HMS Stirling Castle (1775)
HMS ''Stirling Castle'' was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Israel Pownoll and launched on 28 June 1775 at Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. She was wrecked on 5 October 1780 on the Silver Keys, off Cap François, off the coast of Captaincy General of Cuba, Cuba with the loss of most of her crew. As the Massachusetts ship HMS Mentor (1781), ''Aurora'' was sailing from Boston to Port-au-Prince she came upon the wreckage of ''Stirling Castle'' and was able to save a midshipman and four seamen.Hepper (1994), p.59. Citations References

*Hepper, David J. (1994) ''British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859''. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). * Lavery, Brian (2003) ''The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the line of the Royal Navy Worcester-class ships of the line 1775 ships Shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea Maritime incidents in 1780 {{UK-line-ship-stub ...
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William Elliott (lieutenant)
William Elliott (active 1774–1810) was a Lieutenant (navy), lieutenant in the Royal Navy and marine painter. Elliott gained some repute from his paintings of the naval actions between 1780 and 1790. He first appears as an exhibitor in 1774 at the Free Society of Artists, with 'A Perspective View of the European Factory at Canton in China,' and 'A View of the Green, &c. at Calcutta in Bengal.' At the Royal Academy he first appears as an honorary exhibitor in 1784 with 'A Frigate and Cutter in Chase;' to the same exhibition he subsequently contributed 'The Fleet in Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica, after the Action of 12 June 1781' (1785), 'View of the City of Quebec' (1786), 'Breaking the French Line during Lord Rodney's Action on 12 April 1782' (1787), 'The Fire at Kingston, Jamaica, on 8 Feb. 1782' (1788), 'The Action between H.M.S. Quebec and Le Surveillant' and 'The Action between H.M.S. Serapis and Le Bonhomme' (1789). Elliott was a fellow of the Incorporated Society of Artists ...
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