French Privateer polacca 'La Fortune' (1798)

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La Fortune
Nominal Guns	18	BWAS-1793
Nationality	République Française
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	British Privateer xebec 'Fortunatus' (1797) (10) 1797-1798 British 10 Gun Privateer Xebec
Captured	1798	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Venice	BWAS-1793
Category	Privateer	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Polacca	BWAS-1793
Captured	11.8.1798	BWAS-1793
Becomes	British gun-brig 'Fortune' (1798) (10) 1798-1799 British 10 Gun Unrated Gun-brig

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Burthen180Tons BM

DateEventSource
11.8.1798Taken by off the Nile

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

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