Resolution was a privateer lugger operating out of Guernsey in 1793. She made several captures, most notably of the French East Indiaman St.Jean de Lone.
| History | |
|---|---|
 Great Britain | |
| Name | Resolution |
| In service | 1793 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 110[1] (bm) |
| Sail plan | Lugger |
| Complement | 60[1] |
| Armament | 12 × 3-pounder guns[1] |
On 7 (or 11) March 1793, shortly after the outbreak of war with France, Captain William Le Lacheur acquired a letter of marque for Resolution.[2]
Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 10 May 1793 that Resolution had sent into Guernsey Hewreaux, of 400 tons (bm), of Bordeaux, Renandet, master. She had been on a voyage from Charleston to Bordeaux.[3] She was carrying sugar, rice, tobacco, and timber. She arrived in Guernsey on 19 April.[4]
Capture of St.Jean de Lone edit
St.Jean de Lone, Captain Marin Voisin, was returning from Pondicherry, Yanaon, and Madras to Ostend or L'Orient in May 1793 with [Indian] bale goods, black pepper, sugar, and dyewoods when on the 10th she encountered a British privateer from Liverpool. The privateer fired on St.Jean de Lone, alerting her to the fact that war with Britain had broken out. The French were able to repel the privateer, which sailed off.
However, on 12 May, St. Jean de Lone encountered the privateers Surprize, of London, William Seward, master, and Resolution.[a]
St.Jean de Lone was armed with 12 guns and had a crew of 41 men. The cutter Surprize, which was armed with 10 guns, was the first to encounter St.Jean de Lone and the two maintained a running engagement for seven and a half hours before the lugger Resolution arrived on the scene. She joined the engagement, which continued a little while longer before St. Jean de Lone struck, some three hours out of Lorient and safety. She had lost one man killed and four wounded. Surprize had one man killed and six wounded, and Resolution had four men wounded. Surprize brought St. Jean de Lone into Plymouth, while Resolution returned to Guernsey to refit.[6][7] St Jean de Lone and her cargo were valued at £150,000.[8]
On 7 June LL reported that Resolution had sent into Guernsey Resolution [sic], which had been carrying spices from Lorient to Saint-Malo.[9] The prize was valued at £8,000.[10]
Capture of Vigie edit
On 25 May 1799 at 43°N 16°W / 43°N 16°W Captain Le Lacheur of Guernsey on the Resolution cutter captured a new French privateer, the schooner Vigie, and took Vigie into Falmouth. Vigie, of Bordeaux, Audilai, master, was armed with fourteen 4-pounder guns and had a crew of 71 men. Vigie had been eight days out of Corrunna and "taken nothing" before acquiring her prize.[11][12][13][b]
Retaking Perseverance edit
It was reported or 29 September 1799, that the Bellona privateer, of 26 twelve-pounders and 200 men, from Bordeaux, had captured Perseverance, Curtis, from London to Lisbon. Resolution recaptured Perseverance and sent her into Guernsey. Perseverance left Bellona in chase of two others of the convoy which had separated. The fleet sailed from Portsmouth 6 September under convoy of HMS Penelope, of 36 guns.[15]
The Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle reported on 9 November 1799 that the frigate Nemesis, the sloop Anacreon, and the hired armed luggers Nile, Resolution, and Fanny had sailed on a cruise off the Coast of France.[16]
Capture of Immanuel edit
On 19 January 1801, it was advertised in the Hampshire and Naval Chronicle that the cargo of the captured Immanuel of Hamburgh would be auctioned on 19 February at East Cowes, Isle of Wight. The prize of the private ship of war Resolution and William La Lacheur, Commander.[17]
Notes edit
- ^ Surprize's letter of marque described her as a sloop of 147 tons (bm), armed with sixteen 9-pounder guns and four swivel guns, and having a crew of 75 men.[5]
- ^ Vigie was a privateer schooner active in the Channel in 1799 with 71 men and 14 guns.[14]
Citations edit
- ^ a b c "Letter of Marque, p.84. - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Sarre (2007), p. 237.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2506. 10 May 1793. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049067.
- ^ Uttley (1966), p. 158.
- ^ "Letter of Marque, p.88 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- ^ Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 73 (May 1793), p.474.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2510. 14 May 1793. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049067.
- ^ Robinson (1794), p. 19.
- ^ "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 2514. 7 June 1793. hdl:2027/uc1.c3049067.
- ^ Britannic magazine; or entertaining repository of heroic adventures. Vol. 1-8, p.64.
- ^ "No. 15153". The London Gazette. 29 June 1799. p. 656.
- ^ "Captain le Lacheur, commander of the cutter private ship of war the resolution". The Edinburgh Advertiser. 25 June 1799. p. 5.
- ^ "Captain le Lacheur, commander of the cutter private ship of war the resolution". Jackson's Oxford Journal. 6 July 1799. p. 2.
- ^ Demerliac (1999), p. 251, no.2157.
- ^ "Resolution of Guernsey retook the Perseverance, Curtis". The Observer. 29 September 1799. p. 2.
- ^ "Resolution Lugger sailed with HMS Nemesis". Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. 11 November 1799. p. 3.
- ^ "Private ships of War "Resolution" William le Lacheur, Commander. Immanuel of Hamburgh (Ship) prize". Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. 19 January 1801. p. 2.
References edit
- Demerliac, Alain (1999). La Marine de la Révolution: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1792 à 1799 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 9782906381247. OCLC 492783890.
- Robinson, G. (1794). The New Annual Register: Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature for the Year 1780-1825...
- Sarre, John W. (2007). Howell, Alan (ed.). Guernsey sailing ships, 1786–1936. Vol. 8. Guernsey Museum monograph series.
- Uttley, John (1966). A Short History of the Channel Islands. Praeger.