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Le Bijou

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Bigou
Nominal Guns6BWAS-1793
NationalityRépublique Française
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1804BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeUnknownBWAS-1793
Captured16.2.1804BG

Armament


16.2.1804Broadside Weight UnknownBG
Gun Deck6 French Canons de Fonte

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
180460 BG
16.2.180440 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
16.2.1804Taken by
Saint Lucia (14) 1803-1807
British 14 Gun
Unrated Sloop
off Grenada
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

His Majesty's Sloop St Lucia , Carlisle Bay , February 18 , 1804 ,

SIR , I have the pleasure to inform you , that on the 16th Instant , His Majesty's Sloop under my command captured , off Grenada ,

the Bijou French privateer of 6 guns and 60 men , 20 of which she had put in prizes as per margin .
I have the honor to be , &c.
Conway Shipley

* Good Intent Brig , from Barbadoes to Demarara , since retaken by the Guachapin .
* Fanny Schooner , from Demarara to Barbadoes



 
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