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Saturday, 30 May 2015

British cutter Swallow captured the French privateer Friend of the Country according to the Dutch newspaper Oprechte Haerlemsche courant dated 4 May 1793

An item reported that the British cutter Swallow captured the French privateer Friend of the Country of 10 guns and 28 men and her prize Liverpool captain Lidle/Litle underway from Honduras towards London, England. The Amsterdamsche courant dated 4th called the French privateer just Coentry.