French Privateer 'La Sophie' (1798)

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La Sophie
Nominal Guns	20	BG
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Purchased	1798	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BG
Ship Type	Unknown	BWAS-1793
Captured	9.1798	BWAS-1793

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
9.1798130at her captureBG

Service History

DateEventSource
9.1798

82 days out and had taken nothing before her capture

BG
9.1798Taken by on the Irish Station before the 05/09/1798 date of the letter of London GazetteBG

Notes on Ship

Ship TypeBG

La Sophie is a very fine ship, quite new, and well adapted for His Majesty's Service, being an extraordinary fast sailer . She has been chased 8 different times during her last cruize by our Ships of War and each time escaped by superior sailing

Armaments ?BWAS-1793

20 guns in London Gazette

10 guns in British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793 - 1817

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BGOfficial, Web Site

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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