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Friday, 22 November 2019

French privateer Mercure 1811-1812

Lugger, first mentioned in 1811, captured by British Salsette (1) on 14 October 1812.

Note
1. The 5th rate, launched at Bombay dockyard, India on 17 January 1805, renamed Pitt in 1805, renamed Salsette in 1808, receiving ship circa 1835, broken up completed at Chatham, England on 20 March 1874, dimensions 137 x 39 x feet, a 938 tons builders measurement and an armament of 36 guns?

Sources
J.J. Colledge. Ships of the Royal Navy. An Historical Index, 2 vols. David&Charles, Newton Abbot, 1969.
J. Vichot. Repertoire des navires de guerre français. Paris, 1967.