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La Cubana

30075
Nominal GunsLightly ArmedBG
NationalitySpain
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1806BG
ShipyardUnknownBG
CategoryPrivateerBG
Ship TypeRow Boat
Captured5.5.1806BG

Armament


6.6.1806Broadside Weight = 0.25 Spanish libre (0.26975 lbs 0.11475 kg)BG
Gun Deck1 Spanish Esmeriles

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
5.5.18065 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
1.5.1806Sailed from Santiago de Cuba BG
5.5.1806Taken by
Elk (16) 1804-1812
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
off Cape Cruz
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

His Majesty's Sloop Elk, Lucea, SIR, May 12, 1806.

Have the  honor, to inform you, that having received intelligence off St. Ann's, the evening  of the 4th Instant, there was a small Spanish Privateer qn the Coast which had captured Two Droggers thinking it most probable they would stand over to Cuba in the night, we made sail to the Northward, and on the evening of the 5th, were so fortunate as to fall in with them off Cape Cruz,  to retake 1 of the Droggers, and to capture La Cubana Spanish Row-Boat Privateers armed with 1 swivel and small arms; had been 5 days from St. Jago, her crew originally consisted of 14 men, but he had only 5 on board when captured.

I am, &c. . .

 W.F. WISE



Sources


IDNameAuthorType
BGThe London GazetteOfficial, Web Site
 
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