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Le Prosper | 23105 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Prospect Prospère | |||
| Nominal Guns | 14 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1797 | BWAS-1793 | |
| Home Port | Boulogne-sur-Mer - Picardy | ref:692 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | BWAS-1793 | |
| Category | Privateer | BWAS-1793 | |
| Ship Type | Brig | ref:692 | |
| Captured | 22.7.1797 | BWAS-1793 | |
Admiralty-Office, July 25, 1797.
Copy of a letter from Captain Honeyman, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop Tisiphone, to Evan Nepean, Esq; dated July 23, 1797.
SIR, Have the honor of stating to you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that having been ordered by Admiral Duncan to take His Majesty's Brig Rambler under my command, and cruize on the Dogger Bank, I Yesterday, at 5 A. M. in the Latitude of 54 deg. 30 min. the Rambler in company, fell in with and captured, after a chace of half an hour, Le Prospere, French Privateer Brig, mounting 14 4-pounders, and manned with 73 men ; 4 days from Dunkirk, without capturing any thing. She received the fire of several of our guns and struck without making any resistance. . In consequence of the number of prisoners, I have thought it proper to proceed to the nearest port to land them, and after having so done, I shall proceed with all possible dispatch to my station.
I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant,
ROB. HONEYMAN