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12 Feb 1801

On 12 Feb 1801, England, Portsmouth. 49th arrived back in England, after one transport had been wrecked off Guernsey. Apparently no lives were lost. During February the 49th was again ordered for foreign service and joined the Fleet assembled at Spithead. The object to break the combined Naval powers of Russia, Sweden, Denmark and Prussia