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Rambler, 1796
Type: Sloop ; Armament 16
Launched : Purchased 1796 ;
Disposal date or year : 1816
Notes:
22 Jul 1797 Tisiphone and Rambler captured the French privateer Prospére on the Dogger Bank.
The following appeared in the London Gazette : www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/14030/pages/688
Copy of a Letter from Captain Honeyman, Commander of HM Sloop Tisiphone, to Evan
Nepean, Esq., dated July 23, 1797.
Sir, Have the Honor of stating to you, for the Information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that having been ordered by Admiral Duncan to take HM Brig Rambler under my Command, and cruize on the Dogger Bank, I Yesterday, at Five A.M. in the Latitude of 54 deg. 30 min. the Rambler in Company, fell in with and captured, after a Chace of Half an Hour, Le Prospére, French Privateer Brig, mounting 14 Four-Pounders, and manned with 73 Men ; Four Days from Dunkirk, without capturing any thing. She received the Fire of several of our Guns, and struck without making any Resistance.
In consequence of the Number of Prisoners, I have thought it proper to proceed to the nearest Port to land them, and, after having so done, I shall proceed with all possible Dispatch to my Station.
I am, Sir, Your most obedient humble Servant, Rob. Honeyman.
May 1805 Cruising, Channel.
28 Sep 1810 detached from Gibraltar to capture a French privateer lying in the river Barbate.
Yarmouth 10 Sep 1811 Sailed to the westward.
Portsmouth 31 Jan 1812 Sailed for Cowes Roads.
Deal 26 Jan 1814 Arrived this morning, and sailed for the River, from the Cape.