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La Manche

14214
Nominal Guns20
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1800
ShipyardUnknown
CategoryPrivateer
National RateCinquième Rang
Ship TypeUnknown
Captured4.1800

Service History


DateEventSource
4.1800Taken by
Minerve (38) 1795-1803
British 38 Gun
5th Rate Frigate



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Posted by Jon Miller on Monday 15th of June 2026 18:48

His Majesty’s ship Minerva, Captain Cockburn, has captured off Cape Finisterre, La Monche French privateer of 18 guns, and 145 men, and sent her into Lisbon. [Hampshire Telegraph, 2 December 1799]


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