HMS Madagascar (1811)

HMS Madagascar (1811)

The first Royal Navy ship named "HMS Madagascar" was launched after 1811 and took part in the Peninsular War against France and the War of 1812 with the United States of America. In June 1814, the ship in a flotilla under the command of Admiral Lord Cochrane carried General William Miller and his troops from Bordeaux to the Chesapeake Bay to reinforce General Ross in the War of 1812.1

Notes and References

# Mr Thomas Hudson, OBE, MA, in his address to the Royal Artillery Historical Society 2003 Autumn Meeting, 17th September 2003, at Woolwich, England. www.army.mod.uk/linked_files/rahs/Autumn2003_Text.doc


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