289:, Henry Gibson, master, was between the Isle of Wight and Portland when a lugger came into sight, pursued by a larger vessel. Gibson sailed towards the lugger to cut her off. After a chase of four hours he caught up with her and as he was about to board her, she
278:. She was armed with two brass 4-pounder and four iron 2-pounder guns, and had a crew of 23 men. She was two days out of Cherbourg and had not taken any prizes. Because of the strength of the wind,
30:, which means “Hope” in French. In only one case was there mention of an exchange of fire or casualties. In general, the privateers tried to escape, and failing that surrendered.
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Boulogne in May 1793 under Pierre-Louis-Nicolas Hardouin with 8 swivel guns and 6 smaller pieces (swivel-mounted, large caliber
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160:, under the command of Commander Charles H. Pierrepont, was off Camina when she encountered the French privateer lugger
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475:, of 106 tons burthen. She was armed with two 6-pounder guns and ten 12-pounder carronades, and had a crew of 60.
270:, under the command of George Morris, was in Plymouth Sound when she sighted a vessel and gave chase. Eventually
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was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 66 men. She was 16 days out of
Guadeloupe but had made no captures
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When the fog cleared on 8 September 1803, Lieutenant
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was armed with two carriage guns and four swivel guns and had a crew of 39 men. She was 13 days out of
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was not able to take prisoners off nor put a prize crew on board so she escorted her prize into port.
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had a crew of 15 men and was under the command of Pierre
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24:, British vessels captured at least 12 French warships and privateers named
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239:, under the command of Commander William Champain captured the privateer
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138:, under the command of Mr. Robert Adams, was south of the
120:, and had a crew of 48 men. She was out of Guadeloupe and
769:"Register of Letters of Marque against France 1793-1815".
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433:A first-class share of the head money was worth
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644:. 7 November 1797. p. 1067.
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63:and the money was payable in
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415:Saint-Valery-en-Caux
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308:, which came up as
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79:Marechal de Cobourg
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818:"No. 17001"
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748:"No. 15341"
728:"No. 15337"
708:"No. 18492"
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460:Lord Nelson
371:Two Friends
310:Lord Nelson
287:Lord Nelson
260:hired armed
249:La DĂ©sirade
118:swivel guns
72:hired armed
16:During the
902:Categories
854:References
782:2015-10-07
377:to London.
299:Saint Malo
203:Royal Navy
499:Citations
396:HMS
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303:HMS
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224:HMS
217:HMS
211:. Later,
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58:HMS
35:HMS
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276:Espoir
253:Espoir
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236:Zephyr
213:Thalia
208:Espoir
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148:Espoir
144:Espoir
133:cutter
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110:Espoir
96:Coburg
88:Espoir
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473:Maria
422:Notes
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359:Maria
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136:Viper
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