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French corvette Lawriston (1778)

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Name
  
Lawriston

Captured
  
16 February 1782

Tons burthen
  
1000 tons

Launched
  
1778

Builder
  
Rangoon

Class and type
  
Corvette

Propulsion
  
Sails

Lawriston was a 22-gun corvette of the French Navy.

Career

Originally a ship of the French East India Company, Lawriston was brought into service in the French Navy. She took part in the Siege of Pondicherry in 1778.

She was returned to merchant service in June 1781 at Île de France but again requisitioned in December 1781. She was captured by the British on 16 February 1782.

References

French corvette Lawriston (1778) Wikipedia


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