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Le Flibustier

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Nominal Guns6BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1804BWAS-1793
Home PortGuadeloupe - Leeward Islands BG
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeSchoonerBG
Captured26.2.1804BWAS-1793

Armament


26.2.1804Broadside Weight = 18 French Livre (19.4256 lbs 8.811 kg)BG
Gun Deck6 French 6-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
26.2.180468 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
26.2.1804Taken by
Heureux (22) 1799-1806
British 22 Gun
6th Rate Post Ship
in the Latitude of Barbadoes , and 40 Leagues to Windward
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

His Majesty's Ship Heureux , at sea ,
SIR , 26th Febuary 1804 .
I beg to inform you , that this day, in the Latitude of Barbadoes , and 40 Leagues to Windward , His Majesty's Ship under my command fell in with , and , after a long chace , took possession of the French Armed Schooner Flibustier , pierced for 14 guns , had 6 French Sixes ,  and 68 men on board ; she is new , sails remarkably fast , and was stored for a long cruize , from Guadaloupe   out 15 days , and I could not learn .She had made a capture .

I am, Sir, &c.
Loftus Otway Bland



 
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