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Wednesday 13 February 2019

Spanish privateer Babillon captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Armed with 2 guns and 45 men, captured by the brig Morne Fortune (12 guns), commanded by J.T. Rorie, at the Jamaica Station 8 July 1807. A letter dated 17 July 1807, written by J.T. Rorie described the destroying of the schooner armed with 2-6pdr and 45 men, which 3 days earlier Caro but still without prizes. She was first seen at 8 a.m. Point Tunacas South East in the SouthWest and grounded ashore 11 a.m. to be destroyed by British gunfire. Rorie wrote that the Babillon was a real danger for the Curacao trade.

Sources
The spelling of the names is English so mighty not exactly correspond with the original Spanish spelling. The list published in the Naval Gazetteer was not complete, compared with the The Naval Chronicle.
The Naval Gazetteer, published by J.W. Norris&Co., 1827, p. 529-530. Digitalized version.
The Naval Chronicle vol XVIII, July-December 1807, p. 227, 345-346, 432, 510 and 514-515. Digitalized version.