HMS Manilla (1809)
On 28 January a navigational error by one of Manilla's pilots caused the ship to run aground on the Haak Sands, near where Hero had been wrecked.After attempts to dislodge the frigate failed, distress signals were fired and seen from Vice-Admiral Jan Willem de Winter's Dutch squadron in the Texel.The Royal Navy stopped ordering specifically large and offensively capable warships, and instead focused on standardised classes of ships that were usually more moderate in size, but through larger numbers would be able to effectively combat the expected increase in global economic warfare.[5] The Apollo class was chosen to fulfil the role of standardised frigate because of how well the lone surviving ship of the first batch, HMS Euryalus, had performed, providing "all-round excellence" according to naval historian Robert Gardiner.[6] Trials of ships of the class showed that they were all capable of reaching around 12 knots (22 km/h) and were very well balanced, although prone to pitching deeply in heavy seas.[20] Vice-Admiral Jan Willem de Winter, commanding the Dutch squadron in the Texel, saw Joyce's signals and sent his small boats out to assist the frigate.[25][26] Joyce had the ship's masts cut away and ordered the building of a raft which thirty-six men then got on, abandoning hope of saving the frigate.[27] The poor weather meant that the Dutch were unable to complete any further rescue that day, but six boats were left anchored nearby to take advantage of any improvement.[25][27] During the rescue attempts a box of cartridges exploded when a spark from one of Manilla's blue signal lights landed on it, killing eight members of the crew, wounding eight others, and destroying the forecastle.
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