HMS Lutine sinks with the loss of 240 men and a cargo worth £1,200,000.

HMS Lutine (1779)

18th-century frigate in the French and later British navies

Lutine was a frigate which served in both the French Navy and the Royal Navy. She was launched by the French in 1779. The ship passed to British control in 1793 and was taken into service as HMS Lutine. She sank among the West Frisian Islands during a storm in 1799.