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L'Invincible | 19636 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 24 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Nationality | Royaume de France | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1757 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Home Port | St Malo - Brittany | BWAS-1714 | |
| Shipyard | St Malo - Brittany | ref:1846 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1714 | |
| Ship Type | Unknown | BWAS-1714 | |
| Captured | 2.5.1757 | BG | |
| Becomes | British Privateer 'Invincible' (1757) (36)
1757-1759 British 36 Gun Privateer Unknown | ||
Build value : 156087 Livres Tournois
ref:692Admiralty Office, May 21.
Lieutenant Clements, of his Majesty's Ship Unicorn, has sent an account, that, on the 30th of April, about 5 in the morning, they saw and gave chace to a privateer from St Malo, called the Invincible, mounting 24 guns, 9-pounders, and 286 men, and on the 2d Instant, at 5 in the Morning, came up with and engaged her, in Lat. 50 N. and 120 Miles to the Westward of Scilly that during the action Captain Rawling, Commander of the Unicorn, being shot dead, he, Lieutenant Clements, took the command and continued the action till the privateer struck, which was after an engagement of an hour and a half, in which she had killed and wounded between 40 and 50 men, and the Unicorn had the boatswain, armourer, and a marine killed, and 5 men wounded. The prize had on board the Captain, Lieutenant, Surgeon, and 45 private men, belonging to a Guernsey Privateer, which they had taken on the 28th of April near Scilly, with their consort of 24 6-pounders in company, who had taken on board half the Guernsey Prisoners.
The Invincible was carried to Crook Haven, where she arrived on the 4th, and the prisoners landed on the 8th Instant. On the 9th the Unicorn sailed again in quest of the Invincible's consort, called the Comtesse de Noailles Snow Privateer, belonging to Bordeaux, of 14 Guns, 6 and 4 Pounders, and 143 Men on board which he came up with the next day in Lat. 50 D. 20 M North and 9 D. West Longitude from London, and took her, after exchanging 3 broadsides, and has carried her to Kinsale, where she arrived the 12th instant and landed her prisoners the next day. And on the 17th Instant the Unicorn arrived at Plymouth with her said two prizes, the Invincible and Comtesse de Noailles.