HMS Polecat (1782)

History
UK
Name: HMS Polecat
Namesake: Polecat
Acquired: 1782 by purchase
Captured: 1782
General characteristics
Type: Ship-sloop
Propulsion: Sails
Armament: 14 guns

HMS Polecat was the merchant brig Navarre, which the British purchased at Boston in 1782 for £1097 3s 5d and converted to a 14-gun brig-sloop. She was initially under the command of Lieutenant Edmund Nagle,[1] but Lieutenant the Honourable Patrick Napier succeeded him.[2][3] Two French frigates chased her off the coast of Virginia on 31 July 1782; Émeraude effected the actual capture.[4] Her subsequent disposition is unknown.[5]

Citations

  1. Marshall (1823), Vol. 1, p.277.
  2. Winfield (2007).
  3. Clowes et al. (1897-1903), Vol. 4, p. 112.
  4. Hepper (1994), p.68.
  5. Demerliac (1996), p. 150, #1281.

References

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