Hired armed cutter Brave
| History | |
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| Name: | Brave |
| Commissioned: | 29 August 1798 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 22 May 1799 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Cutter |
| Tons burthen: | 136 63⁄94 tons bm |
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The Hired armed cutter Brave served the Royal Navy from 29 August 1798 until 22 May 1799 when the transport Eclipse ran her down off Beachy Head.[1] Brave is sometimes described as a lugger and sometimes as a cutter.
During her brief service with the Royal Navy her captain was Lieutenant Gardiner Henry Guion[2] (or John Guion or Guyon or Gunion). On 21 January 1799 Brave captured the Jemmy Nosten.[3] Then on 3 March Brave, together with the hired armed cutter Lord Nelson, captured Baron Von Hopkin and Sverige Lycka.[3]
On 22 April,[4] or 22 May,[1] while Brave was escorting a convoy through the Channel, the transport Eclipse ran her down.[5] Brave's crew was saved.[6]
On 13 September 1804 prize money for the Baron Von Hopkin and Sverige Lycka was paid.[3]
Citations and references
- Citations
- References
- Clowes, W. Laird, et al. (1897-1903) The royal navy: a history from the earliest times to the present. (Boston: Little, Brown and Co.; London: S. Low, Marston and Co.).
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986) The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. (London: Mansell). ISBN 0-7201-1816-6
- Hepper, David J. (1994) British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.