MARITIME HISTORY 



APPENDIX I. 

 BEACONS. 



Name. 



Balk (Lizard) . . . 

 Beast Point (Lizard) . , 

 Black Rock (Falmouth) . 



Cresser (Mount's Bay). . 

 Crow (Scilly) . . . . 

 Gear Rock (Mount's Bay). 

 Gribben Head . 



Established. 

 l8 59 . 

 I8 59 . 



Very early . 

 (see p. 500) . 

 1850 

 1848 



I 



Before 1764. 



Height in 

 feet above 

 high-water 

 mark. 



. 217 



36 



16 



21 



31 

 250 



Name. Established. 



Middle Hummock (Lizard) . 1859 



Raymond (Mount's Bay) . 1850 



Runnelstone (high) . . . 1821 



Runnelstone (low) . . . 1820 



St. Martin's, Scilly . . . 1683 



Wolf Rock 1793 



Woolpack (Scilly) . . . 1848 



BUOYS. 



Name. First laid. 



Manacles (bell) 1838 



Runnelstone (bell) 1825 



Wbltsand Bay. 



Knight Errant (bell) 1892 



Falmouth. 



St. Anthony 1894 



Castle 1894 



Lugo 1847 



East Narrows 



Vilt 



St. Just 1896 



West Narrows 1894 



Governor 1868 



Name. 



Mount's Bay. 



Mt. Mopus 

 Lowlee . 



Height in 



feet above 



high-water 



mark. 



16 



22 

 22 

 I8 5 

 12 

 21 



First laid. 



1851 

 1851 



Godrevy. 

 Scilly. 



Stones 1858 



Hats .... 

 Spanish Ledge . 

 South Bartholomew 

 North Bartholomew 

 Old Wreck . . 

 Gunner. 



1878 



1873 

 1894 



1873 

 1873 

 1878 



APPENDIX II. 



CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF MEN-OF-WAR BUILT IN CORNWALL, WITH DETAILS OF 



WAR SERVICES. 



Abbreviations used : C. and C. = Convoy and cruising duties ; Ch. = Channel ; W.I. 

 = West Indies ; A.O. = Admiralty Order ; N.A. = North America. 



ALDERNEY (sloop), 235 tons, 10 guns ; built at Saltash 1757. Services : C. and C. 17578 ; 

 Blockade of Dunkirk 1759; C. and C. 1760; Capture of Belleisle 1761 ; Madagascar 1762; 

 C. and C. 1763 ; C. and C. 1768-82. Sold 1783. 



TAMAR (sloop), 313 tons, 16 guns; built at Saltash 1758. Services: C. and C. 1759; 

 Quiberon Bay 1760; Ch. 1761 ; Newfoundland 1762-3; Byron's voyage of circumnavigation 

 (Capt. Pat. Mouat) 1764-6; Falkland Islands (Capt. Anth. Hunt) 1767-70; N.A. 1771-6 

 (Capt. Ed. Thornborough ; Lt. Jos. Peyton). Made fireship and name changed to Pluto by A.O. 

 23 Sept. 1777 ; Ch. 1778-80 ; Keppel's action of 27 July, 1778, off Ushant. Condemned 1781. 



DISPATCH (sloop), 382 tons, 18 guns; built at Falmouth 1804. Services: Ch. 1804-6; 

 C. and C. 1807 ; W.I. 1808-11. Broken up 1811. 



AVON (sloop), 391 tons, 16 guns ; built at Falmouth 1805. Services : C. and C. 1805-6 ; 

 W.I. 1807-11 ; undergoing repair 1812 ; Ireland 1813-4. Sunk (Capt. Hon. J. Arbuthnot) by 

 United States man-of-war Wasp i Sept. 1814. 



CYNTHIA (sloop), 232 tons, 10 guns; built at Falmouth 1821. Services: Wrecked W.I. 

 6 June, 1827, while running as packet brig. 



ALADDIN (packet), 233 tons; built at Falmouth 1824. Services: Post Office steam packet, 

 100 h.p. Name subsequently changed to Jasper. 



