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Sabatier is the maker's mark used by several kitchen knife manufacturers—by itself it is not a registered brand name. The name Sabatier is considered to imply a high-quality knife produced by one of a number of manufacturers in the Thiers region of France using a full forging process; the knives of some of these manufacturers are highly regarded.
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.
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The Renard was a cutter launched in 1812 and armed and owned by Robert Surcouf. 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] Command then went to Emmanuel Leroux-Desrochettes. [1]
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.
Pages in category "Cutters of the Royal Navy" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. ... French cutter Espion; F. HMS Fly (1778) HMS Friendship ...