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Le Tropard | 22780 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 5 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | Empire Français | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Previously | British schooner 'Flying Fish' (1804) (4)
1804-1805 British 4 Gun Unrated Schooner | ||
| Captured | 30.9.1805 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Home Port | Guadeloupe - Leeward Islands | ref:692 | |
| Shipyard | Bermuda - North Atlantic Ocean | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Class | Ballahoo Class (1803) | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Schooner | BWAS-1793 | |
| Captured | 5.5.1808 | BG | |
Admiralty-Office, May 10th 1808. Extract of a letter from John Palmer, Esq; Commander of His Majesty's Sloop the Pheasant, to the Honourable W. W. Pole, dated on board that Sloop, at Spithead, the 8th Instant.
On the 5th of last Month, in Latitude 22°. 10'. Longitude 56s. W. I fell in with a French Privateer, and, I am happy to add, that after a chace of 4 hours, I captured her. She belonged to Guadaloupe, her Name Tropard, had been out 6 weeks, taken nothing; was formerly, from report of the prisoners, His Majesty's late Schooner the King's Fish, or Flying Fish, built at Bermuda for His Majesty's Service, coppered, and copper fastened, now rigged as a sloop ; had on board when taken 5 guns, viz. One long 18-pounder, a Traverser, and Four 6-pounders, aud manned with a crew of 62 men.