounted eighteen pounder guns crew men command day collided amazon eventually sank loss man drowned amazon sailed portsmouth jamaica april escorts large convoy amazon accompany convoy certain latitude amazon assigned sir expedition baltic abandon worked closely parker second command rear admiral captain lead nelson duly appointed commander frigates smaller vessels instructing deploy ships support main fleet battle began nelson ships line ran aground harbour forcing improvisation new plan attack nelson ships engaged danish counterparts took frigates harass fort frigates heavily dangerously exposed maintained engagement hours ships suffered heavy casualties splinter hit head parker waiting outside harbour reserve raised signal ordering nelson withdraw nelson acknowledged signal ignored nelson second command rear admiral repeated signal obey found difficult position junior officer risk direct order remained action half hour reluctantly giving order small squadron withdraw withdrawing forced ships turn danish guns exposing vulnerable area hms withdrew reduced thick cloud helping obscure british ships left amazon exposed force danish guns lieutenant colonel commanding soldiers 48th regiment recorded killed sitting gun encouraging men wounded head splinter expressed obliged retreat observed nelson think clerk killed shot marines hauling main shared fate come boys let die words scarcely fatal shot severed command amazon lieutenant completed withdrawal nelson went aboard badly damaged amazon battle asked replied response apparently nelson contributed nelson subsequent appointment lieutenant aboard parker nelson mediterranean passed captain succeeded following year captain parker amazon captured gun july survived brush french fleet amazon ships following year serving nelson mediterranean occasion december nelson ordered parker bring live supply fleet toulon amazon notably smart ship presumably instruction convert ship floating received enthusiasm parker duly returned shipment prompting nelson gentle humour parker course dirty amazon brought dozen half dozen parker fact brought thirty sheep prompting nelson promise reward good service parker amazon remained nelson division mediterranean commands left spanish coasts supervision sir nelson suspected despatches nelson frigates use nelson ordered parker stop ships possible parker attempted intercepted able convince commander turn blind eye having delivered despatches lisbon acted nelson hint expected february carrying cruise prizes worth total complained taking place station prize money went parker nelson west_indies atlantic amazon went join nelson chase west_indies voyage atlantic nelson wanted pass specific instructions captains wished engage french want lose time ordering ships instead gave plans parker described best frigate captain service parker sped line amazon delivering instructions efficiently fleet lost hardly yard ground european waters fleet return amazon captured spanish september armed pounder guns crew men command captain principally french weeks captured prince wales lisbon letter sailing virginia glasgow crew aboard considerable amazon atlantic time sir warren pursuit warren fleet unexpectedly encountered separate french fleet amazon involved resulting action march battle hunted captured gun frigate running engagement amazon lost killed wounded engagement lost killed wounded amazon captured gun january captain succeeded parker captain captured gun march fate december amazon laid plymouth paid following year saw remainder napoleonic wars ordinary hms amazon finally broken plymouth
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