British hired lugger 'Plymouth' (1796)

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Plymouth			11465
Nominal Guns	14
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Hired	27.12.1796
Shipyard	Unknown
Category	Hired Vessel
Ship Type	Lugger
Returned to Owners	22.10.1801

1 Ship Commander

DatesRankNameSource
10.1799 - 1799LieutenantSNL1799

Service History

DateEventSource
29.3.1797Took the Schooner the Gasket Light bearing W by N distant 3 LeaguesBG
13.3.1799

Arrived at Plymouth with a convoy of coasters from the Downs.

TNC
25.3.1799

Sailed from Plymouth for the Downs with a convoy of 60 sail

TNC
1.4.1799

Arrived at Plymouth from the Downs

TNC
10.1799Stationed in the ChannelSNL1799

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

SNL1799Steele, Book

TNCVarious, Periodical

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Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 12th of June 2026 03:24

The Amitie French schooner, that was brought into Plymouth, was formerly an American, is of the build of that country, and has not the smallest appearance of a privateer: when her ports are shut, she shews a plain yellow side, like a merchantman, and, to heighten the deception, she is marked on the stern, “Star, of Boston.” If the Plymouth lugger had not met with her so early, she would have done much mischief to the trade of this country. [Hampshire Chronicle, 8 April 1797]

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