Talk:John Liston
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John Liston was also the name of the captain of the brigantine Margaret & Anne which sailed to Iceland in 1809 with Samuel Phelps (the soapmaker), William Jackson Hooker and Jørgen Jørgensen. There they staged a coup d'etat which was resolved in August when Jørgen was arrested by the british and taken to Van Diemens Land. The ship, Margaret & Anne caught fire on it's way back to England - I don't know what happened to the captain, but William Hooker survived to tell the tale. --Smári McCarthy 13:38, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, it was a frigate, not a brigantine, according to my sources (Sjálfstæði Íslands 1809 by Helgi P. Briem); but I think that may be somewhat incorrect, since most English frigates would have, at this time, been used in the Napoleonic wars. It may have been a frigate-like ship. It would have hardly classified as a sixth-rate frigate at any rate, bearing only 10 cannons - six large (12 pounders) and four wheel mounted (6 pounders). Perhaps rather in the liking of an East Indiaman? Anyway, the sail plan sounds like a frigate, so it may well have been. --Smári McCarthy 13:59, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
