HMS Polecat (1782)
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Polecat |
| Namesake | Polecat |
| Acquired | 1782 by purchase |
| Captured | 1782 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 100[1] (bm) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Armament |
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HMS Polecat was the Pennsylvania privateer Navarro, Captain William Keeler, which HMS Orpheus captured in March 1782.[1] Between her commissioning on 18 July 1781 under Captain Woolman Sutton and her capture, Navarro captured two British vessels and recaptured one American vessel.[1] One vessel that Navarro captured was Rebecca, M'Fadzean, master, which was sailing from Jamaica to London when Navarro captured Rebecca at 44°00′N 26°50′W / 44.000°N 26.833°W, north of the Azores.[2][a]
The Royal Navy purchased Navarre at Boston for £1097 3s 5d and took her into service as the 14-gun brig-sloop HMS Polecat. She was initially under the command of Lieutenant Edmund Nagle,[4] but Lieutenant the Honourable Patrick Napier succeeded him.[5][6] Two French frigates chased her off the coast of Virginia on 31 July 1782; Émeraude effected the actual capture.[7] Polecat was taken into York River, Virginia about 13 August.[1] Her subsequent disposition is unknown.[8]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d [1][usurped] Granville Hough – American War of Independence at Sea: Navarro.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 1350. 5 April 1782. hdl:2027/hvd.32044105233001. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1782), Seq.No.R25.
- ^ Marshall (1823), p. 277.
- ^ Winfield (2007), p. 319.
- ^ Clowes et al. (1897-1903), Vol. 4, p. 112.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 68.
- ^ Demerliac (1996), p. 150, #1281.
References
[edit]- Clowes, W. Laird, et al. (1897-1903) The royal navy: a history from the earliest times to the present. (Boston: Little, Brown and Co.; London : S. Low, Marston and Co.).
- Demerliac, Alain (1996). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782906381230. OCLC 468324725.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- Marshall, John (1823). . Royal Naval Biography. Vol. 1, part 1. London: Longman and company. p. 277–278.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1844157006.