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La Sophie

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Nominal Guns14BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1797BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeCutterBG
Captured9.4.1797BWAS-1793

Armament


9.4.1797Broadside Weight = 28 French Livre (30.2176 lbs 13.706 kg)BG
Gun Deck14 French 4-Pounder

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
9.4.179740 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
7.4.1797

Depart from Le Havre

ref:818
9.4.1797Taken by
Kangaroo (16) 1795-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
at 8t P. M. the Lizard bearing N. W. 2 leagues .
BG


Notes on Ship


Description CaptureBG

"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.



 
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