Qualla: HMS Sceptre (1802) https://qualla.com/hms-sceptre-1802 en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:26 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: HMS Sceptre (1802) https://qualla.com/hms-sceptre-1802 HMS Sceptre (1802): Introduction https://qualla.com/hms-sceptre-1802/ She was launched at Deptford in December 1802, and within fourteen months she was escorting merchant ships through the Strait of Malacca - half a world away from the Thames shipyard where her keel had been laid. HMS Sceptre, a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line designed by Sir William Rule and built by Dudman, would spend nearly two decades crisscrossing the globe in service of the Royal Navy, her story threading through the Napoleonic Wars, colonial skirmishes in the Indian Ocean, the capture of Guadeloupe, and the War of 1812 along the American coast.

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]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/p/g/b/hms-sceptre-1802-wp/qpgb-hms-sceptre-1802-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full HMS Sceptre (1802): East of the Cape https://qualla.com/hms-sceptre-1802/ Sceptre arrived at Madras on 8 January 1804 in company with Albion and the frigate Clarisse. Within weeks, she was in the thick of events. On 28 February, Albion and Sceptre encountered a fleet of East Indiamen in the Strait of Malacca, merchant vessels fresh from the Battle of P...

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