Английская Википедия:HMS Polecat (1782)

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HMS Polecat was the Pennsylvania privateer Navarro, Captain William Keeler, which Шаблон:HMS captured in March 1782.[1] Between her commissioning on 18 July 1781 under Captain Woolman Sutton and her capture, Navarro captured two British vessels and recaptured one American vessel.[1] One vessel that Navarro captured was Rebecca, M'Fadzean, master, which was sailing from Jamaica to London when Navarro captured Rebecca at Шаблон:Coord, north of the Azores.[2]Шаблон:Efn

The Royal Navy purchased Navarre at Boston for £1097 3s 5d and took her into service as the 14-gun brig-sloop HMS Polecat. She was initially under the command of Lieutenant Edmund Nagle,Шаблон:Sfnp but Lieutenant the Honourable Patrick Napier succeeded him.Шаблон:Sfnp[3] Two French frigates chased her off the coast of Virginia on 31 July 1782; Émeraude effected the actual capture.Шаблон:Sfnp Polecat was taken into York River, Virginia about 13 August.[1] Her subsequent disposition is unknown.Шаблон:Sfnp

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  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 [1] Granville Hough – American War of Independence at Sea: Navarro.
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  3. Clowes et al. (1897-1903), Vol. 4, p. 112.