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Tuesday, 15 October 2019

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

An item reported the arrival on the 6th at Helvoet [Hellevoetsluis], Netherlands of the French privateer le Brave captain Swartsdorff coming from sea. She captured the same day off Scheveningen, Netherlands the British sloop Elizabeth master Jacob Web coming from Harwich, England and loaded with 225 bales of cotton and 8 bales of cinnamon.