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Le Cerf Volant | 20897 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 14 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1797 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Home Port | Calais - Picardy | BG | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Type | Lugger | BG | |
| Captured | 6.9.1797 | BWAS-1714 | |
Admiralty-Office, September 23, 1797.
Copy of a letter from Captain Honeyman, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Tisiphone, to Evan Nepean, Eff, dated Yarmouth Roads, September 19, 1797.
SIR, I have the honour of acquainting you, for the information of my Lords .Commissioners of the Admiralty, that on the 6th Instant, at One P. M. Heligoland bearing S. E. by S. Five Leagues, I fell in with, and captured, after a chace of an hour, in His Majesty's Ship under my Command, Le Cerf Volant, French Privateer Lugger, Citoyen Margolle commanding, a few Hours from the Wefer, belonging to Calais, and only 4 months off the stocks : had captured 9 Prizes. She mounted 14 Three-Pounders and 6 Swivels; 8 of the carriage guns were thrown overboard in the chace, and had on board 63 Men. She received the fire of several of our guns, and struck without making any resistance. The Commander of the Cerf Volant informs me, that she is supposed to be one of the fastest sailing vessels out of France.
I have, Sec. Sec. Sec. ROB. HONEYMAN.