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Writing to inform that since my original query, much has been learned about this vessel Chaleur. And the story of her origin will be told in my book, which is well-along and hopefully will ...

Thanks Ionia - actually I am not familiar with that reference. I will speculate that the author relied on Chapelle for that information, coupled perhaps with other (primary) sources that indicate Col ...

re Colledge - thanks, I have that reference. Some particulars in dispute.
Her Admiralty draft made at the end of her life shows but three gun ports a side. The dimensions are slightly different. An ...

OK - here we go...

The History of American Sailing Ships; Chapelle, Howard Irving; Norton 1935, p 40. This passage has no footnote or other attribution by Chapelle.

"The CHALEUR is said to ...

Friends,

I am seeking to prove or disprove the claim by Howard I Chapelle that a vessel named CHALEUR, was a prize of HMS FAVOURITE sometime between July 1763 and July 1764, and condemned at New Yo ...

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Topic: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:57 pm Subject: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Friends, Writing to inform that since my original query, much has been learned about this vessel Chaleur. And the story of her origin will be told in my book, which is well-along and hopefully will ...
Topic: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:00 am Subject: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Thanks Ionia - actually I am not familiar with that reference. I will speculate that the author relied on Chapelle for that information, coupled perhaps with other (primary) sources that indicate Col ...
Topic: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:22 am Subject: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	re Colledge - thanks, I have that reference. Some particulars in dispute. Her Admiralty draft made at the end of her life shows but three gun ports a side. The dimensions are slightly different. An ...
Topic: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:49 am Subject: HMS FAVOURITE and CHALEUR 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	OK - here we go... The History of American Sailing Ships; Chapelle, Howard Irving; Norton 1935, p 40. This passage has no footnote or other attribution by Chapelle. "The CHALEUR is said to ...
Topic: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Forum: Age of Nelson Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:36 am Subject: HMS FAVOURITE - prizes c 1763-1764
RM BIDDLE Replies: 8 Views: 405966	Friends, I am seeking to prove or disprove the claim by Howard I Chapelle that a vessel named CHALEUR, was a prize of HMS FAVOURITE sometime between July 1763 and July 1764, and condemned at New Yo ...