§ Commander BELLAIRSasked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will state the name and class of the fifteen ships which were lost in twenty-five years of the, last century, and in the case of which there were survivors, but no court-martial was held; and if he will state the date of the loss in each case, together with the information as to whether the ships were wrecked, sunk, burned, or captured?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe ships whose names are included in the following list 1161W are mentioned in the Return of ships lost otherwise than in action from 1815 to 1840, dated 4th August, 1891. An exhaustive search made in the Record Office has failed to disclose the minutes of any court-martial in their cases:—
Ship. Date when lest. "Sylph" … … Sloop … January 17th, 1815 … Wrecked. "Dominica" … … Schooner … August 15th, 1815 … Wrecked. "Comus" … … ? … November 4th, 1816 … Wrecked. "Bermuda" … … Sloop … March, 1821 … Foundered. "Confiance" … … Sloop … April 21st, 1822 … Totally lost. "Arab" … … Sloop … December 12th, 1823 … Wrecked. "Delight" … … Sloop … February 23rd, 1824 … Lost in cyclone. "Par[...]ridge" … … Sloop … November 27th, 1825 … Stranded. †"Algerine" … … Sloop … January 9th, 1826 … Upset in squall. †"Redwing" … … Sloop … 1827 (date unknown) … Supposed foundered "Acorn" … … Sloop … April 4th, 1828 … — "Contest" … … Gunboat … April 14th, 1828 … — "Success" … … Frigate … November 28th, 1829 … Wrecked. *"Kangaroo" … … Surv. schooner … December 18th, 1829 … Wrecked. *"Wolf" … … Sloop … March 10th, 1830 … Stranded. †"Recruit" … … Brig … 1832 (date unknown) … Totally lost. †"Calypso" … … Packet … 1833 (date unknown) … Supposed foundered. *"Pike" … … Schooner … 1836 … — †"Pincher" … … Schooner … March 6th, 1838 … Capsized. "Rapid" … … Brig … April 12th, 1838 … Wrecked. †"Briseis" … … Packet … 1838 (date unknown) … Totally lost. "Tribune" … … Sloop … November 28th, 1839 … Wrecked. None of the above vessels were captured. Those marked † are noted as "known to have capsized or have never been heard of." In the case of those marked * the column in the Return headed "Result of Court of Inquiry or of Court-martial" contains a statement of a finding. This is consistent with there having been a court-martial of which the minutes have been lost, or with there having been, as suggested in the Return, a Court of Inquiry, but no court-martial. In the remaining cases mentioned in the above list there is no reason for supposing that there were no survivors. In the case of all the other ships mentioned in the Return dated 4th August, 1891, minutes of a court-martial were found.