British schooner 'Prevost' (1803)

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Prevost
Nominal Guns	12	BWAS-1793
Nationality	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Operator	Royal Navy
Purchased	1803	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	10.1803	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Unrated	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Schooner	BWAS-1793
Captured	31.8.1806	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Burthen145Tons BM

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1805Lieutenant†BWAS-17931805LieutenantBWAS-17931806 - 31.8.1806LieutenantBWAS-1793

Service History

DateEventSource
31.8.1806Taken by off Martinique

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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Posted by Tim Oakley on Monday 13th of June 2016 05:27

31 Aug 1806 French Austerlitz18 brig, a schooner, and a sloop took the unrated Schooner Prevost12 Lieutenant Samuel Stout [Prevost was returning from the coast of South America with dispatches when she encountered heavy weather that lasted four days. To stay afloat she threw four of her guns overboard; her rigging was also badly damaged] Taken off Martinique but taken into Guadeloupe

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