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Brutal | 12222 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominal Guns | 6 | N-GAZ | |
| Nationality | Batavian Republic | ||
| Operator | State Navy | ||
| Acquired | 1797 | N-GAZ | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | N-GAZ | |
| Category | Privateer | N-GAZ | |
| Ship Type | Lugger | N-GAZ | |
| Captured | 12.6.1797 | BWAS-1714 | |
Admiralty-Office, June 27, 1797.
Extract of a letter from Captain Gunter, of His Majesty's Sloop Nautilus, to Evan Nepean, Esq; dated at Sea, off Flackery in Norway, June 12, 1797
I Beg you will be pleased to inform my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that this morning His Majesty's Sloop Nautilus, under my command and Fox Hired Cutter, after a chace of 10 hours , captured the Brutal a Dutch Lugger Privateer, of 6 guns and 32 menand the Syren French Cutter Privateer, of Six Guns and 27 men, who were cruizing in company for the Homeward-Bound Baltic Convoy.
The catching these 2 vessels gives me much pleasure, as they have infested this coast several months, and done an infinite deal of mischief.