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Espiegle | 4129 | ||
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| Nominal Guns | 16 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | Great Britain | ||
| Operator | Royal Navy | ||
| Previously | French brig 'L'Espiègle' (1788) (6)
1788-1793 French 6 Gun Unrated Brig | ||
| Captured | 30.11.1793 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Shipyard | Bayonne - Aquitaine | NNF-1774 | |
| Ship Class | Hasard Class (1788) | NNF-1774 | |
| Designed by | Raymond-Antoine HaranFrench Designer Ship Builder | NNF-1774 | |
| Category | Unrated | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Sloop | BWAS-1793 | |
| Sailing Rig | Brig | BWAS-1793 | |
| Sold | 2.1802 | BWAS-1793 | |
Captured ship: De Oudste Wilhelmus (master Wilhelm Runhert).
History: a Dutch ship, bound from Emden to Amsterdam, laden with tobacco; taken on 6 June 1799 at anchor in the Western Ems by an armed open boat belonging to HMS Espiegle (James Boorder commanding)
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Captured ship: Jonge Geesyna (unknown master).
History: a Dutch ship, unladen, abandoned by her crew just before her seizure; taken on 14 August 1799, off the island of Schiermonnikoog [as part of the atrtack on that island to recover the captured HMS Crash gun brig] by HMS Latona (Frank Sotheron commanding), HMS Juno (George Dundas commanding), HMS Pylades (Adam Mackenzie commanding), HMS Espiegle (James Boorder commanding), and HMS Courier armed cutter (Thomas Searle commanding), and brought into Great Yarmouth.
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