Resolution (1793 privateer)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see Resolution (ship).

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 March 1793, shortly after the outbreak of war with France, Captain William Le Lacheur acquired a letter of marque for Resolution.

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.[2] She was carrying sugar, rice, tobacco, and timber. She arrived in Guernsey on 19 April.[3]

Capture of St.Jean de Lone

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.[Note 1]</ref>

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.[5][6] St Jean de Lone and her cargo were valued at £150,000.[7]

On 7 June LL reported that Resolution had sent into Guernsey Resolution, which had been carrying spices from Lorient to Saint-Malo.[8] The prize was valued at £8,000.[9]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

  1. 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.[4]

Citations

  1. "Letter of Marque, p.84. - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. LL 10 May 1793, №2506.
  3. Uttley (1966), p. 158.
  4. "Letter of Marque, p.88 - accessed 25 July 2017" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 October 2016. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  5. Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 73 (May 1793), p.474.
  6. Lloyd's List (LL) 14 May 1793, №2510.
  7. Robinson (1794), p. 19.
  8. LL 7 June 1793, №2514.
  9. Britannic magazine; or entertaining repository of heroic adventures. Vol. 1-8, p.64.

References

  • Robinson, G. (1794) The New Annual Register: Or General Repository of History, Politics, Arts, Sciences, and Literature for the Year 1780-1825...
  • Uttley, John (1966) A Short History of the Channel Islands. {Praeger).
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