The Action of 30 September 1780 was a minor naval engagement off the Bermudas, where HMS Pearl captured the L'Espérance, a French built frigate privateer of 32 guns.[1]
HMS Pearl under the command of George Montagu was sent out to North America, and on 30 September 1780, soon encountered a frigate off the Bermudas. As Pearl closed Montagu cleared for action and engaged close for and maintained a running fight for two hours and more when the frigate struck.[2][3]
The prize turned out to be the French frigate L'Espérance of about 850 tons of thirty two guns consisting of twelve and six pounders, nearly 200 men and with a valuable cargo heading from Cape Francois to Bourdeaux. L'Espérance lost 20 killed and 24 wounded as well as the crew & marines captured, while Pearl's loses were six killed and ten wounded. The captured French frigate was put into Royal Naval service and renamed HMS Clinton.[4]
Notes[]
- ↑ James, William I (1837). The Naval History of Great Britain from the Declaration of War by France in 1793 to the Accession of George IV Vol 1. Austrian National Library: London, Bentley. p. 179. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=o1xTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179&dq=Esp%C3%A9rance+1780+PEARL&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nX6YU7THBIPX7Ab7z4HgCA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Esp%C3%A9rance%201780%20PEARL&f=false. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ The Scots Magazine Volume 42. Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran,. 1780. p. 602. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=j_M7AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA602&dq=Esp%C3%A9rance+1780+PEARL&hl=en&sa=X&ei=nX6YU7THBIPX7Ab7z4HgCA&ved=0CE0Q6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=Esp%C3%A9rance%201780%20PEARL&f=false. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ↑ Allen p. 268
- ↑ Allen p. 268
References[]
- Allen, Joseph (1852). Battles of the British Navy, Volume 1. Bohn's illustrated library. ASIN B009ZMMQ56.
- Clowes, William Laird (2003). The Royal Navy: v. 4: A History - From the Earliest Times to 1900. Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1861760128.
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