HMS Lutine (1779) anchor but no treasure. In 1913 the two bower anchors, carried at the ship's bow, each weighing were recovered and put on display in Amsterdam. Consideration was given by Lloyd's to setting the anchors up as a monument behind the Royal Exchange in place of a statue to Sir Robert Peel, but this was not carried out and only the wooden stocks, marked "Lutine" were forwarded to Lloyd's. Reportedly the outbreak of World War I prevented another salvage attempt. In 1933 an attempt was made to salvage the reported treasure, but was stopped when the salvage bell was wrecked by
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