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Saturday 23 May 2015

British captured French privateer l’ Hirondelle sent to Downs, England according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 4 April 1793

An item reported that the by the British captured French privateer l’ Hirondelle of 16 guns and 85 men was taken into the harbour of Downs, England. She had herself captured the merchant ship el Paquette de Porto underway from St. Miguel [Azores?] towards St. Petersburg, Russia.