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Le Moucheron ➡ 1799 Actif ➡ 1800 Moucheron | 22368 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 16 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1798 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Home Port | Bordeaux - Guyenne | BWAS-1793 | |
| Shipyard | Bordeaux - Guyenne | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Brig | BWAS-1793 | |
| Captured | 16.2.1801 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Becomes | British sloop 'Moucheron' (1801) (16)
1801-1807 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop | ||
Wreck under Captain Lugeol : same ship after 1799 ?? , same 16 guns , 250 Tx and Homeport Bordeaux .
ref:692Revolutionnaire , at sea , 16th , February 1801 .
My Lords , I have the honor to inform your Lordship , that early this morning , I captured the French Brig Privateer Moucheron , belonging to Bordeaux , mounting 16 guns , 12 and 6-pounders a n d 130 men , out 20 days from Passage,. but had only made 1 Capture , the William Brig of London , from Saint Michael's, loaded with fruit .
I have the honor to be , &c.
Thomas Twysden