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Prise du Cutter Anglais Swan, par Le Corsaire Francais La Reciprocite, Capitaine J Pouchin, conjointent avec Le Voltigeur en Mars 1807
English cutter Swan taken by French privateers La Reciprocite and Le Voltigeur March 1807.
This depicts an action six leagues south west of the Needles on 20th March 1807, after three French luggers had approached the 'Swan' (14 guns, 154 tons) a Customs cutter based out of Cowes. There was an exchange of musketry after which Swan's commander, Richard Comben, struck his colours. Twenty of the crew evaded capture by escaping in the Swan's six-oared boat, leaving three (including Comben) to be taken prisoner to France. [information supplied by Mr David Gale].
This depicts an action six leagues south west of the Needles on 20th March 1807, after three French luggers had approached the 'Swan' (14 guns, 154 tons) a Customs cutter based out of Cowes. There was an exchange of musketry after which Swan's commander, Richard Comben, struck his colours. Twenty of the crew evaded capture by escaping in the Swan's six-oared boat, leaving three (including Comben) to be taken prisoner to France. [information supplied by Mr David Gale].
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Object Details
| ID: | PAH8377 |
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| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Houllets |
| Vessels: | Reciprocite ca.1807 [French]; Swan 1795? [HMS] Voltigeur ca.1807 [French] |
| Date made: | Mar 1807 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 415 x 568 mm; Mount: 607 mm x 835 mm |