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Le Foudre | 17482 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lightening Eclair ?? | |||
| Nominal Guns | 24 | BG | |
| Nationality | Royaume de France | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1747 | BG | |
| Home Port | Bayonne - Aquitaine | BG | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BG | |
| Category | Privateer | BG | |
| Ship Type | Unknown | BG | |
| Captured | 16.6.1747 | BG | |
On the 16th past in the morning, as the Gloucester and Falcon were cruizing, they gave chace to a French Privateer, which the Falcon came up with about 10 o'Clock, and engaged her for 3 glasses, sticking close to her the whole time, when the Privateer finding the Gloucester came up very fast, struck to the Falcon. She is called the Lightening of Bayonne, mounting 24 carriage guns, and carrying 265 men and is brought into Plymouth.