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La Colombe

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Nominal Guns4BWAS-1793
NationalityEmpire Français
OperatorPrivate Owners
Acquired1813BWAS-1793
ShipyardUnknownBWAS-1793
CategoryPrivateerBWAS-1793
Ship TypeXebecBG
Captured24.5.1813BWAS-1793

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
24.5.181340 BG

Service History


DateEventSource
24.5.1813Taken by
Nautilus (16) 1807-1823
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
BG


Notes on Ship


CaptureBG

His Majesty's Sloop Nautilus , off Alicanta , May 24 , 1813 .
I beg leave to acquaint you His Majesty's 'sloop under my command , this day captured the French privateer Xebec Colombe , mounting 4 guns , with a complement of 40 men. She had been a month from Genoa , and made one capture , which was the same vessel this sloop recaptured on the 15th instant off Maritima .
I have the honour to be ,
Thos. Dencii



 
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