Schooner, privateer from Marseille, captured by British Bittern west from Cape Spartel 10 September 1803, pierced for 14 guns, armed with 6-6pdr guns and a crew numbering 60 men.
Sources
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.
The Naval Chronicle, Vol X, p. 500. Letter dated 1 October 1803 sent by captain Rob. Corbet of sloop Bittern to vice admiral Nelson: “On the 10th instant, his Majesty’s sloop, under my command, captured (after several hours’ chase, west from Cape Spartel) la Caille, a French schooner privateer, pierced for fourteen guns, but had only 6-6pdr on board, and a complement of sixty men. La Caille is an exceeding handsome vessel, quite new, and coppered, fitted out from Marseille, and intended to full arm at Cadiz-she was the best of nine, that have infested the Streights, and that I had frequently chased.
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