by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Maitland… (1823)
“ On his return to Plymouth to refit, he was informed by the Port Admiral, Sir William Young, that intelligence had been received of a French frigate having run a-shore, with all sails set, on Isle de Groais, near l’Orient; and as the Boadicea, on hauling off from the land, had sounded in 52 fathoms, and was by her reckoning within a very short run of that island, there can be no doubt it was the same vessel she had chased. ”
by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Maitland… (1823)
“ In 1804, when the line-of-battle ships employed in the blockade of Rochefort, were called in to join the Channel fleet, the Boadicea was left alone to watch that port. While thus employed, the enemy made repeated attempts to drive her off by sending out a ship of the line and a frigate; but as they never ventured to chase farther than 10 or 12 leagues from the land, Captain Maitland, by tacking at the same time with them, succeeded in maintaining his station till the arrival of a squadron under Sir Robert Calder, to relieve him from that arduous and important duty. ”
by John Marshall, Royal Naval Biography — Maitland… (1823)
“ Some time after this event, Captain Maitland, when cruising between Capes Clear and Finisterre, discovered a French frigate, which he chased for two days and a night, and gained upon so considerably as at one time to have her water-line in view. Unluckily, however, he lost sight of her on the evening of the second day; when, in consequence of the increasing darkness and his proximity to the shore, he was reluctantly obliged to abandon the pursuit. ”
