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Le Fortune | 7665 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 14 | FWAS1626 | |
| Nationality | Royaume de France | ||
| Operator | Marine Royale | ||
| Previously | British sloop 'Falcon' (1744) (10)
1744-1745 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop | ||
| Captured | 28.9.1745 | FWAS1626 | |
| Shipyard | King's Yard - Harwich | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Class | Merlin Class (1743) | BWAS-1714 | |
| Designed by | Jacob AckworthBritish Naval Sailor Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1690-1744 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Constructor | John BarnardBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1740-1782 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Category | Unrated | FWAS1626 | |
| Ship Type | Corvette | ||
| Sailing Rig | Brig | ||
| Captured | 6.3.1746 | FWAS1626 | |
| Becomes | British sloop 'Fortune' (1746) (10)
1746-1770 British 10 Gun Unrated Sloop | ||
Admiralty Office, March 29 , 1746.
The St. Michael, a Privateer of 18 guns, and 160 men, taken by Vice-Admiral Martin's Squadron, is send into Plymouth, and brings advice that the Falcon Sloop, which was some time ago taken by the French, and converted into a privateer, is retaken ; and that when they left the Vice-Admiral of the 24th Instant, he was in chase of a French Man of War.