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Wednesday, 17 June 2015

French privateer le Brave captured the British sloop Elizabeth according to the Dutch newspaper Koninklijke courant dated 10 March 1809

An item reported the arrival on the 6th at Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands of the French privateer le Brave captain Swartsdorff coming from sea with a prize. Earlier that day she captured off Scheveningen, Netherlands the British sloop Elizabeth captain Jacob Web coming from Harwich, England and loaded with 225 bales of cotton yarn and 8 bales of cinnamon.