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L'Aventure | 19473 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 16 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1796 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Home Port | Bordeaux - Guyenne | BWAS-1714 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Type | Brig | ref:692 | |
| Captured | 19.12.1796 | BWAS-1714 | |
Took 10 prizes under Captain Lamothe .
ref:692Rearmed at Calais under Captain Peltier .
ref:692Copy of a letter from Captain James Young , Commander of His Majesty 's Ship Greyhound , to Evan Nepean , Esq , dated at Spithead , December 20 , 1796 .
Sir , I have to acquaint you , for the informrtion of my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , that yesterday , at 4 A.M. I fell in with , and captured off Barfleur , L'Aventure , french privateer brig , of 16 4-pounders and 62 men , commanded by Citizen Peltier , 2 days from Calais , on her first cruize , and had not taken any thing .
I have the honor to be , ...
Ja. Young