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Monday 25 May 2015

British 6th rate Hinde captured Swedish merchant ship Nepthune and a French privateer according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsche courant dated 7 May 1793

An item dated London, England 3rd reported that the British frigate Hinde captured the Swedish rich loaded ship Nepthune captain Deberque underway from Cadiz, Spain towards Le Havre, France sending her towards Portsmouth, England just like a French privateer.(1)

Note
1. The 28-gun 6th rate Hinde launched at the shipyard of Clayton&Wilson, Sandgate, England on 22 July 1785 and broken up in July 1811 at Deptford, England?