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Goede Verwagting | 12226 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goede Verwayteng | |||
| Nominal Guns | 8 | N-GAZ | |
| Nationality | Batavian Republic | ||
| Operator | State Navy | ||
| Acquired | 1797 | N-GAZ | |
| Home Port | Amsterdam - Holland | BG | |
| Shipyard | Unknown | N-GAZ | |
| Category | Privateer | N-GAZ | |
| Ship Type | Sloop | N-GAZ | |
| Captured | 12.8.1797 | BWAS-1714 | |
| Becomes | British bomb vessel 'Thunder' (1797) (10) | ||
Admiralty-Office, September 9, 1797.
Extract of a letter from Captain Henry Carew, Commander ofi His Majesty's Sloop Swan, to Evan Nepean, Esq; dated in Yarmouth Roads, the 6th of September,
I have the honor to communicate to you, for the information of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that on the 12th Ultimo, at 9 P. M. the Fly bearing S.W. 6 leagues, I fell in with and captured the Goede Verwayteng Sloop Privateer, of 8 guns and 28 men, belonging to Amsterdam, out 15 weeks, and has taken 3 prizes.