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Lézard was a 16-gun Cerf-class cutter of the French Navy.She was built in 1781, and took part in the Indian theatre of the Anglo-French War.She was captured by the 74-gun HMS Sultan in October 1782 at Trinquebar, [3] and later returned to France.
14 × 6-pounder guns (French and British service) Pandour was a 14-gun brig of the French Navy launched in 1780 as a cutter . The Royal Navy captured her in December 1795 and took her into service as HMS Pandora , but she foundered in June 1797.
Espion was one of the last of the Levrette-class cutters of Royal French Navy, built by Jacques and Daniel Denys at Dunkirk, and launched on 22 June 1781. [1] On 7 December she and Sagittaire sailed as escorts to a convoy of ten transports taking supplies to the fleet of Admiral de Grasse at Martinique. [2]
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On 8 January 1799, at noon, Pigmy was two miles SE of Durlston Head when she sighted a cutter and two brigs. Pigmy gave chase and at 1:40 succeeded in recapturing the two brigs, Lark and Dion. After securing these two vessels Pigmy continued the chase with the result that at 4pm she succeeded in capturing the French privateer cutter Rancune.
The Renard was a cutter launched in 1812 and armed and owned by Robert Surcouf. It was Surcouf’s eighth and last privateer ship. It was Surcouf’s eighth and last privateer ship. Renard cruised under Captain Aimable Sauveur until 23 August 1813, when he required a replacement. [ 1 ]
A mandoline is used by running a piece of food (with some protection for fingers) along an adjustable inclined plane into one or more blades. On some models vertical blades cut to produce julienne, or a wavy blade is used that produces crinkle cuts. In these models a quarter turn to the food between passes produces dice and waffle cuts.