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Tuesday, 12 February 2019

Anonymous Spanish privateer captured by the British Royal Navy in 1807

Rowboat of which the name is unknown, with 10 men, captured by the schooner Eclair (10 guns), commanded by Lieutenant Evelyn, off the Leeward Islands 9 June 1807. A report of the Admiralty Office dated 29 August 1807 described the capture of the rowboat by the cutter of the Eclair off Point Cedar. Her crew fled ashore after a fight of an hour.

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.