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Le Léger | 19470 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 4 | ref:692 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1798 | ref:692 | |
| Home Port | Dunkerque - Flanders | ref:692 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | ref:692 | |
| Category | Privateer | ref:692 | |
| Ship Type | Lugger | ||
| Captured | 1.6.1798 | ref:692 | |
Took 3 vessels, and sent them to Arundel in Norway.
Took the ships "Persévérance" and "Liberté"
BGAdmiralty-Office, June 16, 1798.
Extract of letter from Captain Brijac, Commander of His Majesty s Ship Iris, to Evan Nepean, Esq; dated at Leith, the 11th instant.
I have the pleasure tof say, that on the 1st instant, off the Scaw, after a chace of 16 hours, I captured the Leger French Lugger Privateer, carrying four 4-pounders, who had the impudence to fire, at His Majesty's Ship under my command, and by the papers I found on board had 35 men, commanded by a Mons. Lallemand, who, with the crew, escaped on shore about 3 leagues to the Eastward of the Scaw, in fishhing boats. She had taken 3 vessels, and sent them to Arundel in Norway.
Calais and Dunkirk