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HMS Medusa

My flagship in the Channel in the summer and autumn of 1801. She was a 5th rate frigate with 32 guns and launched at Pitcher's Yard, Northfleet in 1801.

The Medusa was a completely new ship when I hoisted my flag in her in July 1801.

She later took part in the capture of Buenos Aires in 1807 and was eventually broken up in 1816.