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Le Général | 29951 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 14 | ref:692 | |
| Nationality | République Française | ||
| Operator | Private Owners | ||
| Acquired | 1796 | ref:692 | |
| Home Port | Bordeaux - Guyenne | ref:692 | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | ref:692 | |
| Category | Privateer | ref:692 | |
| Ship Type | Unknown | ||
| Captured | 29.3.1797 | ref:692 | |
Departure from port
BGKing's Fisher, Tagus, March 30, 1797.
SIR, I beg leave to acquaint you, that yesterday morning, Oporto bearing E. N. E. distant 16 leagues, we discovered a Brig to the Westward, standing towards us. At 9 A.M. we perceived she had tacked , on which I made sail in chace, and i at a quarter before 4 P.M. came up with her; when, after exchanging 2 or 3 broadsides, she struck, and proved to be Le General, Privateer of Bordeaux, pierced for 18 Guns, but mounting 14 of 4 and 3-pounders, and manned wich 104 men, 1 of whom was killed, and 3 wounded. We had not a man hurt. She had been out 15 days, and had taken an English Brig, from Faro, bound to Falmouth. Le General is exceedingly well equipped, and is said to be a fast sailing vessel, but had lost her fore top-gallant mast and bowsprit in the late gales, and was steering for Vigo to repair her damages.
I have the Honor to be, &c.
(Signed) JOHN BLIGH