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La Sophie | 23015 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 14 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1797 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Cutter | BG | |
| Captured | 9.4.1797 | BWAS-1793 | |
Depart from Le Havre
ref:818"Extract of a letter from Captain Boyle, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop Kangaroo, to Rear-Admiral Sir John Orde, Bart, dated in Mount's Bay,
the 10 th of April, 1797.
Have the Honour to inform yon, that, in consequence of your orders of the 8-th Instant to proceed to sea, on the 9th, at Eight P. M. the Lizard bearing N. W. Two Leagues, I fell in with and captured La Sophie, French Cutter Privateer, pierced for Fourteen 4-Pounders, (8 of which (he hove overboard) and having 40 Men. She sailed from Havre de Grace on the 7 th Instant, being her first cruize, and had made no Captures.