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L'Heureuse Nouvelle | 14122 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 22 | BG | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1798 | BG | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BG | |
| Category | Privateer | BG | |
| National Rate | Cinquième Rang | BG | |
| Ship Type | Ship | BG | |
| Sailing Rig | Ship Rigged | BG | |
| Captured | 28.1.1798 | BG | |
Depart 36 days before her capture from Brest
BGTook the american ship "Providence" loaded with sugar and cotton .
BGThe Right Hon. the Earl of St. Vincent, dc. dc. dc.
Copy of a Letter from Sir Edward Pellew, Bart.
Captain of His Majesty's Ship Indefatigable, to
Evan Nepean, Esq , dated at Sea, the 28th of January, 1798.
Sir,
I have the pleasure to inform you , that I this day , in company with His Majesty's Ship Cambrian , captured the French Ship Privateer L'Heureuse Nouvelle, of 22 guns and 130 men , from Brest 36 days , in which time they have take nothing but a large ship , an American called the "Providence" , loaded with sugar and cotton , which i am in hopes of retaking , having left the Cambrian in chace of her .
I have the Honor to be ,
EDW. PELLEW