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La Robuste | 22948 | ||
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| Nominal Guns | 18 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | State Navy | ||
| Purchased | 1793 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Shipyard | Nantes - Brittany | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Unrated | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Brig | BWAS-1793 | |
| Captured | 15.4.1796 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Becomes | British sloop 'Scourge' (1796) (18)
1796-1802 British 18 Gun Unrated Sloop | ||
Admiralty-Office , April 26 , 1796 .
Extract of a letter from Commodore Sir John Borlase Warrcn to Evan Nepean , Esq; dated on board of His Majesty's Ship Pomone , off the Saint , the 16th of April , 1806 .
Beg you will inform their Lordship , that on the 15th instant , at 11 P.M. a sail being discovered in the N.B. Quarter, I immediately gave chace , and at 3 A.M. I came up with her in this ship : she proved to be La Robuste Ship Corvette , mounting 22 guns and 145 men , just come from Brest , bound to L'Orient .