Paris, 19 April. According to a letter of the Portuguese consul at Gibraltar dated 9 march consisted the in the Strait stationed Portuguese division of the frigates Perla (1), Amazona (2) and Venus (3) and the brig Constance (4) were blockading two Tunisian war vessels namely a corvette and a schooner in the bay. The other two Tunisian war vessels namely a brig and a schooner which formed with the two blockaded ships a division stayed hidden. Probably they were destined to make a cruising voyage.
Lisbon, 11 March. The Portuguese merchants of Gibraltar Cergueira de Carvalho and Andreade da Silva bought a chebecq which was fitted out at their expenses to join the Portuguese squadron. The commanding officer of the this squadron accepted the gift and named her Goede Portugees [Dutch translation of the original name who probably sounds like Bom Português.(5)
Source
Antonio Marques Esparteiro. Catalogo dos navios brigantinoes (1640-1910). Lisbon, 1976.
Notes
1. The 44-guns frigate Pérola, built at Pará 1797 and in 1831 at Brest handed over to the French admiral Roussin?
2. A 50-gun frigate built at Pará 1798 with the same fate as the Pérola.
3. The 36-gun frigate Vénus launched at Baia 22 February 1792 and in 1827 broken up at Lisbon?
4. The 12-gun brig-escuna Constância purchased 1817 and in 1832-1833 floating battery in the harbour of Lisbon?
5. Esparteiro mentioned indeed an xaveco Bom Português purchased at Gibraltar in 1818. Also called an escuna and caique. Wrecked in 1826.
