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The French L'ARABE taken in June 1797.
Sold in 1815. |
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- 1800 Lieut. M. B. ALT, 03/1798, coast of France.
On the 17 February 1800 two men, Fraser and Shaw, were tried before the King's Bench for forging Lieut. ALT's signature to a 'Liberty Ticket'. This apparently gave a week's leave to a man from ANT named Maxwell and protected him from impressment. He was in fact a seaman from an Indiaman. The defendants were found guilty. - ANT and ADVICE came into Portsmouth from a cruise on 12 April and on 10 August she sent into Portsmouth the CONCORDE from St. Martin laden with salt.
In August 1800 Lieut. ALT was put on half pay and Lieut. William HIRD appointed to command ANT. - 1803 Lieut. SINGER. She sailed from Portsmouth to Havre on 4 January with Capt. Saintclair of the army and six others as passengers. (Britain and France were at peace until May). Lieut. CARPENTER, 04/1803, Portsmouth.
On the morning of 19 September he brought into Portsmouth the American ship PROVIDENCE which he had detained off the Isle of Wight.
The description of the ship agreed with orders that the Admiralty had sent to all commanders of Channel cruisers to keep a lookout for such a vessel which was rumoured to have Jerome Bonaparte on board.
Lieut. CARPENTER moved to HOPE in November.
Lieut. MASSING, 12/1803, When news was received of the sailing of the Rochefort Squadron, ANT was dispatched by Ad. MONTAGUE on 2 February 1804 to order the East India convoy, which had sailed the previous day, back to Spithead. She returned on the 6th. without having fallen in with them. - 1807 Lieut. Tim BIRD, Channel.
- 1811 Lieut. Joseph WILLIAMS, convoy to Guernsey.
- 1812 Guernsey.
- 1814-15 Thomas STRONG, Guernsey.
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