When was it published?

March 14, 1804 in Alexandria Daily Advertiser

Foreign News March 14, 1804

Alexandria Daily Advertiser

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French Gunboat, Dover Sunk, Naval Armament, Human Skull

Alexandria, Virginia

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What is this article about?

A French gunboat, lugger-rigged and lightly built, was sunk at Dover pier. It measured unspecified length, 18 feet 5 inches wide, and 4 feet 8 inches deep, armed with a 1-pounder brass gun and an 18-pounder, plus muskets. A human skull was found on board, intended as a standard.

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An article under the head of Dover, Dec. 7 gives the following description of a French gun boat sunk in their pier. She is lugger rigged, [length missing] feet long, 18 feet 5 inches wide, and 4 feet 8 inches deep, very light built, her timbers only 4 inches square, plank one inch and a quarter thick, has one short brass gun abaft, a 1 pounder, another (it is presumed in the bow) a long 18 pounder, she had also a quantity of French muskets. A human skull was found on board, which it is said they all have, intended to be fixed on a pike, as a standard of death or victory.

What sub-type of article is it?

Naval Affairs

What keywords are associated?

French Gunboat Dover Sunk Naval Armament Human Skull

Where did it happen?

Dover

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Dover

Event Date

Dec. P

Outcome

gunboat sunk

Event Details

Description of a French gun boat sunk in Dover pier: lugger rigged, feet long, 18 feet 5 inches wide, 4 feet 8 inches deep, light built with 4-inch square timbers and 1.25-inch plank, armed with one short brass 1-pounder gun abaft, presumed long 18-pounder in bow, quantity of French muskets; human skull found on board for pike as standard of death or victory.