HMS Lutine (1779) until 1829, little was gained and the bell was sold on to the Dutch navy. In 1835, the sandbank covering "Lutine" shrank and moved southwards, with the depth of water being and desultory attempts at salvage were made. Further attempts to raise capital were largely unsuccessful. In 1857, it was discovered by chance that "a channel had formed straight across the Goudplaat sandbank, leading over the wreck, so that the latter was not merely clear of sand but had also sunk further below the surface with the channel [...] the bows and stern, together with the decks and sides, had
HMS Lutine (1779) ceremonial purposes at their headquarters in London. On 27 September 1793, the royalists in Toulon delivered the city, naval dockyards, arsenal, and French Mediterranean fleet to a British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Lord Hood. The French vessels included: "Lutine" was one of the ships from the Old Basin. During the siege of Toulon, the British converted "Lutine" to a bomb vessel that fired mortars at the besieging French artillery batteries, which were under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte. When they abandoned Toulon on 19 December, the British took "Lutine" with them and commissioned her as HMS "Lutine". The loss