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La Nouvelle Gironde | 25604 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 14 | ref:692 | |
| Nationality | Empire Français | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1808 | ref:692 | |
| Home Port | Bordeaux - Guyenne | ref:692 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | ref:692 | |
| Category | Privateer | ref:692 | |
| Ship Type | Brig | ref:692 | |
| Captured | 5.5.1809 | ref:692 | |
Took under Captain Marraud the ships "Eliza" , "Britannia"
Took under Captain Le Comte the ship "Nelly"
ref:692Admiralty-Office, May 13, 1809.
Extratl of a Letter from Captain Harward, of Hip Majesty's Sloop the Parthian, to Admiral Toung, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Ships at Plymouth, and transmitted by him to the Honourable W. W. Pole, dated at Sea, the 5th Instant. On the 2d Instant, in Latitude 450 N. Longitude 90 W. a brig was discerned in the West, and from the description previously received, soon made out to be La Nouvelle Gironde, the noted Privateer of Bordeaux ; which vessel, I am happy to acquaint you, was captured after a chace, in light winds, of 36 hours, owing to the unremitted, exceeding great, and determined exertions ot every individual on board, who perseveringly continued to labour hard at the sweeps nearly the whole chace. La Nouvelle Gironde is a fine copper-fastened brig, commanded by Mons. Lecomte, mounting Four 12- and Ten 4-Pounders, with a complement of 86 men, (58 on board,) out 45 days. In the capture of such a scourge to the trade, I cannot but feel gratified ; particularly as she has been chased during this last cruize by 12 different men of war, none of which, by the prisoners' accounts, had the smallest chance of rearing her.