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Le Chasseur | 29545 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 4 | ref:692 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1796 | ref:692 | |
| Home Port | Bayonne - Aquitaine | ref:692 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | ref:692 | |
| Category | Privateer | ref:692 | |
| Ship Type | Brig | ref:692 | |
| Captured | 5.1796 | ref:692 | |
Admiralty Office, June 7, 1796.
Extract of a Letter from Captain Mowat, of His Majesty' Ship Assistance, to Evan Nepean, Ejq; dated Staten Island, May 3, 1796.
You will be pleased to acquaint my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that about 4 o'Clock on the 20th of March, His Majesty's Ship I have the honour to command left Spithead, and at 8 o'Clock the same evening she passed the Needle Point, the wind then at E. N. E. whish carried her in the Lat. 43 deg. 57 min. Long. 25 deg. 20 min. having been a Week out. From that period until last evening, that she anchored 2 Miles below New York, the wind did not continue 24 hours at any time favourable to her Course. The day before the fair wind left us, a sail was discovered right ahead, the ship being under full sail, with a moderate breeze, soon brought the vessel to be seen from the deck standing towards us, which she continued to do within the distance of 7 or 8 miles, when she thought it time to put about, and crowded all the sail she could from us, and was discovered to be a brig. About 4 hours after she was brought to, and proved to be Le Chasseur, French Privateer, belonging to Bayonne, pierced for 12 guns, 6-pounders, only 4 on board, the others having been reported to be thrown overboard : Her crew 62 in number. From the time of her sailing she had captured only one vessel, a Brig, with a cargo of salt from Spain, bound to Newfoundland.