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Swaggerer, 1809
Type: Brig (late French privateer Bonaparte) ; Armament 16
Captured : 1809 ; Disposal year : 1815
BM 300 tons
Notes:

22 Apr 1809, Barbadoes, the Jason, Narcissus, Swaggerer, and Dolphin arrived with prisoners from the Saintes.

22 Aug 1809, arrived Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, Sunday from Saintes and Mariegalante.

12 Sep 1809, arrived Barbadoes, from Martinique, and remains.

13 Jul 1810, arrived Barbadoes, from the Saintes.

17 Jul 1810, departed Barbadoes, on a cruise to the windward of the island.

4 Aug 1810, Carlisle Bay, Barbadoes, the Gloire, Peruvian and Swaggerer are here, and supposed to be preparing to depart for Tobago.

9 Nov 11 cruising off Barbadoes.

10 Aug 1812, when in company with the Swaggerer, the Surinam captured the Porhohantes, lying at Brahms Point, Surinam, laden with salt.

11 Aug 1812, when in company with the Swaggerer, the Surinam captured the General Hamilton, lying at Parimarabo, Surinam, laden with molasses.

11 Aug 1812, when in company with the Swaggerer, the Surinam captured the Mary, lying at Parimarabo, Surinam, laden with molasses.

24 Aug 1812, when in company with the Swaggerer, the Surinam captured the Mercator, bound to Baltimore, laden with molasses.

6 Mar 1813, the Alexis, from Demerara to Glasgow, the Dominica packet, from Demerara to Liverpool, and the Jane, from Demerara to St. John's, were taken off the island of St. Thomas by the Comet privateer of Baltimore, but the Dominica was re-captured by the Swaggerer, and the latter by the sloop Lightning.