HMS Minorca

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Minorca, 1799
Type: Brig-Sloop ; Armament 16
Taken : 19 Jun 1799 ; Disposal date or year : 1802
Notes:

19 Jun 1799 with the advanced division of the Mediterranean fleet, captured the French vessels Junon, Alceste, Courageuse, Salamine and Alerte, which were purchased into the Service, Junon being renamed Princess Charlotte and Alerte renamed Minorca.

30-31 Mar 1800 capture of the Guillaume-Tell, 80, off Malta.

16 Feb 1801 the French xebec La Furienne, of six guns and thirty-eight men, with one thousand two hundred stand of arms on board, from Leghorn, bound to Alexandria ; taken by the Minorca.

2 Mar 1801 anchored in Aboukir bay, in positions where they could fire their broadsides at the enemy.