HMS Ferret

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Ferret, 1784
Type: Brig-sloop ; Armament 12
Launched : 1784 ; Disposal date or year : sold 16 Dec 1801
Notes:

21 Feb 1793 captured the French privateer Jean Bart.

21 Feb 1793 captured the French privateer Jeune Marie in the North Sea.

13 Apr 1793 captured the French privateer Fantaisie in the North Sea.

14 Jul 1793 departed with the Channel fleet from St. Helen's. On the 18th to the west of the Scilly Isles and subsequent manoeuvres.

31 Jul 1793 briefly sighted, but was unable to close the French fleet ; returned to Torbay on 10 Aug.

23 Aug 1793 the Channel Fleet departed to escort the Newfoundland trade, West Indian convoys in home waters.

27 Oct 1793 departed in search of the French fleet and squadrons. 18 Nov brief skirmish with a French squadron : by mid-December the fleet had returned to Spithead.

20 Nov 1795 captured the French privateer El�onore in the North Sea.