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Tuesday 12 November 2019

French privateers captured several British merchant ships off the Humber according to the Dutch newspaper Haagsche courant dated 26 January 1801

An item reported that the French privateers captured several British merchant ships off the Humber like the Edgar underway from London, England towards Shields, England, Providence underway from St. Petersburg, Russia towards Hull, England, Eagle underway from Memel [nowadays Klaipeda, Lithuania] towards Hull, Robert underway from Blyth , England towards London and the Themis coming from Sunderland.