British hired cutter 'Telemachus' (1795)
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Telemachus
11439
Nominal Guns
14
Nationality
Great Britain
Operator
Royal Navy
Hired
17.6.1795
Shipyard
Unknown
Category
Hired Vessel
Ship Type
Cutter
Returned to Owners
1.11.1801
1 Ship Commander
Dates
Rank
Name
Source
10.1799
-
1799
Lieutenant
Thomas Newton
British
Naval Sailor
Service 1795-1799
SNL1799
Service History
Date
Event
Source
7.3.1797
Took the Cutter
Le Bonheur (2)
1797-1797
French 2 Gun
Privateer
Cutter
off St Alban's Head
24.7.1797
Took the Lugger
Le Hardi (8)
1797-1797
French 8 Gun
Privateer
Lugger
off Cape La Hogue
BG
16.3.1798
Took the Cutter
La Sophie (4)
1798-1798
French 4 Gun
Privateer
Cutter
at 2 or 3 leagues to the Northward of the Casket's Lights
BG
10.1799
Stationed at Portsmouth
SNL1799
Notes on Ship
Number of Guns
SNL1799
Steel's list gives 18 guns.
Sources
ID
Name
Author
Type
BG
The London Gazette
Official
,
Web Site
SNL1799
Steele's Navy List October 1799
Steele
,
Book
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